Glenn Gould

A Musical Force

Vladimir Konieczny

• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Year: 2009
• ISBN:
  9781770704701
• Topic: Médias et arts de la scène
• Subtopic: Biographies de musique

Glenn Gould (1932-1982) was a prodigy who loathed the word, a brilliant pianist who disliked performing, and a public figure who craved solitude. With his recording of the Goldberg Variations by J.S. Bach, Gould became an international celebrity.

Gould's unusual interpretations, quirky stage mannerisms, and teasingly contrarian pronouncements fascinated and annoyed audiences and critics. He gave concerts in Canada, the United States, and abroad for several years. To everyone's disbelief, he quit the concert stage just a few months short of his thirty-second birthday and immersed himself in his true love: the recording studio.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Prologue: Controlled Energy
• 1: A Special Child
• 2: The Scourge of Lake Simcoe
• 3: Playing Like an Angel
• 4: In Love with the Microphone
• 5: On His Own Snowshoes
• 6: Becoming Glenn Gould
• 7: A Famous Concert Pianist
• 8: “That Nut’s a Genius”
• 9: “Let’s Ban Applause”
• 10: “Once I Let My Imagination Go …”
• 11: One of the God-People
• Epilogue: Elusive Voyager
• Chronology of Glenn Gould (1932–1982)
• Acknowledgements
• Sources Consulted
• Index