Glenn Gould

Glenn Herbert Gould (25 de Septiembre, 1932 – 4 de Octubre, 1982) que a Canadian pianista 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 lo completo by remarkable technical proficiency and capacity to articulate the polyphonic texture of Bach's music. Gould rejected most of the standard Romantic piano literature and shunned the music of several of its compositores, notably Franz Liszt, Schumann y Chopin. Although his recordings were dominated by Bach Gould,'s oeuvre de lo diverso, including works by Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, Brahms, pre-Baroque composers, such as Jan Sweelinck, and such 20th-century composers as Paul Hindemith and Arnold Schoenberg. Gould lo well known for various eccentricities, from his poco ortodoxo musical interpretación and mannerisms at the keyboard to aspects of his estilo de vida personal y de conducta. He parado de dar conciertos, at the age of 31 to concentrate on studio recording and other projects. Gould lo also known as a writer, composer, director, y el difusor. He was a prolífico colaborador to musical diario, en which he sido discussed music theory and outlined his musical de filosofía. His career as a composer lo less completo; su salida lo mínimo and many projects were left unfinished. There is evidence that he had lived más allá de los 50, pp intended to abandon the piano and sumisa the remainder of his career to conducting and other projects. As a broadcaster, Gould lo prolífico. His salida ranged from television and radio difusión of studio actuaciones to música concreta radio documentales about life in the Canadian wilderness.