Eavesdropping on Glenn Gould in Rare Private Phone Call

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Follow the Gould Standard:

0:00 Nocturnal phone calls
3:07 Scripted vs Unscripted Gould
6:07 "Don't care what the other person is doing"
9:34 Richard Strauss: Defiantly conservative
11:36 Late Bach vs Late Mozart
15:19 The Van Meegeren Syndrome
18:31 Gould's Hierarchy of Musical Interpretation
21:25 The Idea of North
24:14 What if Glenn Gould had his own YouTube channel?

Special thanks to Brian Levine and Tim Page for reaching out to me in response to my previous Gould video, and for supporting me on the creation of this video.

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I had not known of the Glenn Gould Foundation until now so thanks for the heads up. Can’t believe all the magazine issues are freely downloadable!

robinthomsoncomposer

Glenn Gould breaths, Seymour: " W h y i s y o u r w h o l e e x i s t e n s s u c h a t r a v e s t y t o m u s i c"

gloud_genn

So endlessly inspired by your work. The video essay genre is already so dear to me, and you seem to carry it with the full awareness of its capacities, with the uninhibited intellectual curiosity the video essay as a format allows you to entertain. AND you choose as your subject matter an interrogation into the guiding philosophy of one of my favorite artists and thinkers of all time. Thank you so, so much for this.

jordifaxon

I sometimes imagine Gould creating multiple Youtube channels -- one for himself, and others for some of the alter-egos that popped up in several of his radio programs....

ugolomb

12:20 Why yes, Mr. Laude. We do indeed have wonderful comments in this channel because we're listening to a wonderful human ❤

mrsunshine

What an absolutely brilliant discussion about Gould by people who understand what he was doing. Bravo, Ben. Your work is exciting and refreshing. Please keep them coming! I have hope for future Gouldians that they will better understand and appreciate Glenn because of content like this.

hurricane_hazel

I was friends with one of Gould’s psychiatrist/musical friends. I would go to his place to feed the cats when he was out, and often Gould would phone at those times. This was pre-answering machine days, so I’d take the call. Thus I had the repeated redoubtable pleasure to talk to him. I never told him that I was not a fan of his playing, not then, not now.

bifeldman

Hey Ben, one pianist that I particularly adore is Richter, he hasnt really been mentioned on your channel (or tonebase) and I would love to see you make a video about him. Great video!

dczvxi

another great video about gould! keep it up ben, your videos make the classical world of piano that much more fun to learn about.

Mbonic

The most remarkable thing about Gould is that his mind, his spirit, his legacy - all continue to be a fountain of wonder and inspiration for us to this day. He was taken from us far too soon but he still gives us food for thought, and nourishment for the soul.
It's hard to say whether the speculation that he had Asperger Syndrome was accurate or not as he had no formal diagnosis - but either way he is an inspiration for me and many others who have AS.

Mofos_of_Metal

'I'll never play Chopin again." Fred will be pleased, I assure you.

dorfmanjones

Oh my gouldness! What an awesome video!

silkworm

GG ventured into the musical world in a way no one else had done. Apart from his musical interpretations, he should be admired for his brilliance and confidence.

VirtualPathfinder

Damn this is a good video. I do think that while knowing the composer influences your assessment of the piece, I think it makes it more meaningful knowing something about the what the person who wrote this piece of music is like. I also very much enjoy hearing how a certain pieces detach from a composers typical style and flair, showing development of the artist.

micahglesener