Re: GG: Photographic Suite

[Richard Landau <Richard@luthier.demon.co.uk>]

Anyone know if or where where you can get this book in London, England?

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In message <3237313D.2164@Schwab.com>, Manuel Martinez
<Manuel.Martinez@schwab.com> writes
>Dear fellow Glenn Gould fans,
>
>A few months ago, I ran across a photographic book of Glenn Gould in a 
>San Francisco bookstore. It is a marvelous, hardbound, coffee table book, 
>much larger than Jock Carroll's. Published by Attila Csampai (who is this 
>guy?), it contains some 90 colored and black and white pictures of GG. 
>The roster of photographers (about a dozen) includes Jack Gould and 
>Russell Herbert Gould (would that be uncle and father? Can someone tell 
>me?). The collection begins with GG's baby picture and ends, quite 
>poignantly, with his chair. But I won't waste my time describing the 
>pictures and all the great, ineffable emotions evoked. If you don't have 
>this book, please get it. It's sixty dollars, a bit of a splurge for some 
>of us, but you owe it to yourself. This is simply the best photographic 
>document of Glenn Gould that I've seen.
>
>Title: Glenn Gould Photographische Suiten
>by: Attila Csampai
>Publisher: London: Schirmer/Mosel
>Date: 1995
>Price: $60
>
>Where to order:
>Rizzoli Bookstore
>
>Tel:
>212.759.2424 (New York)
>415.984.0225 (San Francisco)
>
>It may be faster if someone can find the publisher's address in Europe.
>As you may have guessed, the text is in German. Does it matter? It's 90% 
>pictures, all glorious. The catalog of recordings in the appendix is 
>quite readable. 
>
>My apologies for not sharing this earlier. Since joining F Minor not too 
>long ago, no one has mentioned this book and I've began to wonder 
>(whether I'm commiting a crime, that is).
>
>I enjoy reading all your emails everyday. Thank you, Mary Jo for keeping 
>the flow of GG consciousness going.
>
>Best regards,
>Manuel

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Richard Landau