GG: The Goldbergs in SoL

[Mary Jo Watts <mwatts@rci.rutgers.edu>]

Welll.... the Goldbergs in the film version aren't GG's (though the
playing may have been inspired by him since the player's name doesn't
ring a bell.)  The good taste was the very brilliant Thomas Harris'
(author of the novel) who rightly aligns Gould's Bach with the
Apollonian Lecter's.  Lecter could have been referring to either version
because the novel appears just a couple of years after the release of
the last G'bergs.  Lecter is also a fan of Gould's Two-and-Three-Part
Inventions so I assume HL means the earlier G'bergs.

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Best,
Mary Jo Watts
mwatts@rci.rutgers.edu
listowner, f_minor

fg wrote:
> 
> I always wondered who was the one with the good taste, the director or the
> writer.
> Don't have the movie but I guess those GV were the '81.
> Flavio
> 
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: Matthew Harding <ktlgroup@sprint.ca>
> Para: pzumst@bluewin.ch <pzumst@bluewin.ch>
> CC: f_minor@email.rutgers.edu <f_minor@email.rutgers.edu>
> Fecha: Sábado 25 de Julio de 1998 02:34 PM
> Asunto: Re: GG:GG music in movies
> 
> >pzumst@bluewin.ch wrote:
> >>
> >> G'day f-minorers !
> >> Last night I had an interesting conversation with the only other GG
> >> afficionado I know in real life at the local pub.
> >>
> >> He believes that an excerpt from GG's "Well-Tempered Clavier" was used
> >> in the movie "Silence of the Lambs" (in a scene that will definitely
> >> ruin your appetite.....). I don't think this is the case and bet him a
> >> sixpack.
> >>
> >> Now who's right and who's wrong ?
> >
> >Start drinking!
> >
> >Both the book and the movie refer to Hanibal the Cannibal's favourite
> >piece of music as being the Goldberg Variations, recorded by GG. This
> >is specifically mentioned in the book...... (that GG is the artist).
> >Now there's a chilling thought!
> >
> >And now for the skill-testing question....... for anyone that has
> >the movie - which recording, the '55 or '81?
> >
> >Please tell me that I'm not the only one who hears 3 bars on the radio
> >(okay, maybe 2 1/2) of Goldberg Variations and instantly classifies it
> >as '55, '81, or Other (you mean people other than GG recorded the GVs)?
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Matthew
> >
> >
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