LEADER 03185cam 22003618a 4500001 ocm18496637 005 20141212062530.0 008 880901s1989 nyuaf b 001 0beng 010 88029676 020 039457771X : |c$22.50 035 (Sirsi) o18496637 035 (OCoLC)18496637 040 DLC |cDLC |dERE |dUtOrBLW 049 EREM 050 00 ML417.G68 |bF7 1989 082 0 786.1/092/4B |219 100 1 Friedrich, Otto, |d1929-1995. |=^A116198 245 10 Glenn Gould : |ba life and variations / |cby Otto Friedrich. 260 New York : |bRandom House, |c1989. 300 xviii, 441 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : |billustrations ; |c24 cm 336 text |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |2rdamedia 338 volume |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 |gThe legacy -- |gThe prodigy -- |tThe Goldberg Variations (I) -- |tThe virtuoso on tour -- |gThe abdication -- |gThe new life -- |tThe classical records -- |tThe composer -- |g"The idea of north" -- |gThe TV star -- |tThe romantic records -- |tThe movies -- |tThe conductor -- |gThe private life -- |tThe Goldberg Variations (II) -- |gThe end. |tGould's concerts ; |tDiscography ; |tCBC radio and TV shows ; |tPublished writings. 520 Few performing artists of this century have been the focus of as much admiration, speculation and criticism as the pianist Glenn Gould. He was a prodigy, performing concerti with major orchestras before his fifteenth birthday. He was an eccentric, singing along at his own recitals, often appearing in midsummer clad in a woolen topcoat, mittens and scarf. He was a brilliant teacher, author, lecturer and documentary maker; few have been such magnificent proselytizers for the glories of music. But what truly captured the public's imagination about Glenn Gould was not his fame; it was his abrupt retreat from that fame. Nine years after his 1955 recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations propelled him to unequaled heights of critical and popular acclaim, Gould decided never to play the piano before a live audience again. While he continued to produce a series of extraordinary recordings until his untimely death from stroke at the age of fifty in 1982, Gould's fears, contempt for concert halls and obsessive fascination with the possibilities of recording technology prevented him from ever performing in public again. This book is an intimate portrait of an isolated, lonely genius who behaved in a manner some might consider mad. Drawing on countless interviews and with access to never-before-available letters and documents at the Gould Archives in Ottawa, Otto Friedrich has produced the definitive biography of a brilliant and troubled soul. 600 10 Gould, Glenn. |=^A110630 650 0 Pianists |zCanada |vBiography. |=^A1032644 919 BOOK 596 3 998 340788