Re: [F_minor] September 25th

[Brad Lehman <bpl@umich.edu>]

My point was: in equal temperament (on piano, et al) that page of the F# 
minor toccata DOES sound aimless and pointless, and Gould did something 
arguably good by pruning it out...because he was playing it on piano. 
It was a musically effective choice to make that cut.  But, on 
harpsichord/clavichord/organ where the temperament is right for the 
music (i.e. correctly unequal with the right pattern), that page sounds 
wonderfully rich, and to omit it would be a bad move.

Brad Lehman


Anne French wrote:
> Brad, that is priceless!   This is a must for the logo imho.
>
> On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 5:44 AM, Brad Lehman <bpl@umich.edu 
> <mailto:bpl@umich.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Anne French wrote:
>
>         Anything that does NOT include (1) hat  (2) gloves  (3) chair.  
>         We must get out the message that there was more to GG than
>         eccentricity!
>
>
>     I did a lecture yesterday where I played the page of music that
>     Gould cut out of Bach's F-sharp minor Toccata.  He disliked that
>     section so much that he simply left it out!  (One of his essays
>     explains why: he didn't mind second-guessing Bach's judgment on
>     "interminable sequencing".)  So, any logo should have a spot where
>     part of the design is omitted.  :)
>
>     Brad Lehman