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Humming and singing



There is an interesting article on "Involuntary vocalization" by Harry Eyres at

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/fridayreview/story/0,12102,966166,00.html

The article mentions other pianists who hum and sing, but Glenn Gould is featured.  There is even a link to an Audio clip of GG playing the Sinfonias "complete with humming".  Try it out.  Lots of humming, singing and talking.

"But was Gould's singing - and is the humming of pianists in general - an embarrassing encumbrance, even a sign of mental instability, or might it be inseparable from the expressiveness of their playing?"



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