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- What was so great about Glenn Gould?
- Did Glenn Gould like Mozart?
- What pop star was Glenn Gould interested in?
- Why is Glenn Gould controversial?
What was so great about Glenn Gould?
He was one of the best known and most celebrated pianists of the 20th century, and was renowned as an interpreter of the keyboard works of Johann Sebastian Bach. ... Although Gould was known chiefly as a pianist, he capped off his musical career with a recording of Wagner's Siegfried Idyll as conductor.
Did Glenn Gould like Mozart?
It is perhaps in his desire to record the music of composers that were not “popular” that we find Gould's attitude toward the late works of Mozart and many other “big names” in the classical canon comes to bear. ... This seems to have been his attitude toward the music that he performed, without fail.
What pop star was Glenn Gould interested in?
But when the dashing 22-year-old Glenn Gould recorded a little-known piece Bach had come up with to soothe an aristocratic insomniac, the pianist's ecstatic, ferocious playing kick-started popular interest in the composer. Few had heard him performed this way: as a living, almost modern, force.
Why is Glenn Gould controversial?
His idiosyncrasies caused controversy. Mr. Gould, who avoided all physical contact and took nearly obsessive care of his hands, sued Steinway & Sons in 1960 because a piano technician clapped him on the back. In 1962, Leonard Bernstein prefaced a performance of the Brahms D minor Concerto with Mr.
