The Art of Glenn Gould: Reflections of a Musical Genius

by Glenn Gould, John P.L. Roberts (Editor)

O ΓKΛEN ΓKOYΛNT, EYPEΩΣ ΓNΩΣTOΣ ΩΣ ΠIANIΣTAΣ, YΠHPΞE ΠAPAΛΛHΛA ΣYNΘETHΣ, MOYΣIKOKPITIKOΣ, PAΔIOΦΩNIKOΣ KAI THΛEOΠTIKOΣ ΠAPAΓΩΓOΣ, ENIOTE APXIMOYΣIKOΣ, ENAΣ ANΘPΩΠOΣ "ANAΓENNHΣIAKOΣ", OΠΩΣ TOY APEΣE NA AYTOXAPAKTHPIZETAI, AΛΛA KAI ENAΣ EKΣTATIKA BIΩMATIKOΣ ΔHMIOYPΓOΣ-ANAΔHMIOYPΓOΣ.ΣE AYTH THN ΠAPΘENIKH -META ΘANATON- EMΦANIΣH TOY ΣTA EΛΛHNIKA, MEΣA AΠO ΣTAXYOΛOΓHMENA KEIMENA TOY ΠOY ΠPOEPXONTAI AΠO ΣYNENTEYΞEIΣ, APΘPA, ΔIAΛEΞEIΣ, KPITIKEΣ, ENΘETA ΔIΣKΩN, EΠIΣTOΛEΣ, THΛEOΠTIKEΣ KAI PAΔIOΦΩNIKEΣ EKΠOMΠEΣ, O ΓKOYΛNT ΠPOBAΛΛEI ΩΣ O ΣTOXAΣTHΣ ΠOY ΛIΓOI ΓNΩPIZOYN OTI YΠHPΞE.

Genres: Music, Nonfiction

400 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Glenn Herbert Gould was a Canadian pianist who became one of the best-known and most celebrated classical pianists of the 20th century. He was particularly renowned as an interpreter of the keyboard music of Johann Sebastian Bach. His playing was distinguished by remarkable technical proficiency and capacity to articulate the polyphonic texture of Bach's music.

After his adolescence, Gould rejected most of the standard Romantic piano literature including Liszt, Schumann, and Chopin. Although his recordings were dominated by Bach, Gould's repertoire was diverse, including works by Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, Brahms, pre-Baroque composers such as Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, and such 20th-century composers as Paul Hindemith, Arnold Schoenberg and Richard Strauss. Gould was well known for various eccentricities, from his unorthodox musical interpretations and mannerisms at the keyboard to aspects of his lifestyle and personal behaviour. He stopped giving concerts at the age of 31 to concentrate on studio recording and other projects. Gould was the first pianist to record any of Liszt's piano transcriptions of Beethoven's symphonies (beginning with the Fifth Symphony, in 1967).

Gould was also known as a writer, composer, conductor, and broadcaster. He was a prolific contributor to musical journals, in which he discussed music theory and outlined his musical philosophy. His career as a composer was less distinguished. His output was minimal and many projects were left unfinished. There is evidence that, had he lived beyond 50, he intended to abandon the piano and devote the remainder of his career to conducting and other projects. As a broadcaster, Gould was prolific. His output ranged from television and radio broadcasts of studio performances to musique concrète radio documentaries about life in the Canadian wilderness.

Reviews

[Οδυσσέας Μουζίλης · Rating 4 out of 5]

Μην πυροβολείτε τον πιανίστα!

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[JimBee]

Amazing transcriptions of interviews with or conducted by Glenn Gould.

[Betty · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a treasure of unpublished writings of Glenn’s, as well as some transcripts of radio programs he hosted. It’s like a Glenn Gould Reader Light. I can understand what he is saying in this book!