| Product Summary | | Format: Paperback | | ISBN: 9780393318470 | | Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company | | Publish Date: 4/10/2007 | | Buy.com Sku: 30372342 | | Item#: RMPY7Q | | Dimensions (in Inches) 8.25H x 5.5L x 1T |
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| | | In this acclaimed biography, the late Peter Ostwald--himself an accomplished violinist and longtime personal friend of Gould's--raises many questions about Gould and his music, and lays bare the energy and contradiction behind his brilliance. Photos. NPR feature. Annotation: A biography of the famous American pianist, written by a psychiatrist and musician who knew Gould for the last 25 years of his life. Ostwald attempts to portray not only Gould's personality, but to convey a sense of the debilitating neuroses from which he suffered.
| PraisePublishers Weekly "Ostwald's analyses of of Gould's musicianship and discussions of his radio broadcasts and TV documentaries are illuminating, and his writing has an intimacy that makes you feel you've actually been in the same room with the pianist." 04/07/1997Washington Post Book World "[Ostwald's] book marks a major advance in our understanding of one of the 20th century's most significant performing artists." 09/14/1997 |
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