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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>a really wonderful post. Many thanks</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Amicalement,</DIV>
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<DIV>Danielle</DIV>
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<A title=fred.houpt@rbc.com href="mailto:fred.houpt@rbc.com">Houpt, Fred</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=f_minor@glenngould.org
href="mailto:f_minor@glenngould.org">Discussion of the Canadian pianist Glenn
Gould.</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 26, 2011 4:28
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [f_minor] Not Gould
but...</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=202551214-26052011><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=3>Morning all. I listened to one of the Beethoven
lectures over the weekend, at home. It was delicious and
wonderful. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=202551214-26052011><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=3> Last night I dusted off my DVD copy of
"Hereafter", which I had not seen in a few years. Of course I was
overwhelmed with great emotion and found myself in tears at the incredible
beauty of the music making, laughing at his sense of humor and in awe of his
intellect, which I think is still not properly appreciated by his fellow
artists. I say this because the die-hards have not fallen out of love or
respect. He deserves more recognition from other artists, giving Gould
the credit due, acknowledging that his artistic approach, filled with extremes
as they were, all were entirely underwritten by a deeply passionate desire to
know the inner realms of the musical thoughts. I do not know that GG was
the first philosophical musical prodigy, but for me he is the most
important.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=202551214-26052011><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=3>Another impression I get from the documentary is that GG
often achieved levels of altered states of consciousness and from these highly
charged and ecstatic states he was able to see the music as if for the first
time; even more, his insights totally informed the manner in which he
approached interpretation. The section where he explains the "why" of
his infamous Mozart sonata approach I found myself finally understanding a bit
more, why his interpretation was acceptable within the strict agenda
that his approach had set for itself. His objective
was to turn the overly familiar sonata inside out and deeply examine the
architecture of the theme as it evolves through exposition. He is not
the only one to search for these types of insights and he is often remembered
as having too much recourse to gross exaggeration in order to make his points.
However, once one has finally grasped some of the insights that his
performances afford us, we are better off and our artistic appreciation is
deeper. What can possibly be found in such a journey? That is one
reason I can never be away from listening to GG. There is so much there
to contemplate and be enlightened by.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=3></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=202551214-26052011><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=3>cheers,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=3></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=202551214-26052011><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=3>Fred Houpt</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY><br />--
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