What does it mean to « understand » music?
I recently had a quarrel about modern piano arrangements of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach with a person who is a big fan of Glenn Gould, the Canadian piano artist who virtually made a career out of interpreting Bach on the piano. Somewhere along the way this person said something that, to my mind, sounded like one of those sweeping statements people make when they try to walk out of an argument with the false impression that they have « won: » he appeared to be suggesting that if one does not like the modern interpretations of Bach on the piano, one does not « understand » his music. This left me wondering as to the meaning of undestanding music. As far as I can see, it could mean a number of things, one of them being « to undestand what elements in a given piece of music appeal to one’s taste. » But it seems that what is meant by understanding here is something more specific, that there is something more objective that needs to be understood. What do you think this could be?
Like the words « LOVE » and « LIFE », The word « MUSIC » has also a deep meaning. maybe music has meaning, but it will never be revealed.but for me music is the best form of art.
Glenn Gould- Bach’s Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor (BWV 1052)
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Glenn Gould – Beethoven piano Sonatas, Opus 10 Complete – CBS – BRG72357 (LP) €22.42 |
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Coffret de JS Bach « Concertos pour piano… » 2CD Glenn Gould éd. en bon état €4.00 |
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GLENN GOULD : THE MOZART PIANO SONATAS VOL. 4 – LP – USA issue 1973 – MINT vynil €4.50 |
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Klarinettenquintett/Klaviersonate/+ – Gould Piano Tr… €8.75 |
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J.S.BACH THE ENGLISH SUITES BWV 806-811 GLENN GOULD PIANO 2LP CBS BOX €26.00 |
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GLENN GOULD plays WAGNER: Piano Transcriptions/ LP CBS MASTERWORKS STEREO 1985 €13.99 |
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Gould, Glenn – Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. CD NEW €5.07 |
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GLENN GOULD – BEETHOVEN : Sonates pour piano volume 2 nø15, 16, 17 ‘La Tempête’, €16.98 |
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Glenn Gould – Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos. 3 (NEW CD) €6.04 |
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Gould, Glenn Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. CD NEUF €4.86 |
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GLENN GOULD « BEETHOVEN SONATAS FOR PIANO… » CD NEW €9.49 |
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GLENN GOULD « BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTO NO.3… » CD NEW €9.49 |
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GLENN GOULD « MOZART PIANO SONATAS VOL.4″ CD NEW €9.49 |
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GLENN GOULD « BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTO NO 3″ CD NEW €12.99 |
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GLENN GOULD « BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTO NO. 4… » CD NEW €9.49 |
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GLENN GOULD « BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTO NO.5… » CD NEW €9.49 |
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Glenn Gould – Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. (NEW CD) €6.04 |
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Glenn Gould, piano solo Michel Schneider Gallimard Romans contemporains €35.24 |
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NEUF PERSICHETTI, GOULD, DIAMOND, BACH : POEMS FOR PIANO €18.88 |
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Gould Piano Trio/Plane Messiaen: Chamber Works CD NEUF €15.53 |
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Plane/Gould Piano Trio Scott:Chamber Works CD NEUF €14.92 |
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The Gould Trio Tchaik/Rach:Piano Trios CD NEUF €12.83 |
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Gould Piano Trio Roger:Clarinet Quintet CD NEUF €7.24 |
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Gould Piano Trio Irelanpiano Trios CD NEUF €7.47 |
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Glenn Gould/Montreal Strg 4Tet Beethoven:Piano Cto No2 CD NEUF €7.29 |
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Gould, Glenn Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet CD NEUF €4.89 |
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Gould, Glenn Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Op. CD NEUF €4.85 |
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Gould, Glenn Mozart Piano Sonatas, Vol. 4 CD NEUF €4.85 |
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Gould, Glenn Mozart Piano Sonatas, Vol. 3 CD NEUF €4.94 |
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Gould, Glenn Mozart Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2 CD NEUF €4.86 |
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Gould, Glenn Mozart Piano Sonatas Vol. 1 CD NEUF €4.94 |
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Gould, Glenn Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. CD NEUF €4.86 |
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Gould, Glenn Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 CD NEUF €4.85 |
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Gould, Glenn Berg: Sonata For Piano, Op. 1; CD NEUF €4.84 |
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Gould, Previn, Szell / Piano & Chamber Music €9.99 |
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PIANO GF DANSE BALLERINE GOULD DECKER RENAUD VENTURA SIGMAN RUSSEL HORNEZ 1947 €2.00 |
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[IMPORT] NEUF PIANO CTOS 2 3 ET 7 70TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION – Glenn Gould €29.55 |
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GLENN GOULD*BACH*Piano cto 3/5/7*GOLDSCHMANN*CBS*NM €11.50 |
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Glenn Gould – Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 €10.95 |
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Gould, Glenn – Mozart Piano Sonatas, Vol. 4 CD NEW €5.07 |
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Bach : Variations Goldberg – Glenn Gould, enregistrement 1981 €6.50 Le pianiste canadien Glenn Gould nous invite ici dans son royaume : les Variations Goldberg. Jamais un artiste n’a été aussi intimement lié à une partition. Glenn Gould hante encore aujourd’hui l’esprit de celui qui s’attaque à ces pages monumentales, pierre angulaire de l’oeuvre de Jean Sébastien Bach. Ici, pas de thème développé mais un cheminement harmonique qui fait parcourir à … |
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Glenn Gould joue Bach : Le Clavier bien tempéré (Coffret Metal 4 CD) €12.99 … |
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Bach – Concertos pour piano 2, 3 & 7 €5.42 Glenn Gould… |
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L’Art du piano €19.43 L’ART DU PIANO… |
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The Golden Age of Piano €12.61 THE GOLDEN AGE OF PIANO… |
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Persichetti, Gould, Diamond, Bach : Poems for Piano €10.30 … |
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Glenn Gould: The Performer in the Work: A Study in Performance Practice €68.01 … |
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A Romance on Three Legs: Glenn Gould’s Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano €7.07 … |
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Wondrous Strange: The Life And Art Of Glenn Gould €23.15 … |
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