Re: Gould from the Chronicle of Higher Ed

[Bradley P Lehman <bpl@umich.edu>]

> > In the conclusion of that article, he makes an intersting comparison to a
> > pianist I've just discovered and am much impressed with:  Rachmaninoff.
> > "Only Rachmaninoff, I think, had that special combination of lean
> > intelligence, magnificent dash, and perfectly economical line that Gould
> > produced in everything he played.  Technique in the service of an inquiring
> > understanding, complexity resolved without being domesticated, wit relieved
> > of philosophical baggage: Glenn Gould plays the piano."

Yep, I had fun with a similar comparison back in January 1999: see
http://www.tug.org/mail-archives/f_minor/msg03783.html

Bradley Lehman | http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bpl/ | Dayton, VA, USA