Facts about Glenn Gould, "Glenn was isolated because he was working like hell to be a great man. He had a tremendous and loving affection for music... It was an utter, complete feeling. He knew who he was and where he was going." Robert Fulford.

--> Below is a brief timeline that covers the most primitive and important stages of Glenn Gould's career.

--> Secondly is a video that epitomizes Gould's interest in the recording studio and the option of "tale two." The second video is explaining Gould's use of the piano in playing and interpreting Bach's wondrous masterpiece, the Goldberg Variations. The third video is a short slideshow of Gould's youth. Lastly is a video that demonstrates Gould's obsessive and compulsive nature. 

--> Lastly is a short table comparing the varying traits, contrasts and characteristics of Glenn when he was 23 and 48.

- Page by: Andrew Savory

 Characteristics:

1955 (23 years old):                                                                                 1981 (48 years old):

- Technical.                                                                 - More emotional.

- Trying to get the notes right, effort is essential.              - Mature.

- Faster tempo, played with speed not feeling.                  - Slow, more feeling and thought.

                                                                                - "architecture of silence."

                                                                                - Reverence for what comes between the                                                                

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