Sandy, I was just imagining a potentially interesting encounter, not passing any sort of judgment on Glenn Gould's interpretation... In fact, for me, it is the fact that both Bach and Gould can pass for geniuses that would make the encounter interesting in the first place. Deprived of the whole romantic era and two hundred years of scholarly analysis of his own work, would Bach have even able to grasp the concept of the interpreter's genius? (as opposed to the composer's of course). Alain
Sandy Hackney wrote: > I don't really know what Bach would think, but to dismiss Gould as "affected > and a tad pompous" cuts oneself off from one of the greatest musicians of > all times. > Sandy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alain Veylit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 2:17 PM > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Police > > > >> If Bach saw Gould play he would dismiss him as affected and a tad >> pompous - not to mention the humming. But Gould would dismiss him back >> for not understanding his own music... >> In the tapping category my favorite is still Kaki King: see >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbJnwk3GBiM (et al.) >> Alain >> >> >> Roman Turovsky wrote: >> >>> And for those (like yours truly) who don't think speed is sexy there is >>> this >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyNy4EJsZqY >>> RT >>> >>> >>> >>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtbrM4OekrE >>>>> >>>>> not actually a lute...but a good technique indeed! >>>>> >>>>> Paolo >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Talking about technique, who would venture to surpass this guy: >>>> >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arn99rAAgX4&search=gerardo%20nunez >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > > > > >
