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Extractions: Fortunately for our intellectual honesty, there was Glenn Gould. Gould is best known as a concert pianist who renounced concertizing, as a puritanical purveyor of Bach who could not help humming along on his recordings, as a thinking man's musician. What is less well known is that Gould was also a profound and original thinker No one who has listened to Gould's recordings can deny that they are highly individual, even idiosyncratic. Yet does that make him necessarily an individualist? Of course not. Even his decision to stop giving concerts in favor of making recordings, while unprecedented, does not indicate his reasons for doing so. It is here that his writings are decisive, because Gould had good reasons for doing what he did and he set them out clearly in his many essays (collected by Tim Page into The Glenn Gould Reader On the night that Glenn Gould gave his final public concert (March 28, 1964 at Orchestra Hall in Chicago), neither the audience nor the performer knew that it was to be his last. The program was typical Gould and, as always, consisted of works he personally enjoyed playing (this time some fugues from Bach's Art of Fugue, a Bach partita, a late sonata by Beethoven, and the third sonata of Ernst Krenek). But if Gould had the independence of mind to play only what he liked and the professional status to get away with it, why did he renounce the stage? One way to explain it is by saying that Gould was not primarily a pianist, but a musician. Gould's concern was the music, and he thought strongly that the crowds who flock to the spectacle of a concert detract from the deeply personal experience of creating or listening to music. As aesthetician Geoffrey Payzant wrote in his reflections on Gould (
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Extractions: Von Ronald Düker Welcher ist der größte Pianist des 20. Jahrhunderts? Artur Rubinstein, Wilhem Kempff, Dinu Lipatti, Alfred Brendel, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli oder vielleicht Vladimir Horowitz? Unter musikalischen Gesichtspunkten scheint diese Frage ebenso sinnlos und unentscheidbar zu sein, wie die, ob «Sweet Dreams» von den Eurythmics tatsächlich der größte Popsong der achtziger Jahre oder die vierte Sinfonie von Gustav Mahler der sechsten vorzuziehen ist. Lässt man jedoch die Kategorie des Geschmacks beiseite, muss die Antwort eindeutig ausfallen: Glenn Gould ist der größte Pianist des 20. Jahrhunderts. Die Tatsache, dass Gould mit einigen der genannten Interpreten den Hang zur Exzentrik gemeinsam war, tut dabei nichts zur Sache: Die Eigenheiten, mit denen der kanadische Pianist, der 1932 als Sohn eines Pelzhändlers und einer Klavierlehrerin zur Welt gekommen war, den Musikbetrieb verblüffte und schockierte, waren von einer anderen Art. Wenn etwa Michelangeli dafür berühmt war, Konzertveranstalter in den Wahnsinn zu treiben, indem er unmittelbar vor einer geplanten Vorführung vor ausverkauftem Haus den speichelbefeuchteten Zeigefinger in die Luft hielt, um zu entscheiden, dass der Saal zu zugig und ein Konzert daher unmöglich sei, stand das in der Tradition des Geniegebarens der Musikvirtuosen des 19. Jahrhunderts.
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Anecdote - Glenn Gould - Glenn Gould, Hypochondriac gould, glenn (19321982) Canadian pianist noted for his performances and recordingsof the works of Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms Sources Discovery Channel http://www.anecdotage.com/index.php?aid=4487
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Extractions: or Conductor: Glenn Gould Instrumentation: Piano Individual Works: The Goldberg Variations, BWV Format: Compact Disc Record Label: CBS Masterworks Catalog Number: MK 37779 Year Released/Recorded: Comments: David Dodd said: Gould's second recording of the piece, one of the final recordings of his life, sounded an elegant and somewhat spooky coda, as he recapitulated his groundbreaking 1956 performance. Miranda Clark said: Glenn Gould takes all of his years of practice and talent and pours them all into this absolutely fabulous mature recording. Its worth a listen! Jan Hanford said: I can understand how Glenn Gould took the world by storm with his 1955 recording of the Goldberg Variations. It was a starved musical community that heard his first interpretation and it must have been exciting. However, this 1981 re-interpretation is embarrassing. This is one of the ugliest performances I've ever heard of anything anywhere. His harsh and loud playing (while humming along) creates a performance devoid of expression or nuance. Worse, he not only hums, he sings along nearly the entire time like some kind victim of Torette's Syndrome. I think the worship of Glenn Gould is, in part, the need for some people to champion experimentation and to dismiss "the old" in favour of the "the new." To many people it doesn't matter if it's good as long as it's different. I do not share this view. My ears and my heart tell me whether a performance has touched them. This one did not.
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Extractions: Extasis helps us better understand Glenn Gould the man, and Glenn Gould the musician. In addition to recalling different stages of his life, the film focuses in particular on the passions he was capable of unleashing as well as on the sensitivity and intensity which this eminent musician would draw on to "recreate" the works he was performing.
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Extractions: The Hysterical Return, whose "characters are purely imaginary"( The Historical Return His influence on the young pianists of that period was more important than one might have realized. At the Conservatory, instead of listening to our teachers, we all wanted to play Chopin like Pollini, Rachmaninov like Horowitz and, of course, Bach like Gould. What a mistake that was! His tempos, either very fast or extremely slow, were just impossible to follow. His feeling for the non legato phrase was so precise that only he could master all its different aspects, from portato to staccato quasi pizzicato Clearly, Gould was a man of counterpoint rather than harmony. His love for horizontality came from his playing the organ as a child. He was never attracted to verticality. His landmarks were the flatness of Lake Simcoe covered with ice and Hiroshi Teshigano’s movie "The Sand Woman." In music, it was Gibbons, Bach, Handel, Haydn, the modern Vienna school and Hindemith. He did, however, sometimes make an exception for Chopin, Liszt and Rachmaninov. And when he approached a classical composer, it was mainly through a baroque prism. Only a few of the Romantics held his attention, and those were mostly from the end of the century. Wagner, Richard Strauss and Mahler attracted him as the precursors of the Vienna school, because of their decadent streak. Yet he studied pieces by Mendelssohn and Brahms, and his recordings of the latter’s
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Extractions: Mochi rice crackers. Fruit juice. Alternately, red vines. Brilliance is a funny thing. You can be brilliant in a certain way, yet still bore somebody's socks off. Gold, the metal, is brilliant. It shines under light and magnetizes the eye. But watching gold for a long time would be a tiresome process. Well, Gould, as gold, doesn't warrant much focussed watching, brilliant as he is; and if this film portrays him with any accuracy, he's about as brilliant as intellectuals can be. The film-these films, rather-are expertly made, there's no doubt about it. The filmmakers insist that you know how very ingenious they are. They begin with the familiar vision of a long black figure amid white tundra. The figure moves, and very quickly you understand that it's a person, and that it's coming toward you. I felt as though I'd seen this exact same thing more than once before. The tundra represents isolation, and it represents Canada. Glenn Gould appears, alone. That's film number one of 32. And it's brilliant.
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Extractions: Click area of interest Books Compact Discs Video The Glenn Gould Foundation Books (1) The Idea of Gould by Rhona Bergman Lev Publishing (1999) Price: $24.00 (soft cover) A Biography of Ideas exploring the meaning behind Glenn Goulds powerful hold on the imagination. From " The Idea of Gould " " Goulds playing was like a rush of angels cascading upon the earth. His nature ran through it, an elaborate mixture of playfulness and passion, darkness and light. He was a being in love with the sounds in his head " Those who knew him, the voices who make up this work, retain vivid memories. To speak with someone who had an association with Glenn Gould during his lifetime is to be held spellbound by their words. His memory lives on, touching and inspiring others long after his death. " Bruno Monsaingeon, filmmaker " The Goldberg Variations "
Extractions: of Sony's Glenn Gould Edition Please click here for a September 2002 update (new Glenn Gould Anniversary Edition of Bach!) The late Canadian pianist Glenn Gould was weird . Compared to his bizarre routines, the petulant attitudes and outrageous demands of spoiled rock and movie stars seem downright normal. But often it takes a spark of madness to kindle the fires of genius, especially in the arts. Gould left a fabulous legacy of brilliant and fascinating recordings. Just how weird was he? Consider this: He was a world-class hypochondriac. He feared drafts and cold, wearing heavy sweaters, scarves, gloves and overcoats even in the hottest weather. He was terrified of germs, refusing to go to a hospital to visit his dying mother. He was frightened by physical contact, canceling a dozen concerts and suing after a piano-tuner jostled him. He gobbled vast amounts of pills in lieu of food. He crouched below the keyboard, sitting 14 inches off the floor on a chair his father had built and which he insisted on using his entire life. He refused to have it reupholstered, and so after the original padding wore away it became a medieval torture device, with only a single narrow beam running down the middle of the seat from front to back, forcing his entire body weight onto his groin. When he played he seemed utterly oblivious to his surroundings, swaying soulfully and waving a free hand as if conducting himself, his mouth and face contorted in constant expressive motion. His mother (and first teacher) was a vocal coach who had him sing notes as he played them, a habit he never lost and which remains all too apparent throughout his records. He studied music with loud random noise (such as several blaring radios or TVs).
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Extractions: multimedia Medium Film Keywords Children Disability Family Relationships Humor and Illness/Disability ... Stroke Summary A tiny figure slowly emerges from a vast expanse of snow, and a succession of short essays recreate moments in the life of the brilliant Canadian pianist, Glenn Gould (Colm Feore). From his unusual Ontario childhood to his musical debuts on the international stage, to his eccentric living, performing, dressing, driving, waking, and sleeping habits, this film offers insights into his loneliness, hypochondria, polypharmacy, and tragic death from a stroke at age 50 in 1982. The artistic vignettes are enriched by a tender humour, the intimate recollections of real-life friends, the abstract beauty of piano keys in motion, and above all, Gould's immortal playing. Commentary Gould's musical genius was well tempered by his foibles. Did he cease performing in public from his professed conviction that recordings were better? Or, was he afraid? If he preferred his unending solitude, why did he find it necessary to phone friends at 3 a.m. and talk at them until they fell asleep? Was hypochondria the disease for which he took hundreds of different types of prescription medications? Or, was it somehow a futile, preventive response to an uncanny premonition of his sudden end?
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Extractions: Detailed report of the release of new CDs; video programming; delegates' visit to the Toronto Humane Society; the art exhibition Gradual Motet; three book launches; and the opening-night gala concert, featuring pianist Angela Hewitt playing Bach's Goldberg Variations. (One photograph, one facsimile from the National Library of Canada, two book covers) Glenn Gould Gathering, Day Two, Thursday 23 September 1999, 9:10 a.m., Track 1, Take 1: "Listening to Glenn gould: Johann Sebastian Bach", with Kevin Bazzana in conversation with Shelagh Rogers (pages 9-16)
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Extractions: Summary of Hunstein's unscripted remarks on his personal and working relationship with Gould. (One photograph) Glenn Gould Gathering, Day Three, Friday 24 September 1999, 1:30 p.m., Track 3, Take 2: "Aspects of Glenn Gould: Glenn Gould and the Organ", Two Musics in Mind, by Christopher Dawes (pages 56-58) Summary of Dawes' one-act play dramatizing an imagined encounter between Gould and J. S. Bach, which had its world premiere at the Gathering. (Four photographs, two facsimiles from the National Library of Canada) Glenn Gould Gathering, Day Four, Saturday 25 September 1999, 9:10 a.m., track 1, Take 3: "Listening to Glenn Gould: Ludwig van Beethoven", with Kevin Bazzana in conversation with Shelagh Rogers (pages 59-63)
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Extractions: At the time of Gould's American debut in 1955, the "Goldbergs" were mainly known only among baroque musicologists. Nevertheless, rather than playing the standard fare of Beethoven or Brahms, on January 2, 1955, the 22-year-old Gould played a complete performance of the Goldbergs at a concert in Washington, DC, so launching his celebrated career. A year later, Columbia Masterworks released Gould's debut recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations. In 1981, Gould recorded them again in a radically different interpretation before his death by a stroke in 1982. To commemorate the 70th anniversary of Gould's birth, Sony Classical has remastered and released both recordings along with critic Tim Page's 1982 interview with Gould.
