[F_minor] Re: something interesting, and a question

[paul wiener <pwiener@ms.cc.sunysb.edu>]

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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