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[Fwd: NYT classical music forum]
In case you missed this, it appeared in NYT classical music forum on
Sunday.
Now, as fate would have it, it falls to us to be
nostalgic about the artistry of Glenn Gould. And while I
hope the brilliance of Gould never inspires the sort of
narrow enthusiasm which blinded some to his genius, and
which might impede the recognition of other young
performers in the future, we cannot fail to see that
Glenn Gould was a phenomenon so compelling, so unlike
anything else in music in our time or any other time,
that he will not be forgotten. In fact, I would hazard
that if there is any twentieth-century performing
musician who is still listened to five hundred years from
now, it will be Glenn Gould. His recorded legacy is as
close as I can imagine to being a permanent contribution
to the history of musical art as any performer has
produced since the invention of the phonograph.
-- From The Ecstasy of Glenn Gould, by Denis Dutton
Full essay (long) can be read at:
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~mwatts/glenn/dutton.html