Bach Break

It's Glenn Gould's birthday.  A piano prodigy best known for his Bach, he gave up live performance in his early 30s. (His last show was in a theatre a couple miles from where I live.) He was involved in other projects, such as radio shows, and essays on various subjects (he liked Tony Hatch's tunes better than Lennon and McCartney's), but if it weren't for the keyboards, no one would care.

He was known for certain eccentricities.  He'd lean in close to the keys and sometimes hum along.  He ate scrambled eggs every day.  A bit of a hypochondriac, he regularly monitored his vital signs and took many pills.  Maybe he had good reason--after his 50th birthday, he had a stroke and died soon after.