--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtPiFU7UICM > > > > > > sigh.... > > You wanna see magic fingers, albeit on a different > instrument, try this: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzO0XWcnA38 > > Glenn Gould just about grows out of the piano > when he plays. Nobody has ever had a technique > like that. > > For some better camera angles on his hands (much > earlier in his career, but still amazing), see: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n0O1shJURU > > There's an intro; the actual playing starts around > :57. > > I kiss his feet... >
He might have been slightly autistic: Gould was so afraid of being cold that he wore heavy clothing, including gloves, even in warm places. He also disliked social functions. He had an aversion to being touched, and in later life he limited personal contact, relying on the telephone and letters for communication. Upon one visit to historic Steinway Hall in New York City in 1959, the chief piano technician at the time, William Hupfer, greeted Gould by giving him a slap on the back. Gould was shocked by this, and complained of aching, lack of coordination, and fatigue due to the incident; he even went on to explore the possibility of litigation against Steinway & Sons if his apparent injuries were permanent.[5] When he was still performing publicly, he performed in concert with the Cleveland Orchestra, after which conductor George Szell remarked, "No doubt about itâ"that nut's a genius". Probably Asperger's, like I think I myself might be... :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Gould My "acid test" would be how he played, if he ever did (which I'm "afraid" he didn't) the "trivial" Toccata and Fugue in D minor.
