Remembering Glenn Gould: Twenty Interviews with People Who Knew Him

Before he became a freelance writer, he worked for ten years within the administration of Toronto's Canadian Opera Company, as an editor, publicist and fundraiser. As well, he holds masters degrees in music composition (U of T) and music criticism (McMaster University), and a bachelor of music degree (University of Western Ontario). Eatock frequently writes about music for Toronto's Globe and Mail newspaper, and has

Pianist/broadcaster Stuart Hamilton and composer John Beckwith, both fellow students at what is now the Royal Conservatory in Toronto, concur that Gould inherited much from his teacher Alberto Guerrero, including the trademark slouch at the piano and flat-fingered attack. I confess to never having known that Gould wished to make Lorne Tulk, the CBC technician who helped him create the radio documentary The Idea of North, legally his brother. But the image of Gould as essentially self-taught made for a better story, comments Beckwith, who numbers among the pianist s more standoffish admirers. Even those who suppose themselves tolerably well briefed on the pianist and his art might encounter some revelations. From Tulk we also learn that Gould s fear of germs

Among the remarkable attractions to Glenn Gould is that he holds an almost mythical status in the zeitgeist of Canadian arts and letters, somewhat like Tom Thomson and Grey Owl, and that he captures the imaginations of all who encounter his music and life story. His life and art have been thoroughly examined, analyzed, and interpreted, in many ways. (Amadeus). Three decades after Gould's passing at the age of 50, the world's fascination with this remarkable Canadian pianist and public intellectual remains undiminished. Indeed, in the years since his sudden death, on October 4, 1982, he has been the subject of countless books, articles, documentaries, and other presentations. The interviews conducted by Colin Eatock underscore this phenomenon, and through them he assesses Gould's rightful place in the bigger picture of Canada's cultural heritage.

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