The Madness of Genius Glenn Gould (part I) <\/a><\/p>\n Glenn Gould and Natsume Soseki <\/a> <\/p>\n Soseki\u2019s novel was not only to become Gould\u2019s favorite book (previously it had been Thomas Mann\u2019s 1924 novel \u201cThe Magic Mountain\u201d), but one that would obsess him for the last 15 years of his life. Despite having no particular interest in Japan, nor having ever visited, Gould ended up owning four copies of the book, two in English and, unexpectedly, two in Japanese. He owned the English translations of Soseki\u2019s other novels and had more of the Japanese novelist\u2019s books in his library than those of any other writer.<\/p>\n To his cousin, Jessie Greig \u2014 the person closest to him throughout his life \u2014 he expressed his love for \u201cThe Three-Cornered World\u201d by reading the entire novel out to her over the telephone over the course of two evenings.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Gould was telephone friends <\/a>with Bill Evans <\/p>\n G.G plays Paul Hindemith (youtube) <\/a><\/p>\n Leonard conducting Glenn Gould performing Bach<\/a> (youtube) <\/p>\n ON the record (Youtube) <\/a><\/p>\n Off the record (Youtube)<\/a> <\/p>\n Glenn Gould Archive (Orlando Gibbons was his favorite composer, check his Russian Journey or see him as Umeboshi) <\/a><\/p>\n![\"BGIgor\"](\"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/BGIgor.jpg\")
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\nLeonard and Igor Stravinsky <\/a><\/p>\n![\"1aglensoseki\"](\"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1aglensoseki.jpg\")
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