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GG: Ligeti
Hello all,
Not to distract from the virginal discussion (although I should mention
that I purchased Gould's Byrd/Gibbons/Sweelinck recording a few days ago
and have enjoyed it very much), but I would like to voice a totally
unrelated question. Apart from his playing, the most interesting part of
GG for me is his large body of critical writings about other composers
(it is perhaps a bit of a stretch to consider Gould a composer, but he
doubtlessy would have liked to be called one). I am presently interested
in his estimation of the hungarian composer Gyorgy LIgeti, whose
compositions are extrememly contrapuntally intricate, a trait which seems
to almost make a peice an instant hit with Gould.
Also, does anybody know what happens approximately 39:01 minutes into The
Idea of North? There is an odd smash, which is perhaps supposed to be a
train sound effect (I'm not one for the railways).
Thanks all! And thanks Mary Jo, for keeping up the list!
Jeremy
- References:
- GG: QitL
- From: Mary Jo Watts <mwatts@rci.rutgers.edu>