Overview of Peter F. Oswald's Glenn Gould: The Ecstasy and Tragedy of a Genius

In "Frenzy and Tragedy Genius", writer Peter Oswald shares the story of a famous and successful composer and pianist Glenn Gould. Glenn Gould was born on 25 September 1932 at his mother Florence Emma Gould and his father Russell Herbert Gould. Even before Glenn was born, his mother decided that her "child wanted to be a wonderful pianist and must be a successful musician" (Osterwald, 1997, p. 39). At the age of 3, parents realized that Glenn was talented and had absolute talent (Ostwald 1997, p. 44).

In the summer of 1962, the world famous pianist Glenn Gould gave a full Bach concert at the Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. The second half of the show was dedicated to the art of Fuga, and Gould did radical something before he began to play - he asked the audience that it did not applaud. This is not the first time Mr. Gould announced dissatisfaction with the audience applaud. At the beginning of the year, he announced an article in the American musical "Let's stop clapping". He believes that the best way to consume art is to internalize it and reflect it in a quiet and thoughtful way.

Glenn Gould People are faced with anxiety many times in their lives; this may be before new experiences or big life decisions. Imagine that a person's career is the main reason they have become uneasy for more than a decade. Glenn Gould is a wonderful person who has struggled with anxiety and self-love to lead to non-traditional reactions. - Nomo phobia, or mobile phobia is a feeling that you feel uneasy if most people can not use your mobile phone or do not have a mobile phone. Think about how you feel when you do not have a phone, or when the battery is depleted. Among teenagers, mobile phones say it is more convenient to say that improving their lives with simple tasks such as sending messages to someone. Approximately 75% of adolescents own mobile phones, and nearly half of them are smartphones.

Many people know that Glenn Gould is addicted to the strange custom of "striking with a finger." And he believes that it developed and maintained his surprisingly sophisticated and flexible fingering techniques. Sadly, it is frequently placed in the same area of ​​people's mind, like the well-known Gourde's strange, such as taking contraceptives, wearing such gloves and coats. Sound etc. Gould is saddened by a genius with mental illness - perhaps Asperger plus obsessive-compulsive disorder - widely understood that he was deprived of the knowledge and understanding he deserved. He lives now