Re: GG -- like the rest of us?

["Antoine Mathys" <salon.jaune@qui.qc.ca>]

> > Much is made of GG's remarkable technical ability, and as he was
referred
> > to as a child prodigy it is clear that he showed his gifts at an early 
> > age. But little children don't have the strength or reach of adults, so

> > GG's technical abilities must have 'improved' throughout his childhood 
> > and adolescence.
> > 
> > Did Gould's technical abilities stop 'improving' at some age, or did he

> > continue to extend them throughout his life? Perhaps -- perish the 
> > thought -- middle age cramped his style and prevented him from
repeating 
> > the feats of his 20s and 30s; that is, after GG passed some climactic 
> > point his skills started deteriorating with increasing age.
> > 
> > It would be nice to think that GG was at least a little like the rest
of 
> > us. Perhaps f-minor members have some thoughts on the subject.
> > 
> > Tim Conway
> > <tpconway@ozemail.com.au>
> 
> 
> Please, before asking such trivial questions, take time to listen:
> technical ability, and that makes for the beauty of Gould's
> interpretations, is not an issue in his music.  It is a means to acheive
an
> authentic artistic value.  I don't why people keep beeing amazed by
things
> they will never fully grasp, when there are so many questions and anwsers
> that arise from what's right under their nose (or their ears), the music
> itself: to answer yourself to your question, just listen to the 81
version
> of the Goldberg variations!!
> 
> Respectfully yours, Antoine Mathys, Quibec city, Canada