If somebody went back in time and told Glen Gould “We know you’re a tortured music genius and all, but STOP FUCKING HUMMING”, or more practically, found a way to remove his humming from existing recordings, would musical snobs be upset? I hate, hate, hate the humming, and I’d be first in line to buy the recordings if somebody removed it, but I bet there are people who think it would be wrong to remove it. I just wonder if they’re the majority or not?
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I agree with you. When I was young and asked a friend for some “good classical music,” he gave me a couple of Gould albums. when I asked him if he had anything without a bunch of humming and grunting, his response was that I didn’t have a sophisticated-enough intellect to appreciate classical music.
I bet they would be.
I don’t think it makes you a philistine to not like it.
That said, I personally have no problem with it. It’s part of what he does (well, did). Keith Jarrett does it too.