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The Question of Instrument (1983)

Name: The Question of Instrument
Director: Bruno Monsaingeon
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 1983-09-29
Duration: 57 min
Cast: Glenn Gould, Bruno Monsaingeon

57 min · Canada · Dir. Bruno Monsaingeon

Documentary Music 1983 movies

Part I of the series "Glenn Gould Plays Bach" is devoted to Bach's "Art of Fugue." Gould's performance is followed by a lively repartee with Monsaingeon, in which the pianist provides dazzling insights illustrated by music examples. He explains, for example, why he plays some pieces extremely slowly, and bemoans the "musicological overkill" of scholars who insist that Bach's keyboard music should only be played on a harpsichord.