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Author Clarkson, Michael

Title The Secret Life of Glenn Gould : a Genius in Love
Published Chicago : ECW Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (332 pages)
Contents Front Cover; Front Flap; Copyright; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter ONE: FLORA; Chapter TWO: FRANNY and GOULDIE; Chapter THREE: SLEEPING with the PIED PIPER; Chapter FOUR: A PROPOSAL; Chapter FIVE: GLADYS and CYNTHIA; Chapter SIX: Overlapping VOICES; Chapter SEVEN: The EMPTY SEAT in the AUDIENCE; Chapter EIGHT: That SPRING in BERKELEY SQUARE; Chapter NINE: Lots of FEMALE FRIENDS; Chapter TEN: The BEGINNING of a TRIANGLE; Chapter ELEVEN: The MUSIC INTENSIFIES; Chapter TWELVE: Crushed by CAROL; Chapter THIRTEEN: To TORONTO; Chapter FOURTEEN: The BREAKUP
Chapter FIFTEEN: The VOICE on the RADIOChapter SIXTEEN: CATHARSIS through MUSIC; Chapter SEVENTEEN: TRANSITION; Chapter EIGHTEEN: RHAPSODY in MOO; Chapter NINETEEN: The LIST; Chapter TWENTY: MONICA The LINK between two SECRET KINGDOMS?; Chapter TWENTY-ONE: The LAUGH HEARD around the WORLD; Chapter TWENTY-TWO: SUSAN K.; Chapter TWENTY-THREE: DEATH; Chapter TWENTY-FOUR: Whatever HAPPENED TO . . .; Acknowledgments; Sources
Summary "Of the dozens of books and documentaries by or about the most compelling virtuoso of the twentieth century, none has contained details about Gould's many love affairs and how they affected his life, his music, and his filmmaking. Until now, biographers have tried to explain what came out of the music box, not the engine that drove it. The vault to his private life has remained locked since his untimely death in 1982 because of his obsessions with privacy and controlling his image, the loyalty of his carefully chosen friends and lovers, and the choice that biographers made to focus safely on his music and eccentricities." "The Secret Life of Glenn Gould is the first true look at the private life of Gould - who, until now, has been assumed to be asexual, lonely, and egocentric - by examining his love and soul-mate relationships through interviews with the several women Gould dated behind the scenes. From casual flirtations to full-blown affairs, Gould's relationship with many women helped shape the genius that he was famous for. His music was twelve-tonal and his documentaries "contrapuntal." Both were filled with overlapping voices - and so was his private life."--Jacket
Notes Print version record
Subject Gould, Glenn -- Relations with women
SUBJECT Gould, Glenn. fast (OCoLC)fst00012147
Subject Pianists -- Canada -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians.
MUSIC -- Musical Instruments -- Piano & Keyboard.
Pianists.
Relations with women.
Canada.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781554909193
1554909198