Glenn Gould on Paul Hindemith

Glenn Gould talks about the composer Paul Hindemith, and in particular his skill as a fugue writer.

The rest of the fugue that Gould begins at the end of this clip can be watched in the video to which this is a response:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTpAIEp6DUo

Category:

Music

Tags:

• glenn
• gould
• hindemith
• fugue
• twentieth
• century
• classical
• counterpoint
• piano

[lexo30]

Really, you go too far. Gould didn't demolish Mozart; nobody can. There are plenty of other recordings of the sonatas out there. You talk as though Gould played Richard Strauss with 'disrespect', when in fact Strauss was his favourite modern composer. It's becoming clear to me that you hate Gould's playing with the same sort of irrational fervour as some people love it.

[MrPianoLover1]

"early renaissance contrapuntal jamboree"

[NemoProkofiev551]

@alezander666 Modern composers are the ones who direct what will happen in music to come. Most people tend to go with what is conventional because it is familiar to them and they can relate. I'm not saying that's bad, but it is what is true in my experience. Mozart. I don't really understand people's endless fixation with his music. I was a total fan when I was thirteen. I must admit the man did have something going, but so did Bach, Haydn, Vaughan Williams, Debussy.. etc. It vexes me too!!!

[alezander666]

@Nemo Prokofiev 551 AND WHY ARE THEY UNDERRATED,CLASSICAL RADIO,CONCERTS,BOMBARD US WITH BAROQUE,MOZART,MOZART,MOZART,n­ot even great bach,beethoven,OR MASTER WAGNER ARE THERE,WHAT IS THE MAGIC OF HEARING THE SAME TONES,MUSIC,FOREVER AND EVER.people "don't like,or know modern",hell,i even love some schoenberg,ect.IT MUST BE PLAYED PEOPLE,OR THE MASSES DO NOT KNOW IT EXISTS,OR CAN LIKE IT,i for one,am so turned off by mozart,here in phx.a HOUR A DAY FOR HIM,every hour moz.BORING

[buenobus]

what an eloquent speaker!

[petezilla]

@dchiapello Ah of course, that makes the most sense. This is awesome, and Hindemith's counterpoint is amazing. The fugue in G from Ludus Tonalis is one of the best compositions I've ever heard.

[dchiapello]

This is a sharp and illuminating commentary, and Gould is especially articulate here. I actually hated the liner notes he wrote for his recording of the piano sonatas - I seem to recall it was some run-away metaphor about the stock market. I wish these sonatas were more widely played.

[dchiapello]

@petezilla He says "fugist" 

[MaSmNpYouth]

God I hate classical music critics.

[petezilla]

what does he say at 0:05, does he say that Hindemith is undeniably a "fugueist" or "cubist", "to the manner born?"