[f_minor] GG Canadian person of national historic significance

[Tony Cimino]

Most gorgeous hands ever.


On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 7:18 PM, Pat <pzumst at bluewin.ch> wrote:

>   Hi Anita, all
>
> Yep, the man had fascinating hands indeed.
>
> Of course it is an honor but it also has that slight “well done mate, but
> the 20th Century is over, now be a good lad and move out of the Here&Now
> off to the museum, will you ?” feel as well. At least for me.
>
> I dunno if it was actually NASA who decided what was supposed to go on the
> Golden Disc, but that doesn’t matter. What I can say is that NASA has
> definetly confirmed that Voyager has left the Heliosphere and is now in
> Interstellar Space, between the stars (there is a soundfile somewhere where
> you can hear a speeded up drop of the radiation noise). Next stop: Oort
> Cloud and Alpha Centauri with an ETA of give or take some 40’000 years......
>
> (and for all the newbies here who don’t know what I am talking about maybe
> Bob Merkin will tell ya a joke...)
>
> Pat
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>  *From:* Anita Monroe <rubatoatm at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Sunday, August 31, 2014 12:47 AM
> *To:* Discussion of the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould.
> <f_minor at glenngould.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [f_minor] GG Canadian person of national historic
> significance
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>  Hi Pat & All,
>
> Don't you like the picture of the young GG?  He had such perfect hands for
> a pianist.  I've always loved the fact that NASA put his music on the space
> exploration vehicle.  That was enough historic significance for anyone.. I
> suspect that he would have liked that honor.
>
> Anita
>
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> On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 2:32 PM, Pat <pzumst at bluewin.ch> wrote:
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>>   Thanks Kate ! I dunno if Mr Gould would have liked that though....
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>> so....where the hell is everybody ?
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>>  *From:* Kpapademas at aol.com
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 26, 2014 5:29 PM
>> *To:* f_minor at glenngould.org
>> *Subject:* [f_minor] GG Canadian person of national historic significance
>>
>>  Glenn Gould - Canadian person of national historic significance!
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>> http://www.macleans.ca/society/8-canadian-persons-of-national-historic-significance/
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>> Why did it take so long? Twenty five years have to pass after a person's
>> death.
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>> Regards,
>> K
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Tony Leonardo Cimino, DMA
M: 347.513.6886

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*Classical flutist• Classical pianist • Artist• Poet*
Classical flute/piano
Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
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