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Glenn Gould was a renowned Canadian pianist and composer who lived from 1932 to 1982 and became one of the most celebrated classical musicians of the 20th century. He is remembered for his distinctive interpretations of classical works, particularly the compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach, and his innovative approach to both performing and recording music.
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- 1932
- Died
- 1982
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- Non, je ne suis pas du tout un excentrique
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- Glenn Gould
- Bach:Partita No.4 in d Major
- Glenn Gould Variations - By Himself and His Friends
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Glenn Herbert Gould (September 25, 1932 – October 4, 1982) was a Canadian pianist who became one of the best-known and most celebrated classical pianists of the 20th century. He was particularly renowned as an interpreter of the keyboard music of Johann Sebastian Bach. His playing was distinguished by remarkable technical proficiency and capacity to…
Known for
- Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould — Himself (Archive Footage)2009
- The Goldberg Variations — Self2007
- Glenn Gould: Hereafter — Self2006
- Glenn Gould - Partita no. 6 in E minor, J.S. Bach2004
- Glenn Gould: Life & Times2003
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Glenn Herbert Gould (/ɡuːld/; né Gold; 25 September 1932 – 4 October 1982) was a Canadian pianist and broadcaster. Regarded as one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, he was renowned as an interpreter of the keyboard works of Johann Sebastian Bach. His playing was distinguished by remarkable technical proficiency and a capacity to articulate the contrapuntal texture of Bach's music.
Gould rejected most of the Romantic piano literature—Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, and others—in favour of Bach and Beethoven mainly, along with some late-Romantic and modernist composers. Gould also recorded pre-Baroque composers such as Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, William Byrd, and Orlando Gibbons; Classical composers such as Haydn, Mozart, and Brahms; and 20th-century composers including Paul Hindemith, Arnold Schoenberg, Alexander Scriabin, and Richard Strauss. He championed Gibbons, whom he called his favorite composer.
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