tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6717274106260594383.post601794092116709610..comments2024-01-10T17:22:13.898-08:00Comments on Mary Kunz Goldman - Music Critic: Into the sunsetHoward Goldman http://www.blogger.com/profile/11835068305524570405noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6717274106260594383.post-62776904053021737412010-01-19T06:38:56.486-08:002010-01-19T06:38:56.486-08:00Oddly, over the years I've become tired with t...Oddly, over the years I've become tired with treating performance like Scripture, when without composers performers would have nothing to display their talents with. And there are many valid ways to play a piece of music. The interesting thing to me is how perspective shifts, making communication between creator, performer and listener change always. And all three things need to line up for an unforgettable artistic experience. OK, I'm pontificating again...shut up, professor!Prof. Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6717274106260594383.post-19282130418346939702010-01-19T05:48:18.893-08:002010-01-19T05:48:18.893-08:00Prof. G, I only just now saw what you wrote ... so...Prof. G, I only just now saw what you wrote ... so interesting, about Leo Smit! <br /><br />I did not actually think of Horowitz as that ugly, he was just an old man. Also I did not know that whether he liked pianists depended on what they looked like ... I was just thinking, who knows why he liked the people he did. Just like with anyone, I guess. Except with Horowitz they treat it like sacred Scripture and analyze it into the new millennium and for me it has gotten to be too much!Mary Kunz Goldmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02691118577179541037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6717274106260594383.post-30106322656981933472010-01-16T11:48:33.851-08:002010-01-16T11:48:33.851-08:00@#$%!!! I caught a typo, above. It should be &quo...@#$%!!! I caught a typo, above. It should be "plays the piano." Typos drive me nuts!Prof. Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6717274106260594383.post-8862438496061236722010-01-16T11:46:39.992-08:002010-01-16T11:46:39.992-08:00The late Leo Smit once told me, when I asked him f...The late Leo Smit once told me, when I asked him for an opinion on Horowitz, that it depended on what mood he (Smit) was in. Sometimes he thought he was the greatest of all pianists, sometimes the worst. In spite of his eccentricities, Horowitz changed the face of piano playing and everyone who play the piano, especially professionally, has to come to grips with his work, the same as every violinist has to face the work of Heifetz.<br /><br />About the rest, you're right; he was a hideously ugly old man who cared too much about what other pianists looked like.Prof. Gnoreply@blogger.com