{"id":2870,"date":"2011-06-14T15:55:26","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T14:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/?p=2870"},"modified":"2011-06-14T15:57:15","modified_gmt":"2011-06-14T14:57:15","slug":"kenneth-leighton-on-hans-gal-why-used-bookstores-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2011\/06\/14\/kenneth-leighton-on-hans-gal-why-used-bookstores-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenneth Leighton on Hans Gal (why used bookstores rule)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Used bookstores may be one of the coolest institutions that the human race has produced. I hope they survive the digital age. A scan of an old book loses so much of what the paper version offers.<\/p>\n<p>A case in point: The other day, I found and orded a used copy of my man Han Gal&#8217;s book\u00a0<em>Schubert and the Essence of Melody <\/em>online at a used bookstore in Edinburgh. When the book arrived on Friday, it held a delightful surprise- tucked inside the front cover were several original newspaper clippings. Two Gal obituaries and a review of the book itself by Conrad Wilson. I&#8217;ve scanned them and posted here for curious readers.<\/p>\n<p>Of particular interest to me is the obituary from composer Kenneth Leighton. I didn&#8217;t know Leighton&#8217;s music at all until last Fall, when a friend gave me a recording of his 2nd Symphony which completely blew me away. I&#8217;d say Leighton&#8217;s music was one of my most exciting discoveries of the past musical year. I hope I get to conduct some of his music soon.<\/p>\n<p>Leighton writes about Gal and his music with genuine affection and deep insight. Tragically, Leighton, Gal&#8217;s junior by almost 30 years, only outlived Gal by a few months (Gal died in 87, Leighton in 88). \u00a0Composers are not always the keenest, fairest or most insightful judges of the work of their peers for a variety of reasons .Leighton and Gal would have been two very great fish crowded in a very small pond in Edinburgh- Leighton&#8217;s obvious affection, understanding and respect for Gal and his music speaks well of both men as musicians and colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2871\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/GalScan1.bmp1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2871\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2871 \" title=\"GalScan1.bmp\" src=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/GalScan1.bmp1-1024x692.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"415\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kenneth Leighton&#39;s obit of Hans Gal. <\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/GalObitWilson.bmp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2872\" title=\"GalObitWilson.bmp\" src=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/GalObitWilson.bmp-583x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"583\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/GalObitWilson.bmp-583x1024.jpg 583w, http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/GalObitWilson.bmp-480x842.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 583px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2873\" style=\"width: 601px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/GalSchuScan.bmp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2873\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2873  \" title=\"GalSchuScan.bmp\" src=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/GalSchuScan.bmp-739x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"591\" height=\"819\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/GalSchuScan.bmp-739x1024.jpg 591w, http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/GalSchuScan.bmp-480x664.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 591px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2873\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Conrad Wilson&#39;s review of Gal&#39;s Schubert Study<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2011\/06\/14\/kenneth-leighton-on-hans-gal-why-used-bookstores-rule\/\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Used bookstores may be one of the coolest institutions that the human race has produced. I hope they survive the digital age. A scan of an old book loses so much of what the paper version offers. A case in point: The other day, I found and orded a used copy of my man Han [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[711,365,710,712,713],"class_list":["post-2870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-opion-life-as-a-performing-musician","tag-conrad-wilson","tag-hans-gal","tag-kenneth-leighton","tag-schubert-and-the-essence-of-melody","tag-used-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2870"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2877,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2870\/revisions\/2877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}