Marvellous. He was mistaken about Anglo-Saxons though. Although they dominated the first large wave of European settlers in Toronto in the late-18th century - Americans known as Loyalists - they ceased to be a majority long before the post-Second World War era. About a century prior to that influx of Italians, Portuguese, Czechs, Chinese and all the rest, quantities of Irish arrived and before long far outnumbered Torontonians of English descent. By 1950 I would surmise that of the descendants of the nations of the British Isles, the Irish were the most numerous, the Scots second, the English third, and the Welsh a very distant fourth. I think Gould must not have known that of those four, only the English are Anglo-Saxons, the other three being of Celtic rather than Germanic extraction. Strangely, few Canadians have any idea how little English there is in Canadian blood. They're thrown off by the fact that the political and social architecture is quite English.
This is literally my Netflix and chill
This is absolutely magnificent
Because it was ALWAYS winter in Glenn Gould's psyche - that was his gift...and ours.
He really aged quite rapidly between this and his death only 3 years later.
Marvellous. He was mistaken about Anglo-Saxons though. Although they dominated the first large wave of European settlers in Toronto in the late-18th century - Americans known as Loyalists - they ceased to be a majority long before the post-Second World War era. About a century prior to that influx of Italians, Portuguese, Czechs, Chinese and all the rest, quantities of Irish arrived and before long far outnumbered Torontonians of English descent.
By 1950 I would surmise that of the descendants of the nations of the British Isles, the Irish were the most numerous, the Scots second, the English third, and the Welsh a very distant fourth.
I think Gould must not have known that of those four, only the English are Anglo-Saxons, the other three being of Celtic rather than Germanic extraction.
Strangely, few Canadians have any idea how little English there is in Canadian blood. They're thrown off by the fact that the political and social architecture is quite English.
Haha him driving that huge boat is priceless!
spectacular and brainy
Yeah, he was such a funny guy.
You can't say "no'" to a stewardess in a dream.... ;-)
im very much the antihero in reallife you see but i compensate like mad in my dreams...haha
thanks for upload
The city may change but the ferries @ 1:40 never will
You can't say 'no' to a stewardess in a dream, eh? Mr. Gould?
Heh. Yeah. He was, of course, an avid boater since childhood.
why is he dressed like its winter?
yuk yuk yuk. Gouldians have never heard this joke before.
Спасибо! С любовью из России!
3 of 6 is all I can handle. I must mute it now!
with your innate sense of rhythm we are sure you can bring us out of this : /