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The Great Gould (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781459733091)
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xA startling new portrait of Gould, including never-before-seen material.
Glenn Gould's astonishing recordings deliver that unmistakable jolt of genius to each generation newly discovering the great Canadian pianist. With the support of the Glenn Gould Estate, Peter Goddard draws on his own interviews with Gould and on new, and in some cases overlooked, sources to present a freshly revealing portrait of Gould's unsettled life, his radical decision to quit concertizing, his career as a radio innovator, and his deep response to the Canadian environment. Sci-fi and hi-fi, hockey and Petula Clark, Elvis, jazz, chess, the Beatles, and sex -- all these inform this exploration of the pianist's far-reaching imagination. There is even a touching account of the only piano lesson Gould ever gave.
This is the perfect gift for anyone new to classical music and those already immersed in it, for those with an interest in Canadian music, in Glenn Gould himself, and in what led to The Goldberg Variations, one of the greatest recordings in music history.
Author: Peter Goddard
ISBN-10: 1459733096
ISBN-13: 9781459733091
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Language: English
Published: 09/12/2017
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.70d
Glenn Gould's astonishing recordings deliver that unmistakable jolt of genius to each generation newly discovering the great Canadian pianist. With the support of the Glenn Gould Estate, Peter Goddard draws on his own interviews with Gould and on new, and in some cases overlooked, sources to present a freshly revealing portrait of Gould's unsettled life, his radical decision to quit concertizing, his career as a radio innovator, and his deep response to the Canadian environment. Sci-fi and hi-fi, hockey and Petula Clark, Elvis, jazz, chess, the Beatles, and sex -- all these inform this exploration of the pianist's far-reaching imagination. There is even a touching account of the only piano lesson Gould ever gave.
This is the perfect gift for anyone new to classical music and those already immersed in it, for those with an interest in Canadian music, in Glenn Gould himself, and in what led to The Goldberg Variations, one of the greatest recordings in music history.
Author: Peter Goddard
ISBN-10: 1459733096
ISBN-13: 9781459733091
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Language: English
Published: 09/12/2017
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.70d
By Peter Goddard
xPeter Goddard, music, film, and visual arts critic for the Toronto Star (and a winner of a National Newspaper Award), has written for radio and TV and a good many magazines. He is the author of The Sounding, a novel, and multiple musical biographies, including those on Ronnie Hawkins, Frank Sinatra, David Bowie, and the Rolling Stones. Trained as an ethnomusicologist, Peter played piano for rock and blues bands. He divides his time between Toronto and the Limousin area of France.
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