Author: Peter Ostwald. Published by W.W. Norton & Company of New York and London, 1997, 1st Edition Uncorrected Proof. Printed in USA. Almost New Condition SOFTCOVER Book, with the slightest wear, lower corner-crease and some sun-fade on the front cardboard cover. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 9.25 x 6 inch, 290 pages.
BONUS: This is the RARE Uncorrected Proof, as printed by W.W. Norton and Company.
GLENN GOULD, The Ecstasy and Tragedy of Genius by Peter Ostwald, is about the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould who was a musical genius - a child prodigy, whose rise to world fame was jump-started in 1955 by a sensational recording of Bach's daunting Goldberg Variations.
"Overall, a very informative book on Gould, especially his formative years and early concertizing. How interesting to be his friend, a violinist, and a psychiatrist, the author offers interesting insight into Gould's life. The drug use is overwhelming, barbituates, thorazine, valium, basically pills filling the pockets of that old coat he wore. He'd open the bottles and pour them in! Geniuses don't necessarily work well with others and Gould was a self-proclaimed loner. The author suggests that Gould may have had aspergers's syndome which makes a lot of sense. As always, with Gould, I'm drawn in and held with amazement, awe, and humor, too.' -Reviewed by Marianne Meyers on Goodreads.
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ISBN: 9780393040771
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