<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div>touche ! i stand duly reprimanded. and may we all be equally happy with our beliefs ! it's what keeps us going in this very sad world. - take care. </div><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> "Houpt, Fred" <fred.houpt@rbc.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Discussion of the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould. <f_minor@glenngould.org>; gail paynter <gmadoodat@hotmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Mon, July 19, 2010 3:39:00 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight:
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="611082919-19072010"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff">Thou fiend!!!! To belittle said Babs to a mere hack pop
artist, is sacrilege. If I could invoke Moe of the Three stooges, you'd
have a cream pie on it's way. It is quite true that she was a pop star but
before that she was a Broadway star. She is also a talented writer,
producer and director. She is entirely built of different material than
the divine Ella or others in the jazz field. In my view I could not live
without Babs or Ella, both divas in their own fields.</font></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="611082919-19072010"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff">Speaking so disdainfully as you have about merely having millions
of fans (as if this was normal) so too did Pavarotti, and no one could argue
that it lessened his talent, despite his choices of repertoire. To be
loved by millions does mean that you've hit the mark in some way and sheer
numbers as you allude to, do not make for much of any argument. I mean,
Motley Crew probably has a fair number of fans but I would not foist their
noise on any sentient being, despite what their ill bred fans think.
Good heavens, perish the thought.....</font></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="611082919-19072010"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff">Babs might have pretentions from time to time but in her field,
among her colleagues, she is known as a very thorough professional, although
given to being a control freak, her work generally comes about in a very
satisfying manner, with few faux pas to show for it. Rather than say that
Barbara just merely sang the best, I would argue as would her fans that her
voice stands up on its own and need not be compared to Schwarzkopf, another
singer that GG quite admired. </font></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="611082919-19072010"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff">It is like comparing two totally different alcohol drinks.....the
end result will always reflect the tastes of the individual.
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> f_minor-bounces@glenngould.org
[mailto:f_minor-bounces@glenngould.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>michael
macelletti<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 19, 2010 3:26 PM<br><b>To:</b>
f_minor@glenngould.org; gail paynter<br><b>Subject:</b> [f_minor] Fw: Gould
Meets Haydn / Streisand<br></font><br></div>
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I know that Barbra has millions of fans but that doesn't make her much different
from other pop artists, some of whom are truly dreadful,who also have millions
of fans. adulation would be better placed with Ella Fitzgerald,Lena Horne or
Mabel Mercer. At least they didn't have any pretensions aiming at idolatry. They
simply sang the best of their genre.<br><br>
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