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<DIV>Hi all</DIV>
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<DIV>There was only one message regarding what would have been GG’s 81st. </DIV>
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<DIV>...which leaves me with at least 2 questions:</DIV>
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<DIV>- Is GG still relevant for artists, thinkers, musicians, arrangers etc.
today ? Some of his ideas are clearly outdated (his idea of what would later
become the mixtape and is today known simply as a playlist in yer iTunes has now
been surpassed by technology) ? Was his approach to composers like Bach or
Mozart (add Beethoven if you want) so out of center it became unfashionable and
there is a chance that aspiring pianists being fed up with Lang Lang and
Pogorelich as role models might pick up GG’s approach as a pianistic inspiration
again ?. That might be interesting, more eccentric diversification, more debate,
less robot playing, more substance, less image.</DIV>
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<DIV>- Is there still enough in the vaults plus the infamous ice box of Sony and
the CBC to justify “new” releases for the general public and not just the
hardcore Gouldians ? GG is still dead, what remains is The Legend And Its
Hagiography, but is that enough to sell records ? Especially to a new generation
that has a different approach to classical music ? Mind you, we are talking
about events that took place at least 60 years ago, to some people that is like
what the last 6 million years are to a paleoanthropologist...</DIV>
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<DIV>I dunno. I might have more questions though. I like to ask silly
questions.</DIV>
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<DIV>As an atheist I do not believe in the afterlife, but just in case there is
the 0,.....00001 chance I am wrong- Happy Birthday Mr Gould !</DIV>
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<DIV>Pat</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>