Musicians who have (or may have?) Asperger's Syndrome.
^No, but listening to music and musical instruments paints pictures in my head, and certain instruments remind me of certain things [for example, string instruments remind me of birds, Eastern instruments remind me of dragons, flutes remind me of faeries and mysterious creatures in forests, and so forth].
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That's cool that you have a deep timbrel relationship with music, and that certain instruments remind of you of certain things. I find it a shame though that certain keys/modes don't make you feel a certain way - I just listened to "The Plagues" from The Prince of Egypt and wept like a baby...so much pain in that song (it's in g/e minor btw - that's another thing I like is the "chromatic mediant" relationship between such keys; it adds SO much more depth to the emotion of the piece).
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^Well, they do make me feel emotions, but I don't automatically associate a certain key with a certain emotion.
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Sorry, I misunderstood. I mean, I assumed you felt something with music, I just didn't think you associated certain keys/modes with certain emotions, and thus it was more of a general thing. (Plus, I wasn't sure about how much emotion you feel when listening to certain music, because I only know that for me it can become overwhelming at times and break me down into tears)
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I often feel like I've been transported away into a magical dimension where the wavelengths are travelling around me when I close my eyes while listening to music I like. I only like orchestral, classical, and ancient music, though [along with my favourite video game soundtracks].
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Well... I can't post links as new user, but you can find this two documentaries on youtube by links endings or by names: 1. Such Hawks Such Hounds, 2. Blood, Sweat, Vinyl. DIY in the 21st Century
There are a lot of nice music and people including aspies. Just try to detect some of them excluding persons I've posted earlier
PS: sorry for my English
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An interview with her in Pitchfork about her memoir in which her shyness is discussed
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Abz Love member of boy band Five came out on Celebrity Big Brother in 2013
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For those that care I do not now if finding out meant proffessional or self disgnosed
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I recently attended a composer talk in November prior to a symphony concert in my hometown, the subjects of which were Prokofiev and Bizet - the featured composers of the concert - and, given the information I learned about Prokofiev from the presentation, I suspect he may have been on the spectrum. The term enfant terrible seems to be an apt representation of a lot of people with Asperger's (he would openly criticize his much older peers at the music conservatory for their works with blatant disregard toward their feelings, but not in a sociopathic way - he didn't seem to understand the subtleties of these interactions), and just the fact that he was highly gifted in one specific area at a very young age is a pretty close indicator (he was very young when he was sent to the St. Petersburg Conservatory). He also seems to have a bit of an awkward "Aspie look" to him, at least imho.
I haven't seen video footage of him, but I imagine as a child and adolescent he probably had an awkward gait. What do you guys think?
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Pianist Glenn Gould mentioned by the OP ten years ago had a lot of reliably documented traits.
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Gould was widely known for his unusual habits. He usually hummed while he played the piano, and his recording engineers had mixed results in how successfully they could exclude his voice from recordings. Gould claimed that his singing was unconscious and increased proportionately with the inability of the piano in question to realize the music as he intended. It is likely that this habit originated in Gould's having been taught by his mother to "sing everything that he played", as Kevin Bazzana puts it. This became "an unbreakable (and notorious) habit".[51] Some of Gould's recordings were severely criticised because of the background "vocalising". For example, a reviewer of his 1981 re-recording of the Goldberg Variations opined that many listeners would "find the groans and croons intolerable".[52] Gould was renowned for his peculiar body movements while playing and for his insistence on absolute control over every aspect of his playing environment. The temperature of the recording studio had to be exactly regulated. He invariably insisted that it be extremely warm. According to Friedrich, the air conditioning engineer had to work just as hard as the recording engineers.[53] The piano had to be set at a certain height and would be raised on wooden blocks if necessary.[54] A small rug would sometimes be required for his feet underneath the piano.[55] He had to sit fourteen inches above the floor and would play concerts only while sitting on the old chair his father had made. He continued to use this chair even when the seat was completely worn through.[56] His chair is so closely identified with him that it is shown in a place of honour in a glass case at the National Library of Canada.
A replica of Glenn Gould's chair
Conductors responded diversely to Gould and his playing habits. George Szell, who led Gould in 1957 with the Cleveland Orchestra, remarked to his assistant, "That nut's a genius."[57] Leonard Bernstein said, "There is nobody quite like him, and I just love playing with him."[57] Bernstein created a stir at the concert of 6 April 1962 when, just before the New York Philharmonic was to perform the Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor with Gould as soloist, he informed the audience that he was assuming no responsibility for what they were about to hear. He asked the audience: "In a concerto, who is the boss – the soloist or the conductor? (audience laughter). The answer is, of course, sometimes the one and sometimes the other, depending on the people involved."[58] Specifically, he was referring to their rehearsals with Gould's insistence that the entire first movement be played at half the indicated tempo. The speech was interpreted by Harold C. Schonberg, music critic for The New York Times, as an abdication of responsibility and an attack on Gould.[59] Plans for a studio recording of the performance came to nothing. The live radio broadcast (along with Bernstein's disclaimer) was subsequently released on CD.
Gould was averse to cold and wore heavy clothing (including gloves), even in warm places. He was once arrested, presumably mistaken for a vagrant, while sitting on a park bench in Sarasota, Florida, dressed in his standard all-climate attire of coat(s), hat and mittens.[60] Barbara Rose, daughter of the legendary cellist Leonard Rose, with whom Gould partnered on several recordings, later suggested that Gould had suffered from fibromyalgia, a condition which could not be diagnosed at the time and which made it impossible for Gould to tell hot from cold.[61] He also disliked social functions. He hated being touched, and in later life he limited personal contact, relying on the telephone and letters for communication. On one visit to Steinway Hall in New York City in 1959, the chief piano technician at the time, William Hupfer, greeted Gould by giving him a slap on the back. Gould was shocked by this, and complained of aching, lack of coordination, and fatigue because of the incident. He went on to explore the possibility of litigation against Steinway & Sons if his apparent injuries were permanent.[62] He was known for cancelling performances at the last minute, which is why Bernstein's above-mentioned public disclaimer opens with, "Don't be frightened, Mr. Gould is here... will appear in a moment."
In his liner notes and broadcasts, Gould created more than two dozen alter egos for satirical, humorous, or didactic purposes, permitting him to write hostile reviews or incomprehensible commentaries on his own performances. Probably the best-known are the German musicologist "Karlheinz Klopweisser", the English conductor "Sir Nigel Twitt-Thornwaite", and the American critic "Theodore Slutz".[63] These facets of Gould, whether interpreted as neurosis or "play",[64] have provided ample material for psychobiography.
Fran's Restaurant in Toronto was a regular haunt of Gould's. A CBC profile noted, "sometime between two and three every morning, Gould would go to Fran's, a 24-hour diner a block away from his Toronto apartment, sit in the same booth, and order the same meal of scrambled eggs."[65] In a letter to the cellist Virginia Katims, dating back to 20 January 1973, Gould stated he had been vegetarian for about ten years.[66]
It has been debated whether or not Gould's mind fell within the autism spectrum.[7] The diagnosis was first suggested by psychiatrist Peter Ostwald, a friend of Gould's, in the 1997 book Glenn Gould: The Ecstasy and Tragedy of Genius.[67]
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