[F_minor] Re: something interesting, and a question

["Chester Singh" <k_dawg71@hotmail.com>]

Alot of artists were moving in and out of studio's at the time, so I doubt 
it would make a difference.
But more than that is the fact that my father claims him and Glenn Gould met 
only during the day time.
It is really confusing me now.
Perhas it was a different Glenn Gould?
And I believe the diner is still there.


> From: paul wiener <pwiener@ms.cc.sunysb.edu>
> To: "Chester Singh" <k_dawg71@hotmail.com>, bpl@umich.edu, 
> fred.houpt@rbc.com,        f_minor@email.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Re: something interesting, and a question
> Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 13:06:54 -0400
>
> Are/were any biographers aware of their relationship? It sounds as if he 
> might have major anecdotes to contribute!
>
> At 10:08 AM 5/24/2006, Chester Singh wrote:
> > A strange thing happened to me the other day, in that I discovered 
> > something interesting. I mentioned Glenn Gould in front of my father, and 
> > he said that back in the seventies, he had known Glenn GOuld quite well. 
> > My father is an artist, and claimed that his studio was very close to 
> > Glenn Gould's and they would meet often. This went on for about seven 
> > years, from 1970 to 1977. Something else is that my father says that every 
> > artist who had a studio in the area went to that diner (whose name I have 
> > forgotten), and each had their own particular booth that they occupied 
> > every time they ate there. Even more; my father actually heard the Toccata 
> > and Fugue in D minor (not Dorian) being played by Glenn Gould on an organ, 
> > as well as many other pieces of music.
> >
> > Now to the qustion. Whatever I have read about Glenn Gould claims that 
> > towards the end of his life, he became recluse and stopped meeting people, 
> > limiting their conversations to telephones. Well, wasn't 1977 pretty close 
> > to his death, and that year my father claims he met him at least 20 times. 
> > I do not understand.
> > Chester Singh
> >
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