Hi
Maria, Let me introduce myself: I’m 25
years old and I’m a student in English in I love drawing too and I already drew a
portrait of Glenn Gould — the first one of a long set I hope. Actually it
is a reproduction of a picture taken during a recording session of the Goldberg
Variations in 1955. It is scanned on my computer so I can easily send it to you
if you want to look at it. By the way, I’d be very interested in having a
look at your drawings. I can send my drawing to whoever is interested
of course. I hope to hear from you soon! “Glenngouldly”, Vincent ---
Maria Tauriainen <maria_tauriainen@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > Hi to everyone! > I'm a new
subscriber, so I don't know much > about how
this whole thing > works. All I know is that I'm happy to find so
many > other
people with an > interest
in Glenn Gould! > I guess
what I'm looking for is a discussion > type of
e-mail list > devoted to Gould and his > genius/idiosyncrasies/personality/playing/etc.
I hope I've finally > found it... > Perhaps I
should give you all some background information about > myself.
I'm seventeen years old, in my senior year > at high
school in BC, > Canada, and I love art and music. I play the piano, > as time
permits (it's > not the
first priority in my life right now, > although I work hard at it), > and I'm in
grade six in the Royal Conservatory. I >
first started
lessons a > year ago,
after teaching myself through grade one > over a
period of about > eight years off and on. I
flew through five grades > in little
more than a > year! Actually,
I've always wanted lessons, but >
being in a family of > thirteen
kids (I'm the second oldest), it was kind > of
impossible. I received > my own
piano free from a charity (I have a mild > physical
disability, so I > was given the opportunity to 'make
a wish'), and >
since then,
especially with > the
inspiration of Glenn Gould, I've loved playing > piano more
than ever. > This, of
course, brings me to my love of all > things
Gould. I first > discovered him from, of all things,
an electronic > encyclopedia called > Encarta. There was a short
thirty-second clip of him > playing the third > Goldberg variation, and I listened
to it over and > over,
loving the sound. I > read up on him through the same
program, but was > never
satisfied. That was > two years ago, and now I have about
twenty of his > CDs. My 'Glenn Gould > phase,' as my mom put it, is
definitely not going > away! > I'm the
'artist' of my family, and I've drawn >
some pictures
of Gould. > I really like them, and so doeas everyone who's seen > them. Many
of them say > that it's
amazing how much effort and feeling I must > have put into > them--well,
of course! It's Glenn Gould I was > drawing! If
any of you are > interested
in seeing them, please let me know. I'll > try to figure out a way > to send
them through e-mail, if it's possible. > I'm sorry
if I'm doing this in the wrong way; > could someone please > give me some pointers on how F_minor works? I'd love > to hear
from you, and > especially
about any personal experiences regarding > Glenn Gould. Is anyone > an artist
who enjoys pencil/charcoal, and has drawn > Gould before? What about > favourite
recordings, or stories about him? > I would greatly
appreciate anyone taking the > time to
write to me, and > by the
way, thanks for reading my e-mail! > >
Maria > > ************************************************** Signoff instructions, and user preference interface F_minor Website ************************************************** |