A Romance on Three Legs : Glenn Gould's Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano ebook
A Romance on Three Legs : Glenn Gould's Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano ebook
A Romance on Three Legs : Glenn Gould's Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano.cKatie Hafner
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Author: Katie Hafner
Page Count: 272 pages
Published Date: 19 Jun 2008
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication Country: New York, United States
Language: Englishhttps://d20eq91zdmkqd.cloudfront.net/assets/images/book/large/9781/2230/9781223011394.jpg
ISBN: 9781596915244
File size: 35 Mb
File Name: A.Romance.on.Three.Legs.Glenn.Gould's.Obsessive.Quest.for.the.Perfect.Piano.pdf
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A grand tale of obsession about the brilliant Glenn Gould and the unique, temperamental instrument he came to love beyond all others, by a top New York Times writer.Glenn Gould was one of the most complex, brilliant artists of the twentieth century, a musician famous for bizarre habits: he wore a hat and gloves even on the warmest summer day; refused to shake hands for fear of germs or damaged fingers; hummed and conducted himself while he played; and traveled the world with a battered old chair, refusing to perform while sitting on anything else. But perhaps Gould’s greatest obsession of all was with a Steinway concert grand known as CD318. To explain that relationship, which Gould himself described as “a romance on three legs,” Katie Hafner introduces us to the important figures in Gould’s life, including Verne Edquist, his longtime, long-suffering, blind tuner. She offers a fascinating history of the art of tuning, and takes us inside Steinway during the war years, when CD318 was built. And she dissects Gould’s life with the piano, from his first encounter with it to the endless coddling and tweaking that Edquist performed over the years. Hafner includes Gould’s stormy, sometimes outrageous, correspondence with Steinway, and describes his despair when CD318 was fatally dropped from a loading dock.The book will appeal to fans of books like The Piano Shop on the Left Bank, as well as to those looking fora rich story of obsession like The Orchid Thief.
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A Romance on Three Legs : Glenn Gould's Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano.cKatie Hafner
Author: Katie Hafner
Page Count: 272 pages
Published Date: 19 Jun 2008
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication Country: New York, United States
Language: Englishhttps://d20eq91zdmkqd.cloudfront.net/assets/images/book/large/9781/2230/9781223011394.jpg
ISBN: 9781596915244
File size: 35 Mb
File Name: A.Romance.on.Three.Legs.Glenn.Gould's.Obsessive.Quest.for.the.Perfect.Piano.pdf
Download Link: A Romance on Three Legs Glenn Gould's Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano
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A grand tale of obsession about the brilliant Glenn Gould and the unique, temperamental instrument he came to love beyond all others, by a top New York Times writer.Glenn Gould was one of the most complex, brilliant artists of the twentieth century, a musician famous for bizarre habits: he wore a hat and gloves even on the warmest summer day; refused to shake hands for fear of germs or damaged fingers; hummed and conducted himself while he played; and traveled the world with a battered old chair, refusing to perform while sitting on anything else. But perhaps Gould’s greatest obsession of all was with a Steinway concert grand known as CD318. To explain that relationship, which Gould himself described as “a romance on three legs,” Katie Hafner introduces us to the important figures in Gould’s life, including Verne Edquist, his longtime, long-suffering, blind tuner. She offers a fascinating history of the art of tuning, and takes us inside Steinway during the war years, when CD318 was built. And she dissects Gould’s life with the piano, from his first encounter with it to the endless coddling and tweaking that Edquist performed over the years. Hafner includes Gould’s stormy, sometimes outrageous, correspondence with Steinway, and describes his despair when CD318 was fatally dropped from a loading dock.The book will appeal to fans of books like The Piano Shop on the Left Bank, as well as to those looking fora rich story of obsession like The Orchid Thief.
Read online A Romance on Three Legs : Glenn Gould's Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano Buy and read online A Romance on Three Legs : Glenn Gould's Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano Download and read A Romance on Three Legs : Glenn Gould's Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano ebook, pdf, djvu, epub, mobi, fb2, zip, rar, torrent Download to iPad/iPhone/iOS, B&N nook A Romance on Three Legs : Glenn Gould's Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano ebook, pdf, djvu, epub, mobi, fb2, zip, rar, torrent
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