TY  - BOOK
AU  - Juha Markus Mantere
PY  - 2012
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783653017151
TI  - The Gould Variations
T2  - Technology, Philosophy and Criticism in Glenn Gould’s Musical Thought and Practice
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-653-01715-1
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1045974
N2  - 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.
KW  - Canadian cultural history, Aesthetics, Music technology, Reception, High Fidelity, Ethics of piano performance
LA  - English
ER  -