Hi GG fans,
 Here's a recent photo from Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
 Elaine

Oh that is so lovely and I feel such a pang of guilt that I have yet to
make the trip over to the grave, even though I live here. Can you tell
me once again where it is located in Mt. Pleasant so that on a not too
hot day I can make the trip over, with some flowers and a camera for my
own memories.

thanks for posting.

regards,.

Fred Houpt
melting away in scorching heat wave Toronto

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Anyone recognize the music written on GG's tomb stone? I come up with a
blank....maybe some of his own?

regards,

Fred Houpt

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It is the first four (I think) measures of the Goldberg Variations aria. I
need a closer shot to see the number of measures, but for sure that is the
music.

Best,
Anne




> Anyone recognize the music written on GG's tomb stone? I come up with a
> blank....maybe some of his own?
>
> regards,
>
> Fred Houpt
>
> ------------------------------
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 08, 2010 12:17 AM
> *Subject:* [f_minor] (no subject)
>
> Hi GG fans,
>
> Here's a recent photo from Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
>
> Elaine
>
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The first two bars appear so, but the third bar gives me trouble

fred

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I have checked and in fact it is true that the musical notes on his
stone are the first 3 bars of the Goldberg. What threw me off is that
there don't appear to be any ornamentations in the music, so it confused
me. GG and Goldberg are wedded forever in stone. Nice effect.

Fred Houpt

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I cut and pasted this text from
http://reocities.com/athens/oracle/3545/gould.html

"On Gould's gravestone (a small plaque actually), there is appropriately
etched the first bars of Bach's Goldberg Variations. It was his signature
piece, the recording which made him famous in 1955."

I have also read in different books/articles that the first few bars of the
Goldberg are etched on his grave marker. So, I think we can safely say that
that is indeed the case. I lived in Buffalo my entire life, a mere 90 miles
from Toronto, and never went to see GG's grave. Now I have moved to
California... I'll probably fly 3,000 miles to see it someday!

Cheers,
Anne




> The first two bars appear so, but the third bar gives me trouble
>
> fred
>
> ------------------------------
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 08, 2010 11:06 AM
> *To:* Discussion of the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould.
> *Subject:* Re: [f_minor] (no subject)
>
> It is the first four (I think) measures of the Goldberg Variations aria. I
> need a closer shot to see the number of measures, but for sure that is the
> music.
>
> Best,
> Anne
>
>
>
>
>> Anyone recognize the music written on GG's tomb stone? I come up with a
>> blank....maybe some of his own?
>>
>> regards,
>>
>> Fred Houpt
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *Sent:* Thursday, July 08, 2010 12:17 AM
>> *Subject:* [f_minor] (no subject)
>>
>> Hi GG fans,
>>
>> Here's a recent photo from Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
>>
>> Elaine
>>
>> _______________________________________________________________________
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Hello F_Minors
According to the biographies, GG's attorney,S. Posen, designed the
gravestone.

Katherine (also sweltering in Chicago)

PS: enter the Mount Pleasant cemetery on Bayview Street (where you can
park) and stay on course a little to the right, section 38, No. 1050

_http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?GRid=2128&page=gr_
(http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?GRid=2128&page=gr)

gives some pictures of the grave site as well.


In a message dated 7/8/2010 11:01:04 A.M. Central Daylight Time,

I have checked and in fact it is true that the musical notes on his stone
are the first 3 bars of the Goldberg. What threw me off is that there
don't appear to be any ornamentations in the music, so it confused me. GG and
Goldberg are wedded forever in stone. Nice effect.

Fred Houpt


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thanks Katherine....I will try to visit him before the year is out. I just have to stop forgetting.

Fred Houpt

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G'day f_minor

I find today's conversation quite touching. If I should ever visit Canada (definetly one day) I still don't know if I should visit his grave, but if I do, I'll bring along a bottle of Poland water and pay hommage.

You know, the Internet is a very loony place. There are actually several websites out there that are dedicated to grave locations and tombstones of famous people/ celebrities, whether one finds that funny or just morbid (or both), is up to you. In any case, here is the entry on GG from findagrave.com:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=2128

How come there aren't any flowers ????

Pat


Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 9:36 PM
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thanks Katherine....I will try to visit him before the year is out. I just have to stop forgetting.

Fred Houpt



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