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Gary Goldschneider (born 22 May 1939) is a writer, pianist and composer. He wrote the Secret Language trilogy - The Secret Language of Birthdays, The Secret Language of Relationships and The Secret Language of Destiny.

He began studying the piano at the age of seven with David Sokoloff (student of Leo Ornstein and Joseph Hofmann at Curtis Institute of Music) (1947–56).

Early writings

• Astrologie Anders Published in Dutch.
• Wunderkind This is the first volume of four published in Dutch.

The Secret Language Trilogy

• The Secret Language of Birthdays Translated into 15 languages, more than 1,000,000 hardcover copies have been sold after 34 printings. Per the author: "By the way, out of over 2 million people who own my books, they find them 80 to 85 percent accurate." This translates to there being a 15 to 20 per cent of error/inaccuracy in the information/personology in this book. The result of Gary’s many years of observations of more than 20,000 people, including contemporary and historical figures. His extension of Henry Murray's concept of Personology posits that people born on the same day share certain traits.
• The Secret Language of Relationships More than 350,000 hardcover copies have been sold. This book presents 1,176 relationship profiles between any two individuals based on the week they were born. In each profile, six relationship realms are discussed: love, marriage, friendship, work, parent-child, and sibling.
• The Secret Language of Destiny More than 150,000 hardcover copies have been sold The third book in the Secret Language trilogy seeks to answer the question, “Why am I here?”. Based on an individual’s complete date of birth, the book reveals what each person came into this life to achieve, what lesson is to be learned, and what goal is to be embraced.

Subsequent writings

• Charting the Times of Your Life This is the first book to address the objective characteristics of each of the 48 weeks of the Personology year. This book takes a distinctive look at the nature of time itself, exploring the inherent energy of each season, month, week, and day and how that energy can influence situations as well as individuals.
• The Secret Language of Luck This time Gary’s system tracks two most important planets for success in daily life (Jupiter, governing prosperity and Saturn, governing obstacles) to reveal how to take advantage of auspicious moments and avoid unlucky ones.
• Personology This book presents Gary Goldschneider’s unique system fully revealed.
• Gary Goldschneider’s Everyday Astrology (How to Make Astrology Work for You) This is Gary's latest release and about “the other person.” It offers a complete guide to understanding and improving every type of relationship. The analysis each Personology month is given examines hundreds of possible scenarios ranging from work to love, family and friends.

Performing

• Early Concerts - Between 1970 and 1986, Gary traveled the world giving solo piano recitals in Philadelphia, Amsterdam, New York, California, England, New Zealand, Netherlands, and France. His repertoire includes Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, and Bach, mixed programs from Byrd to Bartok. His performances also include chamber music.
• Beethoven Marathon - Gary is the first pianist in the world to perform all 32 of Beethoven's sonatas in a single 12-hour concert. Writer/musician Paul Tingen organised Goldschneider's first European Beethoven Marathon, which took place on August 19, 1984 on the Leidseplein in Amsterdam. It was witnessed by an estimated 12.000 people and the event made front cover headlines in virtually all Dutch media. Goldschneider has also performed his Beethoven Marathon in Philadelphia and San Francisco, and in 1999 at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw.
• Mozart Marathon - Between 1984 and 1988, Gary performed his Mozart Marathon in Nevada City, Amsterdam and the University of Pennsylvania. In this six-hour concert, he played 18 Mozart piano sonatas. The Amsterdam concert, again organised by Tingen, took place in 1985 in the Vondelpark.
• Recent Concerts - Since 2000, he has performed in New Zealand, Russia, Romania, Bulgaria and Crimea both as a soloist and with orchestras. He appeared at the prestigious Ravello Festival on August 20, 2010, performing his 6-hour Mozart Marathon.

Composing

• Call Me Ishmael - The world premiere occurred on May 30, 2004 before a full house at the City Theatre, the Stadsschouwburg (Amsterdam) as a two hour musical theatre composition for soloists, chorus, 31 piece orchestra, dancers & multimedia. The work was begun in November 1988, in Amsterdam, and completed in March 2003, in Amstelveen and France. Gary also wrote the libretto using text taken directly from the novel Moby Dick - translating Melville’s big themes into contemporary concerns. It draws inspiration from dramatic theater, ballet, opera, musicals and rock shows.
• The Well Tempered Pianist - Composed in the spring of 1984 in Nevada City, consisting of 48 piano pieces written for the J.S. Bach tercentenary in 1985. It was premiered at the Bach Festival in Groningen, Netherlands.
• Sinaia - a Transylvanian Reverie - Conceived in the fall of 2001 during a trip to Romania and completed in the Netherlands and France that winter, is the impression expressed in music that the author lived through at the sight of the magnificent Peles Castle, in the Carpathian Mountains.
• Sinaia - Recorded in Rotterdam by the Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra, with Conrad van Alphen conducting. Additionally, it was performed by Chris Jobse conducting the Tavria String Orchestra in Yalta, Sevastopol and Simferopol, Crimea, and in Wellington, New Zealand, performed by Donald Maurice conducting the Wellington Chamber Orchestra.
• One World Concerto - Dedicated to Berthe Meijer, this concerto was written in Amsterdam in the fall of 1987. It is a piano concerto in three movements, each of them meant to describe a different part of the world and a different time period. Movement One, Old Roots, takes us to the Middle East but also includes melodies reminding the listener of the Celtic civilizations. Movement Two, African Mirrors, presents Africa in a very timeless setting, while Movement Three, New Impressions, is a trip through 20th century film and dance music in Western and Latin American cultures, including a cadenza dedicated to John Coltrane.
• One World Concerto - Premiered in Ramnicu-Valcea, Romania, on February 7, 2002 by the Valcea Philharmonic conducted by Florin Totan. It was also performed in Constanta, Ploiesti, and in Bulgaria with the composer as piano soloist. The recordings took place in Sophia, at the Bulgarian National Studios, with the Balkan Symphony Orchestra, Conrad van Alphen conducting and Goldschneider at the piano, and Goldschneider and Paul Tingen producing.
• Piano Sonata – This four movement work (Like a River, Promenade, Camel Walk, and Relentless) was completed in Amsterdam in 1986.
• Sierra Nevada Symphony - in five movements
• Symphony #2 - in D minor
• Sufi Concerto - Poem of Divine Love
• Chamber works - for flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, piano trio, etc.
• The Tempest – opera in one act, based on Shakespeare’s play
• Sun Sign Suite - a forty-minute ballet in 12 twelve parts, for full orchestra

External links

• http://www.goldschneider.com Gary Goldschneider's personal website

References

1. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2293&dat=19471102&id=E94mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WAIGAAAAIBAJ&pg=1127,6704750
2. New York Times, November 26, 1887 "A Genius at the Piano; Joseph Hofmann a Master, Though Only Ten." http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A00E1DD1338E533A25755C2A9679D94669FD7CF
3. 1989, Gary Goldschneider, Bzztoh publishers, The Hague.
4. 1991, Gary Goldschneider, Bzztoh publishers, The Hague
5. 1994, with Joost Elffers and Aron Goldschneider, Penguin Studio Books. ISBN 978-0-670-03261-7
6. http://www.buy.com/prod/the-secret-language-of-birthdays/q/loc/106/33861441.html
7. 1997, with Joost Elffers, Penguin Studio Books. ISBN 978-0-670-03262-4
8. http://www.buy.com/prod/the-secret-language-of-relationships/q/loc/106/33861346.html
9. 1999, with Joost Elffers, Penguin Studio Books. ISBN 0-670-03263-8
10. http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Secret-Language-of-Destiny/Gary-Goldschneider/e/9780670032631
11. 2002, Gary Goldschneider, Atria Books. ISBN 0-7434-6049-9
12. Charting the Times of Your Life was initially released as a hardcover book entitled The Astrology of Time
13. 2004, Gary Goldschneider, Riverhead. ISBN 1-59448-023-0
14. 2005, Gary Goldschneider, Running Press. ISBN 978-0-7624-2229-6
15. 2009, Gary Goldschneider, Quirk Books. ISBN 978-1-59474-408-2
16. 1982, Nevada City, California. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19820816&id=JWoaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2SkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6114,4346653
17. http://www.tingen.org/about.htm
18. http://www.tingen.org/about.htm
19. http://www.ishmaelopera.com
20. http://www.britannica.com/facts/10/40965467/May-30-2004-Call-Me-Ishmael-an-English-language
21. http://www.conradvanalphen.com
22. http://www.nzsm.ac.nz/people/staff/donald-maurice.aspx
23. http://www.conradvanalphen.com

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