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LETTERS, Page 6Tempus Fugit
Here is a footnote to your review of Otto Friedrich's biography
of pianist Glenn Gould (MUSIC, May 22). At the conclusion of a
concert in Toronto, in the course of which pianist Leonard Pennario
and I played Beethoven sonatas for violin and piano, Gould came
backstage. Instead of the customary congratulations, perfunctory
or otherwise, he said to me, with obvious disapproval, "Where did
you get those tempi?" Looking him straight in the eye, I responded,
"From Beethoven." End of conversation. The fact is, Beethoven left
meticulous metronome indications, sometimes at tempos too fast for
execution. I'm sorry I cut Gould short. Now I'll never know whether
we were too slow or too fast.
Henri Temianka
Los Angeles