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color=#0000ff>I made an error. My mind must have been very tired when I
wrote this post. In fact my grandfather was a furrier, just like Glenn's
dad ( I incorrectly wrote that GG's dad was a tailor - he was in fact a
furrier). I asked my dad if the name "Gold" meant anything to him?
He said no, but that I had to remember that since he himself was born in 1930 he
wouldn't have a recollection of that name. I said to him that in the 1930's,
Toronto was a much smaller city and the number of furriers was also small in
number and that it was very highly likely that his dad and mom (who helped my
grandfather in that business) knew all the furriers in Toronto. I
therefore draw a conclusion that it is highly likely that my grandparents knew
of Mr. Gold (becoming Gould). Glenn was asked several times in his life if
he had Jewish blood lines and he found it humorous enough to answer that he was
Jewish during the war and then not after it. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=381040412-24092012><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>Kind regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=381040412-24092012><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>Fred Houpt</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=381040412-24092012><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>Toronto, Ontario</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> f_minor
[mailto:f_minor-bounces@glenngould.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>f h<BR><B>Sent:</B>
Sunday, September 23, 2012 3:05 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Discussion of the Canadian
pianist Glenn Gould.<BR><B>Subject:</B> [f_minor] GG birthday
thoughts<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Good day all. I was out
and about this morning in the car and I listened to an hour of CBC; Michael
Enright had musicologist Robert Harris on and they did part one a multiple hour
thing on GG. It was lovely though I must say that Harris made a big
mistake by saying that no one else plays the piano and hums. Enirght
corrected this by saying that Oscar Peterson hummed. I would add that so
does Keith Jarrett and so did Fats Waller and a bunch of other jazz piano
titans. One thing that I did learn from Harris and this was totally new to
me: the family name Gould is a made up or altered name. Glenn's father was
a tailor in the 1930's here in Toronto, where the majority of tailors were
Jews. Being a WASP,<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR> GG's father perhaps
grew tired of people assuming that Mr. Gold was a Jewish tailor, he amended the
name to sound more Christian or non-Jewish....and made it "Gould". This
was amazing enough to me but I will tell you a funny side story to this.
My dad's father was a Jewish tailor in Toronto in the 1930's. I now wonder
if he knew if Mr. Gould (or Gold)? How very odd. I will ask my dad
if he can recall any such connection though at my dad's age I doubt that he'd
remember. What a very small world.</SPAN></DIV>
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style="RIGHT: auto">Happy Birthday Glenn: you are more beloved now than
ever. The vibrations you set in motion from your mind, your fingers, your
piano, continue to reverate and move outwards......</SPAN></DIV>
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style="RIGHT: auto">kind regards,</SPAN></DIV>
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style="RIGHT: auto">P.S., it is my intention to finally buy a digital camera
maybe this week and I do owe myself the promise to go visit GG's grave site,
maybe with camera in hand. I just know it will be an emotional
discovery.</SPAN></DIV>
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