GG: Slaughterhouse 5

[Tim Conway <tpconway@ozemail.com.au>]

Hello All,

I think there has been a thread on Slaughterhouse 5 before so I hope I'm 
not re-treading old ground.

I hired the video last week. On the cover it said something like 'Music 
by J S Bach. Performed by Glenn Gould', but the film credits just said 
'Music: Glenn Gould'. Three questions arise to which I should be most 
grateful for answers:

1. If the film credits are correct, I wondered if GG picked all the music 
for the film, particularly the pieces that weren't by JSB. For example, 
there is an interior scene about 10 minutes into the film that has faint 
background music. The faint music apparently emanates from an unseen 
barrel-organ (North Americans may call them something else) or similar 
instrument in the unseen street. The video copy was so old I couldn't 
make out the instrument or the music being played. It might have been 
Bach but could have been anything. Does anyone know what it is? Did GG 
choose the instrument and the music?

2. Later in the film there is a very funny welcoming march put on by the 
Brits in the POW camp to one of Sullivan's best-known tunes (but not, I 
think, Gilbert's words). Almost Monty Python, except the production was 
too good. Was GG a fan of G&S?

3. Towards the end of the film there is a rendition from a Barbershop 
Quartet, also quite funny. Was GG a fan of BQs?

Best regards,

Tim Conway
<tpconway@ozemail.com.au>