Consider the hand - The Cross-Eyed Pianist
Feb 24, 2013 · The Canadian pianist Glenn Gould was famously neurotic about his hands. He would refuse to shake hands with people, for fear of damaging his hands (so he claimed, but I wonder whether this was just another manifestation of his OCD?).
The Two Faces of Glenn Gould: On His Health and Personality
Jan 24, 2023 · The first page of Gould’s “hand diary,” a two-part, 162-page private document, dating from late September 1977 through July 12, 1978, in which he explores the mysterious problems he perceived with his hands at the keyboard, and records his obsessive, idiosyncratic efforts to analyze and correct them.
Glenn Gould - Wikipedia
Glenn Herbert Gould [fn 1] (/ ɡ uː l d /; né Gold; [fn 2] 25 September 1932 – 4 October 1982) was a Canadian classical pianist. He was among the most famous and celebrated pianists of the 20th century, [ 1 ] renowned as an interpreter of the keyboard works of Johann Sebastian Bach .
Glenn Gould - Left-Handers Day 2019: celebrating the most …
Glenn Gould. The legendary pianist's hands were beset by physical problems throughout his career, and he kept in constant contact with doctors - but that doesn't diminish the fact that his left hand was a mighty, mighty instrument in itself.
Glenn Gould remembered: Meet the man behind the genius
He was determined not to put his hands at risk: he’d had circulation problems since childhood and he wasn’t the only pianist who’s spent half an hour before a concert with his hands and forearms soaking in hot water.
The Essential Glenn Gould | San Francisco Classical Voice
Everything about Gould the pianist was unusual and offbeat. The ritual of soaking hands in scalding water before playing. The rickety piano chair he carried everywhere. (I saw the chair at a traveling Gould exhibit in Vancouver, British Columbia; it must have been torture for the rump.)
CTS, the handshake from hell, and did GG crack his knuckles?
For about 25 years I retained a bone spur on the left-hand middle finger that used to bang the carriage return of my first manual typewriters. But to this day, no hand/finger pain, temporary or chronic.
The Song that Never Ends: Practicing Away from the Piano
Jun 13, 2017 · Many concert pianists, most famously Glenn Gould, were known to do silent "mental practice" with the score. Gould claimed it helped him develop a clear and complete understanding of the piece, before he started hacking away at the keyboard.
Glenn Gould: "Finger Tapping" - Piano Street
Jul 24, 2004 · Gould's teacher Guerrero was the one who taught Gould "the art of finger-tapping." Finger-tapping is a lowly obsessive, and cultish exercise for acquiring absolute evenness and ease in tricky passage work. It eliminates excess motion in the hand and ensures intimate tactile connection with the pattern in question.
Glenn Gould’s Inner Life - POV Magazine
Sep 1, 2009 · His hands played musical lines faultlessly, as if each was directed by a separate mind, and he could learn new repertory by reading the score—no keyboard necessary. At 31, he abandoned public performance, sinking into barbiturate addiction and extreme eccentricity while shifting his creative focus to avant-garde radio documentaries.