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Glenn Gould

I am certain that when Glenn entered heaven, Great Bach gave him the biggest hug he could.


The why he sings or hums along makes me think of him even more a some sort of detached "beautiful mind" person in his own world.

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How is he able to turn a steinway into a harpsichord?

The genius of applying the visceral to the cerebral

Bach's fugues are Uranium in Glen Gould's hands..he split the atom.

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He plays for himself, not for the audience. A musical dialogue between him and music. So what you hear is not just a well-honed performance designed for a paid audience it's an intimate relationship In this age of ridiculous events to the "spectacular" pop music, here someone is having fun at the piano. Today, for most people, music is a passive experience, you listen to what you think was designed for you because you bought the “track” on iTunes, and you think you had a musical experience music is a physical experience (and not commercial experience, as pop music will make you believe ), which is best not only to listen, but also to play a real instrument.