<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>i dunno about this site.</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Pat <pzumst@bluewin.ch><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Discussion of the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould. <f_minor@glenngould.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, September 27, 2013 9:55 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [f_minor] 81 and counting<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>
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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 Some of his ideas are clearly outdated (his idea of what would later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></div>
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