GG on organ

[Bradley Lehman <bpl@umich.edu>]

At 04:38 PM 4/16/01 -0400, Elmer Elevator wrote:
> I have the Gould organ LP. Does anyone know what Gould's aesthetic and
> technical feelings for the organ were? He certainly doesn't sound as if he
> dislikes it.


GG had organ lessons as a teenager; that's probably where some of his
sensitivity to articulation came from.  Organists have to listen to the
ends of notes in ways that pianists often do not do.


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