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Dear F minors,
I know that many of you belong to the Glenn Gould Foundation. You
should have received the Gould Standard yesterday. I was puzzled by some
of the things that Michael Tait said in his Letter to the Editor. If
Mr Tait is on this list I would like him to explain his 6th point. Perhaps
some of you will have an opinion on this.
"6. His radio documentaries were interesting failures. A fugue
of words, because of their denotative content, results in confusion and mess in
contrast to a fugue of pure sounds."
Mr. Tait belongs to Glenn Gould's generation and I am a generation younger,
so he was around when the documentaries were first broadcast and I was
not. Also, he lives in Toronto. Perhaps he is in a better position
to judge their success than I am. If they were not a success when
they were first produced, why are we still listening to them
today? Any thoughts?
Anne
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