Traces the life of the eccentric pianist, descibes the fear of human contact that curtailed his public performing career, and assesses the unique qualities of his play

Glenn Gould: The Ecstasy and Tragedy of Genius

Biographies & Memoirs

Ostwald, Peter

Arts & Literature

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

"[Glenn Gould] marks a major advance in our understanding of one of the 20th century's most significant performing artists. . . . Ostwald is as engrossing a writer as any who has tried his hand at biography." -Ted Libbey, Washington Post Book World The Canadian pianist Glenn Gould was a child prodigy and a musical genius whose 1955 recording of Bach's "Goldberg Variations" catapulted him to world fame. He was also plagued by lifelong depression, was terrified of playing before live audiences, and consumed prescription drugs by the handful. He died at fifty of a massive stroke. In this acclaimed biography, the late psychiatrist Peter Ostwald - himself an accomplished violinist and longtime personal friend of Gould's - raises many questions about Gould and his music. Was his genius sponsored by eccentricity or vice versa? Do those with genius sacrifice themselves for a higher ideal while remaining personally unfulfilled? Ostwald lays bare the energy and contradiction behind Gould's brilliance. "Learning more of the man, absorbing Peter Ostwald's picture and analysis, has sharpened my ears and made me more acutely receptive. . . . [An] important and illuminating biography." -Oliver Sacks "[A] superb psychological study . . . a poignant personal memoir." -Time "This brisk book is discerning rather than reductive, and guaranteed Freud-free. A." -Entertainment Weekly Illustrations

W.W.Norton&Company

Vaslav Nijinsky: A Leap into Madness

Humor & Entertainment

Citadel Pr

Recounts the life of the Russian ballet dancer from his ascent to fame to his leap to madness, and looks at his relationship with his sister, Bronislava Nijinska, herself a notable dancer and choreographer

Vaslav Nijinsky: A Leap Into Madness

LYLE STUART +

After obtaining access to long sought-after archival material about the final years of Robert Schumann, Lise Deschamps Ostwald, the author's widow, is finally able to detail the composer's last years at the mental institution in Endenich, fulfilling her husband's original intent.

Schumann: The Inner Voices of a Musical Genius

Northeastern Univ Pr

"Schumann is a remarkable piece of work. The author obviously loves the composer's music and writes about him - and Clara too - with compassion and understanding. . . Soberly and objectively, it unearths information that no previous Schumann research-- in English, at least - has come near duplicating." -- New York Times Book Review

Northeastern University Press

After obtaining access to long sought-after archival material about the final years of Robert Schumann, Lise Deschamps Ostwald, the author’s widow, is finally able to detail the composer’s last years at the mental institution in Endenich, fulfilling her husband’s original intent.

Ostwald, Lise Deschamps

Robson Book Ltd

Vaslav Nijinski

Passage du Marais

Ich bin Gott. Vaslaw Nijinskis Leben und Wahnsinn.

Europäische Verlagsanstalt (eva)

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Glenn Gould: The Ecstasy and Tragedy of Genius

Glenn Gould: The Ecstasy and Tragedy of Genius

Vaslav Nijinsky: A Leap into Madness

Vaslav Nijinsky: A Leap Into Madness

Schumann: The Inner Voices of a Musical Genius

Schumann: The Inner Voices of a Musical Genius

Schumann: The Inner Voices of a Musical Genius

Vaslav Nijinsky: A Leap into Madness

Vaslav Nijinski

Ich bin Gott. Vaslaw Nijinskis Leben und Wahnsinn.