R: Re: Aria and reprise

[madiva@working.it]

I'm Italian and, in my Country, the GG's Radio Documentary  are not know.
It's a pity because we lost  an interesting and particular  aspect of
Gould's genius
I read about His"compositions"  for voice ; in the film"32 Short Films about
Glenn Gould"
I saw a passage about His "contrapuntal documentary"and I'm curious to
discovery these pieces.
I'm not musician but I think that Gould, in these works, used the voices as
musical instrument.
The effect is strange but rather attractive.
I agree with you : it's beautiful to think that the Glenn Gould's
performance is now eternal, in the deep space.
Is a hope of eternal life  as the last sequence of "32 Short Film"  suggest
us.

Valeria Massari



----- Original Message -----
From: f h <boyboy_8@YAHOO.COM>
To: <F_MINOR@EMAIL.RUTGERS.EDU>
Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: Aria and reprise


> Greetings to all posters and lurkers.  I only
> discovered this wonderful meeting place for all things
> Gouldian.  And a happier Canuck you could not find.
> Very happy to be amongst others who loved this great
> man.  I look forward to looking through the long lists
> of posts (when I have time) and I'll pop a few
> comments in from time to time.
>
> I am a pianist, trained at the conservatory and have
> loved Gould's interpretations since I first discovered
> his Bach.  I'm 47 now, so this goes back a few years
> already.  He was and still is played a great deal on
> the CBC radio here in Canada.  As much as I admire him
> as a genius on the ivories, I think he even excelled
> himself as a creator of fabulous radio documentaries.
> To date I have not heard of anyone else replicating
> what he accomplished with the way he edited and mixed
> the voices together or in the way he found fresh light
> to shine on old ideas.  For me, Gould was iconoclastic
> in the most positive way: he had to be and we are all
> the better for it.
>
> In closing for now, let me remind those who do not
> know this factoid: on the satellite, I believe it is
> Voyager, that was sent into deep space in the 1970's
> (?) there is a plack that has our earthly hello on it.
>  There is also a replication of sounds from earth.  On
> this record (don't know what format it is), an alien
> race, somewhere in the infinite future, will one day
> play it and hear Gould play his beloved Bach.  Isn't
> that a wonderful thing to carry with us?  I think
> Glenn would be happy, having left the earth.....
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Fred Houpt
>
>
> --- Juozas Rimas <JuozasRimas@TAKAS.LT> wrote:
> > Thanks for the description, Marcos!
> >
> >
> > Juozas Rimas Jr (not the one playing)
> > http://www.mp3.com/juozasrimas (oboe, piano,
> > strings)
> >
> [snip]
>
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