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Glenn Gould The Ecstasy and Tragedy of Genius

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ISBN-10: 0393318478

ISBN-13: 9780393318470

Edition: N/A

Authors: Peter Ostwald, Oliver Sacks

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Book details

List price: $25.00
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/17/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 370
Size: 5.55" wide x 8.46" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

PETER OSTWALD, M.D. (1928-1996), was a professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, a musician, and an author of numerous books. His widow, LISE DESCHAMPS OSTWALD, is a concert pianist and was his long-time assistant.

Foreword
Introduction
The Concert
A Little Night Music
Infancy
Child Prodigy
A Childhood Friend
New Teachers and Further Success
Gaining a Manager
"My Love Affair with the Microphone"
Self-Isolation
Triumph in the States
First Contact with Psychiatry
Conflicting Demands
Telephone Calls
Traveling Overseas
Strange Illnesses
In Search of a Home
Dr. Joseph Stephens
The Pitfalls of Composing and Performing
Retirement from the Stage
The Solitude Trilogy
Changing Views of Composers
Impersonator, Philosopher, and Technician
New Faces, New Challenges
Approaching Middle Age
The Last Years
A Fatal Stroke
Epilogue and Acknowledgments
Notes to Sources
Index