Gustav Leonhardt died yesterday. Musician, scholar, gentleman. http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2012/01/...1928-2012.html
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...and pioneer. How sadly he will be missed.Musician, scholar, gentlemanComment
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How sad. I remember when his mammoth JSB cycle first came out and the scores that were providied with the recordings of JSB's Canatatas series, were very inte3resting. I was quite young then, and made me understand the music much betterr too. RIP GUSTAV LEONHARDT
Don’t cry for me
I go where music was born
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Not always the easiest of pioneers, his legacy is enormous, and his musical and cultural priorities are part of the modern fabric now.
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Very sad - and explains his recently announced retirement. He leaves a wonderful legacy.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View PostHow sad. I remember when his mammoth JSB cycle first came out and the scores that were providied with the recordings of JSB's Canatatas series, were very inte3resting. I was quite young then, and made me understand the music much betterr too. RIP GUSTAV LEONHARDT
Same here - I couldn't/can't read music, but being able to follow the instruments on the score was enlightening. (mind you, not being so young now I'd probably need a magnifying glass!)
The amount of supporting material in those boxes was amazing - no chance of getting anything like that now.Comment
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By coincidence, I was playing his recording of BWV 40 only this morning - a vigorously joyful performance still sounding as fresh as the day it was recorded.
Leonhardt was a great Musician who first opened a lot of people's ears to the glories revealed in HIPerformance - and thereby, the glories of Bach. A great loss.[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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To me, Gustav Leonhardt was the pillar. From the time when I had very little idea about early music, I trusted him. Find his name and all would be well. It wasn’t a very intelligent way of listening but that didn’t matter. I know he wasn’t young but somehow I took it for granted that he would be there always.
RIP.
I hope the EMS will broadcast his interview with Catherine Bott.
I’ve just checked. It will be broadcast on Saturday. Thank you Radio3
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Another interview (from about 12 years ago):
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Interesting how this obit was written by Lionel Salter...Originally posted by doversoul View Post
... who himself died in 2000.
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A giant who has aided me and followed me in my discovery of Bach since my late teens His B minor Mass recording is definitive, for me.
(I did find his dogmatic, hard-line approach to Bach on the piano in the recent interview on R3 hard to agree with, but forgave him on the basis that he couldn't have done what he did without an almost obsessive and single-minded commitment)
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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No mention of the obituary having been updated since Salter's death. I'm sure there is normally a credit in such circumstances. Guardian cuts perhaps! (Does The Times still have anonymous obits?)Originally posted by Old Grumpy View PostComment
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Christopher Hogwood reflects on the life and work of Gustav Leonhardt
In Tune yesterday.Comment
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