Re: CBC questions, spelling error corrected

["Daniel Vaiser" <vaiser@airmail.net>]

Sorry folks, I made a spelling error in the second paragraph; it should be
"Hell if I know". Yikes!!!

DV
----- Original Message -----
From: Daniel Vaiser <vaiser@airmail.net>
To: Mary Jo Watts <mwatts@rci.rutgers.edu>
Cc: F Minor Mailing List <f_minor@email.rutgers.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 7:14 PM
Subject: Re: CBC questions


> Mary Jo:
>
> In my opinion, I believe the questions are more interesting than the
answers
> to the same question that I can give.  Glenn Gould an "icon"? Not in the
> sense like the pictures of  venerated saints that are found in the Russian
> or Greek Orthodox Church, perhaps, but to me the question strikes me as
> being more in the theological (i.e. religious) realm than with anything
> human.  Now, to me Glenn is not a "icon" that people pray to (unless they
> want to) but a very complex and fascinating human being, with his
strengths
> and weaknesses. Perhaps the reason that GG is a "icon", "saint" or
whatever
> to some people is that they find in him something that they strive towards
> or admire greatly and perhaps this translates into "icon" status. Perhaps
it
> was also his deliberate choice to be somewhat reclusive that intrigues
some
> people and attracts them.  Who knows?
>
> Why do people participate in f-minor? Hell if I know.  Perhaps people are
> interested in the subject perhaps; maybe some people feel more comfortable
> "talking" on the internet, perhaps. There is a sense of anonymity and
> perhaps group feeling that is not possible when one talks with a friend
face
> to face or even talking on the telephone. I'd be interested in what other
> people make of Karin Well's questions.   Be well.
>
> Daniel Vaiser
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mary Jo Watts <mwatts@rci.rutgers.edu>
> To: <f_minor@email.rutgers.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 10:36 AM
> Subject: GG: CBC questions
>
>
> > I've been talking to Karin Wells of the CBC and she has asked me a
> > series of questions about GG that I'd like to share to open up a
> > discussion:
> >
> > Why has GG been recognized not only as a 'great pianist" but also as an
> > icon? Why do we "need" icons? Why do people take part in f_minor? What's
> > different about this group from other internet groups related to musical
> > figures?
> >
> > Best,
> > MJ
> >
>
>