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Hello Mary,<br>
<br>
I didn't comment on the Ray Roberts part of your message since I
don't have details. Kevin Bazzana on the other hand does:<br>
<br>
= FYI, yes it is Ray Roberts who has the “basement of mystery” where
so much Gould material resides (assuming it hasn’t finally been
moved to Ottawa)—definitely the recordings kept back by the estate,
maybe also photos and such. (At some point, Bert Gould gave the
estate a big trove of photos, many unique, some of which appeared in
the “Life in Pictures” book—I don’t know if these have been put in
the Ottawa archive.) There’s nothing “questionable” here; Ray has
always had some sort of official consulting relationship with the GG
estate. My point was not that anyone is doing anything illegal or
underhanded, just that by scholarly/archival standards they are
being shockingly cavalier about some unique and important and
priceless material.<br>
<br>
= As to Joseph Stephens, just to clarify: he was never really
“close” to Gould, and never claimed he was. They knew each other
over a long period, but it was a not-very-deep telephone
relationship, not a close friendship. JS actually stressed that to
me when I chatted with him for my biography. Stephens and Peter
Ostwald are often referred to in the literature close friends of
Gould’s, but that was never the case—Ostwald’s conclusions have
sometimes been given undue weight for this reason. His is a good
book, but not because of any special, profound personal access to
the subject.<br>
<br>
Two other vitally imporant matters:<br>
<br>
= I am not “far away and unapproachable”; just lazy and sullen and
reluctant to get involved in most things.<br>
<br>
= “Wondrous Strange” is a terrible title but it is all I could come
up with. I came up with it at the very last minute (ie, late on the
night before the deadline for picking a title) while desperately
flipping through Shakespeare, after a fruitless evening spent
brainstorming with my wife. As far as I can tell, everyone on earth
loves this title except me—strange. Incidentally, the original title
(same Shakespeare reference) was “Wondrous Strange Snow”, which I
actually like better, esp. with its appropriate “wintery” allusion
and more direct connection to Shakespeare’s “hot ice” image, but I
let my editor chop off the noun; by then I was too weary to care.
I’ve written 2 other books and they too have the same problem: a
title that I came up with desperately at the last minute and that
everyone likes except me. If I ever write another book, I will WRITE
THE TITLE FIRST and make sure it’s perfect before proceeding to Page
1.<br>
<br>
K<br>
<br>
Hope this answers your questions.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Jorgen<br>
<br>
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Jorgen, </font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" size="3">You
are Just<b>.</b> </font><font style="font-size: 12pt;"
size="3">I was not Kind<b> </b>I was Honest. You merit that.
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<br>
I would love to pose a dozen or more questions to Kevin
Bazzana but he seems<br>
so far away and unapproachable. 'Wondrous Strange' is a
brilliant title for a brilliant biography.<br>
<br>
No one has answered my question about Ray Roberts.<br>
<br>
Only <u>one</u> person on F Minor ever acknowledged my email
about Dr. Joe Stephens and Agi Jambor and<br>
it wasn't Kevin Bazzana. It was K. Papademas.<br>
<br>
The End of the Concert: you're correct. It's not a question of
either/or. It never was, it never will be.<br>
I love chamber music live, I'm not worried about it.<br>
<br>
Zenph is utter crap and anyone who listens to it is crap as
well. <br>
<br>
If Sony wants to spend 3 Million Dollars to sign up Lang Lang
why not? China is the big market. <br>
China is also the largest market for bootleg crap but Sony
prohibits <b>M&A </b>from distributing Honest <br>
Gould Live. Go figure that one. <br>
<br>
nota bene: You can still have holes in your socks on stage <u>and</u>
on film in the recording studio. I have<br>
spoken with men who have even worn women's undergarments at
war. It's all true, everything is permitted. <br>
<br>
Mary<br>
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