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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><font style="font-size: 16pt;" face="Times New Roman,sans-serif" size="4">The knock knock joke has appeared at least once again in the blogosphere - or I mean the commentosphere:</font><br><br><font style="font-size: 16pt;" face="Times New Roman,sans-serif" size="4">Here at The Globe and Mail in the comments section:</font><br><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Calibri" size="3"><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/american-composer-philip-glass-wins-glenn-gould-prize/article23958858/">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/american-composer-philip-glass-wins-glenn-gould-prize/article23958858/</a></font><br><br><font style="font-size: 16pt;" face="Times New Roman,sans-serif" size="4">No knock knock here (so far) but the comments seem to reflect the same division of opinion as F Minorites:</font><br><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Calibri" size="3"><a href="http://slippedisc.com/2015/04/philip-glass-wins-100000-glenn-gould-award/">http://slippedisc.com/2015/04/philip-glass-wins-100000-glenn-gould-award/</a></font><br><br><br><font style="font-size: 16pt;" face="Times New Roman,sans-serif" size="4">My personal opinion of Gorecki's music is that I prefer to listen to Arvo Pärt:</font><br><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Calibri" size="3"><a href="http://www.francemusique.fr/player/resource/33199-17642">http://www.francemusique.fr/player/resource/33199-17642</a></font><br><br><font style="font-size: 16pt;" face="Times New Roman,sans-serif" size="4">This following link will not helas lead you to a concert anymore but you will see what it was when it was and it was terrific:</font><br><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Calibri" size="3"><a href="http://www.francemusique.fr/emission/le-concert-du-soir/2012-2013/tallis-scholars-tallis-palestrina-allegri-whitacre-part-byrd">http://www.francemusique.fr/emission/le-concert-du-soir/2012-2013/tallis-scholars-tallis-palestrina-allegri-whitacre-part-byrd</a></font> <br><br><font style="font-size: 16pt;" face="Times New Roman,sans-serif" size="4"><u>Here is part of it</u>, Pärt's part, saved by some intrepid soul who then stuck it up on youtube:</font><br><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Calibri" size="3"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHaBEQE8JQI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHaBEQE8JQI</a></font><br><br><font style="font-size: 16pt;" face="Times New Roman,sans-serif" size="4"><br>Amazing that Lukas Foss was never a GG Prize Laureate.<br><br>Mary</font><br><br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: bobmerk@earthlink.net<br>To: f_minor@glenngould.org<br>Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 01:21:04 -0400<br>Subject: Re: [f_minor] Knock Knock<br><br>
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<div><font face="Arial"><font size="4">well anyway, as long as the Foundation tossed
us into this arena ... who has opinions about <span class="ecxnickname">Henryk Górecki? </span></font></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><font size="4"><span class="ecxnickname"></span></font></font> </div>
<div><font face="Arial"><font size="4"><span class="ecxnickname">I mean opinions about
his music, but if you got opinions about his character or his little-known
hobbies, I'd like them, too.</span></font></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="4"><span class="ecxnickname"></span></font> </div>
<div><span class="ecxnickname"><font face="Arial"><font size="4">d. 2010. <span class="ecxst">De mortuis nil nisi bonum.</span></font></font></span></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="4"><span class="ecxnickname"></span></font> </div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="4"><span class="ecxnickname">Bob</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="4"><span class="ecxnickname">Massachusetts
USA</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="4"><span class="ecxnickname"></span></font> </div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="4"><span class="ecxnickname">PS. John, did you ask for your
money back? I've been known to do that.</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="4"><span class="ecxnickname"></span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div>
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<div style="FONT:10pt arial;BACKGROUND:#e4e4e4;"><b>From:</b>
<a title="johnhood@iinet.net.au" href="mailto:johnhood@iinet.net.au">John
Hood</a> </div>
<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> Wednesday, April 15, 2015 9:25
PM</div>
<div style="FONT:10pt arial;"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [f_minor] Knock Knock</div>
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<div><font face="Tahoma" size="2">I once saw Philip Glass perform
live.</font></div>
<div><font face="Tahoma" size="2"></font> </div>
<div><font face="Tahoma" size="2">The music was so loud and distorted that you
couldn't get any idea of what he was trying to achieve; or that sounded
anything like the style of his records. No separation between
instruments.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Tahoma" size="2">It was a disgraceful effort.</font></div>
<div><font face="Tahoma" size="2"></font> </div>
<div><font face="Tahoma" size="2">JH</font></div>
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<div style=""><b>From:</b> <a title="pzumst@bluewin.ch" href="mailto:pzumst@bluewin.ch">Pat</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 15, 2015 10:19 PM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="f_minor@glenngould.org" href="mailto:f_minor@glenngould.org">f_minor@glenngould.org</a> </div>
<div><b>Subject:</b> [f_minor] Knock Knock</div></div></div>
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<div>- Knock knock</div>
<div>- Who’s there ?</div>
<div><font style="size:7;">- Knock knock</font></div>
<div><font style="size:7;">- Who’s there ?</font></div>
<div><font style="size:7;">- Knock knock</font></div>
<div><font style="size:7;">- Who’s there ?</font></div>
<div><font style="size:7;">- Knock knock</font></div>
<div><font style="size:7;">- Who’s there ?</font></div>
<div><font style="size:7;">- Knock knock</font></div>
<div><font style="size:7;">- Who’s there ?</font></div>
<div><font style="size:7;">- Knock knock</font></div>
<div><font style="size:7;">- Who’s there ?</font></div>
<div>- Phil Glass</div>
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<div>....so, this year’s winner of the GG Prize has been announced and it is
Philipp Glass. </div>
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<div>As you all know, with a few exeptions Mr. Gould found that whole minimal
thing a bit dull and methinkst at one point he refered to it as 18th Century
Music or summet to that extent. (Personally I am not of that opinion, just for
the record. What counts here are the opinions of Mr. Gould.)</div>
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<div>So I wonder if this was a wise choice. </div>
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<div>Not that I have any grudges against Mr. Glass, far from it. </div>
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<div>Yet I reckon it should have gone to someone with a more “gouldian”
approach to music and technology than a former revolutionary composer from the
70s who is past mainstream and maybe a bit antique by now. And who was
parodied by Mr. Gould in one of his rehearsal tapes. </div>
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<div>Or could it be that the Old Boys And Girls Network was in charge, decided
to give the prize to “one of us” without any regard whatsoever for any
gouldian context or the signals this is sending to the rest of the art world,
be done with it, proceed to the lunch buffet, safe in the knowledge that their
names will also be mentioned in blogs and articles around the interwebs
together with the famous laureate ? Do I smell Politics ? A PR stunt ? Why am
I wondering if dear old Pet Clarke has ever seen or heard
Koyaniswhatever ?</div>
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<div>At least for me this announcement has a strange aftertaste and I really
dunno if Mr. Gould would be happy with the idea of giving a prize in his name
to Mr. Glass. Or giving out a prize in his name in general.</div>
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<div>Pat</div></div></div></div></div></div>
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