--- In [email protected], cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> 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... :)
Really? You think you are? > > 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. Why would that be the "acid test," and test of what?
