[f_minor] Gould Meets Haydn / Streisand

[James Wright]

For clarification, "Dr. Wright" was not the author of the comments you are referring to (please look again at the thread).  In fact, I was defending Streisand against what I thought was a somewhat elitist dismissal of her work.  I'm on GG's side (and yours) on this one ...

James K. Wright, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor &
Supervisor of Performance Studies
School for Studies in Art & Culture: Music
A917 Loeb Building, Carleton University
1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada  K1S 5B6
Email: James_Wright at carleton.ca
Telephone : (613) 520-2600 (ext. 3734)
Fax : (613) 520-3905



 

> From: afrench6 at cox.net
> Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:29:26 -0700
> To: f_minor at glenngould.org
> Subject: Re: [f_minor] Gould Meets Haydn / Streisand
> 
> You do seem like a bit of an elitist, Dr. Wright. Barbra Streisand's
> voice is not meant to be compared with Maria Callas. It is what it is.
> And I can think of NO ONE whose opinion is of "utterly no
> significance," about anything. Not even yours!
> 
> Anne French,
> Utterly insignificant member of this list
> 
> On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 7:33 AM, michael macelletti
> <mmacelletti at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > frankly, what streisand has to say about gg is of utterly no significance.
> > and what he could have possibly seen in her voice, which is supposedly
> > lacking in the really great singers, only God knows.
> > ________________________________
> > From: James Wright <gzarlino at hotmail.com>
> > To: f_minor list <f_minor at glenngould.org>
> > Sent: Sun, July 18, 2010 7:28:25 AM
> > Subject: Re: [f_minor] Gould Meets Haydn / Streisand
> >
> > The question was not when and where GG wrote about Streisand (the High
> > Fidelity piece is well known), but rather when and where Streisand commented
> > on Gould, in response.
> >
> > James K. Wright, Ph.D.
> > Associate Professor &
> > Supervisor of Performance Studies
> > School for Studies in Art & Culture: Music
> > A917 Loeb Building, Carleton University
> > 1125 Colonel By Drive
> > Ottawa, Ontario, Canada  K1S 5B6
> > Email: James_Wright at carleton.ca
> > Telephone : (613) 520-2600 (ext. 3734)
> > Fax : (613) 520-3905
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: maryellenjensen28 at hotmail.com
> > To: f_minor at glenngould.org
> > Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 01:47:43 +0200
> > Subject: [f_minor] Gould Meets Haydn / Streisand
> >
> >
> > Oh what a relief that someone else gives a flying ----  about Gould's Haydn.
> > I have already begged anyone here who can get their hands on a copy of
> > "Gould's Remarkable Haydn Series" Piano Quarterly Vol. 31 no. 121 Winter
> > 1982-83 by Joseph Banowetz to please send me a photocopy. I'll pay
> > postage...I'll send you a free cd of whatever you want (within reason) in
> > return. No, that's going too far. I offer a free cd of Gerard Lesne and
> > Ensemble Il Seminario musicale recorded at Basilique Saint-Hippolyte,
> > Thonon-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie, France, April 1988 "Musique Sacree pour
> > Contralto, Cordes et Basse Continue" in fair trade for a copy of the Joseph
> > Banowetz article. You'll just have to twig the composer and the
> > compositions.
> >
> >  People crow and crow ('cause it's facile?) that Gould rerecorded The
> > Goldberg Variations ... well hang on "just a doggone minute" (Gouldian
> > speak); Gould revisited Haydn first with his "slowhand" technique and I'm so
> > glad that he did. What gorgeous play he has to offer; this is really a
> > sublime Gould who feels at home with the composer. Haydn had all the moves
> > that Gould could respect and bounce off of. It sort of drives me crazy with
> > jealousy. I have to laugh out loud in pleasure and utter ... what is it
> > exactly? Agreement? Amusement? Fulfillment.
> >
> >  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfu5VDjRKmA&NR=1
> >
> >   As for what Gould had in mind for "Barbra", he laid his cards on the
> > table: from High Fidelity Magazine May 1976 "Streisand As Schwarzkopf" by
> > Glenn Gould:
> >
> >   http://barbra-archives.com/bjs_library/70s/high_fidelity_1976.html
> >
> > This is the second time I have submitted the Gould-Streisand article to F
> > Minor.
> >
> > Mary Jensen
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> 
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