[f_minor] Farewell Glenn

[Emilio Toro]

Where was I when Gould's death was announced?

I was late in the afternoon in FL, and I was driving to meet a friend for happy hour when "All Things Considered" from NPR came on at 5 pm. The announced stated that Canadian pianist Glenn Gould had died in Toronto, and began to play his recent Goldberg recording.

I had never heard the Goldberg Variations, but the aria made me pull into the nearest parking spot where I sat transfixed with the music. Next day I went to buy the album; the rest is history.

Emilio, from FL

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> On Oct 24, 2014, at 8:56 PM, Anita Monroe <rubatoatm at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Mary,  I'm in Key West, staying with a friend and visiting my elderly piano teacher, Yehuda Guttman.  He has lost both of his sons this year and he is not in good shape, as you can imagine.  This is a painful visit and I can do little to comfort him.  It is hard to keep one's own spirits up.
> Hope all is well with you.
> Anita
> 
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>> On Oct 4, 2014, at 2:26 PM, maryellen jensen <maryellenjensen28 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> 
>> I do remember where, Anita. The second Goldberg was 'just out'. All over Manhattan, where I happened to be living at the time, Glenn Gould was to be seen leaning back dangerously in that director's chair, dressed in dark blue, a very GG smile on his face, in the window of every single record store (and there were plenty in NYC). Had he only known.
>> 
>> http://www.rockpaperphoto.com/glenn-gould-from-the-columbia-records-archive-24530
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>> 
>> Forgive me but since most here already have huge collections of our Glenn Gould may I suggest a marvellous musical programme of the recently deceased Christopher Hogwood that will steal your heart away:
>> 
>> http://www.francemusique.fr/emission/les-vendredis-du-philhar/2014-2015/festival-d-automne-paris-luigi-nono-et-franz-liszt-10-03-2014-13-33
>> 
>> At least have a look at the musical programme.
>> 
>> (I always feel so bad for Bert Gould, Glenn Gould's father, who was faced with the unthinkable.)
>> 
>> Mary
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>> date: Sat, 4 Oct 2014 09:33:59 -0400
>> From: rubatoatm at gmail.com
>> To: f_minor at glenngould.org
>> Subject: Re: [f_minor] Farewell Glenn
>> 
>> Do any of you remember exactly where you were when you learned that he had died.  I do, and it was such stunning news.
>> I had a hard time concentrating of my job that day, and just wanted to go home and grieve...
>> 
>> On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 9:38 PM, Tony Cimino <tlcdma2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Yes, I know. 😕
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Oct 3, 2014, at 9:11 PM, John Hood <johnhood at iinet.net.au> wrote:
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>> In Australia it's morning.
>>  
>> Let me be the first to remind everybody that today, October 4th is the anniversary of GG's death in 1982.
>>  
>> I think I shall be hitting the CD collection today. Probably Bach.
>>  
>> Cheers,
>>  
>> JH
>> 
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