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Imagine that.
As to the subjects they discussed (I think someone asked that), my father claims that they spoke mostly about the other artists who had studios in the surrounding area. My father claims Glenn Gould disliked alot of their works so much that he threatened several times to smash their works the next time he saw them. Most of the other time, they would talk about some hungarian soup that the diner served. It was extremely good, and Glenn Gould apprently ate it very often two or three portions at a time. Supposedly, this diner was the cheapest diner around, and therefore was very popular among artists.



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 15:24:58 -0400


It'll be really interesting if it was a different Glenn Gould - AND he was also a pianist!

At 03:22 PM 5/24/2006, Chester Singh wrote:
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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