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The Gould Variations

Technology, Philosophy and Criticism in Glenn Gould’s Musical Thought and Practice

by Juha Markus Mantere (Author)
©2012 Thesis 277 Pages

Summary

This book focuses on three aspects in Glenn Gould’s (1932-1982) musical thought and practice: Gould’s embrace of music technology, his notions of the ontology of music and musical interpretation, and the place of his thought in Canadian intellectual history. Focusing not only on Gould’s writings on music technology but also on those of Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) and Jean Le Moyne (1913-1996), this book provides a fresh perspective on Gould’s thinking, which was embedded in and keenly alert to the intellectual world outside music. The book also touches on Gould’s public reception, his national iconicity, in Canadian literature and Hollywood movies. Gould’s stardom is discussed as a phenomenon more commonly associated with contemporary popular culture.

Details

Pages
277
Publication Year
2012
ISBN (PDF)
9783653017151
ISBN (Softcover)
9783631622797
DOI
10.3726/978-3-653-01715-1
Language
English
Publication date
2012 (August)
Keywords
Canadian cultural history Aesthetics Music technology Reception High Fidelity Ethics of piano performance
Published
Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2012. 277 pp., 7 fig.

Biographical notes

Juha Markus Mantere (Author)

Juha Markus Mantere is a research fellow at Sibelius Academy, Helsinki (Finland). He is currently working on a scholarly book on the intellectual history of Finnish musicology.

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