Glenn Gould
Hardback
Publication Date: 14/11/2011
Glenn Gould, one of the world's most renowned classical musicians of the twentieth century, was also known as an eccentric genius-solitary, headstrong, a hypochondriac virtuoso. Abandoning stage performances in 1964, Gould concentrated instead on mastering the various media: recordings, radio, television, and print. His sudden death at age fifty stunned the world, but his music and legacy continue to inspire. Philosopher and critic Mark Kingwell regards Gould as a philosopher of music whose ideas about music governed his life. But those ideas were contradictory, mischievous, and deliberately provocative. Instead of a single narrative line to explain the musician, Kingwell adopts a kaleidoscopic approach. Just as Gould played twenty-one 'takes' to record the opening aria in the famed 1955 Goldberg Variations, Kingwell offers twenty-one 'takes' on Gould's life. Each version offers a different interpretation of the man, but in each, Kingwell is sensitive to the complex harmonies and dissonances that sounded throughout the life of the great Gould.
- ISBN:
- 9780670068500
- 9780670068500
- Category:
- Biography: arts & entertainment
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 14-11-2011
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books Canada Ltd
- Country of origin:
- Canada
- Pages:
- 256
- Dimensions (mm):
- 205.74x137.16x22.86mm
- Weight:
- 0.36kg
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