Mysterious Pianist Identified
(Go ahead, say the post-title out loud. Tee-hee)
Anyway, the mystery of the "Piano Man" has apparently been (partly) solved.
This story reminded me of another mysterious figure from history, that of 19th century "wild child" Kasper Hauser.
MysteriousPeople.com has a great summary of that fascinating story. It starts:
The 26th May,1828, was a major holiday and the streets of Nuremberg were almost empty. Between four and five o'clock in the afternoon, Georg Weickmann, a shoemaker who lived in Unschlitt Square, noticed a strange boy of between fifteen and eighteen years old, dressed in coarse peasant clothes and walking strangely as if drunk. The shoemaker approached him and the boy held out a sealed envelope addressed 'To the Honourable Captain of the Cavalry of the Fourth Squadron, of the Sixth Regiment of the Light Cavalry in Nuremberg.' On seeing the address Weickmann took the stranger to the Guard Tower in front of the New Gate, to find out where the captain lived, and then on to the captain's house.
When they arrived at the address, they found that the captain was not home, and were asked to wait. The servants offered them food and drink, but the boy spat out the beer and sausage given to him as if he'd never tasted such things before. In the end he accepted a meal of plain black bread and water, and ate as if starved, though he didn't seem to know how to use his fingers properly. The boy appeared to be in extreme pain and wept continually, pointing to his feet. Weickmann and the servants tried to talk to him, but the only answers they got were 'I don't know', and 'I would like to be a rider the way my father was.' Finally, thinking him some sort of wild man, they put him in the stable, where he immediately fell asleep.....
Read the rest of the story. Very interesting.
(Apparently, he got the "wild child" label after spitting out beer and sausage - I mean, only a crazy person would do that.)
And if Kasper Hauser were alive today, what would he think of the Mysterious Pianist?
I suppose he would be jealous. Big case of pianist envy.
(Rim shot) Thank you, I'll be here all week!
Anyway, the mystery of the "Piano Man" has apparently been (partly) solved.
This story reminded me of another mysterious figure from history, that of 19th century "wild child" Kasper Hauser.
MysteriousPeople.com has a great summary of that fascinating story. It starts:
The 26th May,1828, was a major holiday and the streets of Nuremberg were almost empty. Between four and five o'clock in the afternoon, Georg Weickmann, a shoemaker who lived in Unschlitt Square, noticed a strange boy of between fifteen and eighteen years old, dressed in coarse peasant clothes and walking strangely as if drunk. The shoemaker approached him and the boy held out a sealed envelope addressed 'To the Honourable Captain of the Cavalry of the Fourth Squadron, of the Sixth Regiment of the Light Cavalry in Nuremberg.' On seeing the address Weickmann took the stranger to the Guard Tower in front of the New Gate, to find out where the captain lived, and then on to the captain's house.
When they arrived at the address, they found that the captain was not home, and were asked to wait. The servants offered them food and drink, but the boy spat out the beer and sausage given to him as if he'd never tasted such things before. In the end he accepted a meal of plain black bread and water, and ate as if starved, though he didn't seem to know how to use his fingers properly. The boy appeared to be in extreme pain and wept continually, pointing to his feet. Weickmann and the servants tried to talk to him, but the only answers they got were 'I don't know', and 'I would like to be a rider the way my father was.' Finally, thinking him some sort of wild man, they put him in the stable, where he immediately fell asleep.....
Read the rest of the story. Very interesting.
(Apparently, he got the "wild child" label after spitting out beer and sausage - I mean, only a crazy person would do that.)
And if Kasper Hauser were alive today, what would he think of the Mysterious Pianist?
I suppose he would be jealous. Big case of pianist envy.
(Rim shot) Thank you, I'll be here all week!
posted by paul at 1:15 PM
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