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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807421103321

Autore

Leroux Georges

Titolo

Partita for Glenn Gould : an inquiry into the nature of genius / / Georges Leroux ; translated by Donald Winkler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca [N.Y.], : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2010

ISBN

0-7735-8142-1

1-283-53032-5

9786613842770

0-7735-8113-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Classificazione

9,2

Altri autori (Persone)

WinklerDonald

Disciplina

786.2092

Soggetti

Music - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of: Partita pour Glenn Gould. Presses de l'UniversiteĢ de Montreal, 2007.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-239) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Praeludium Overture Partita no. 1 in B flat Major -- Toccata Art and a Life's Shape Partita no. 6 in E Minor -- Allemande The Paradoxes of Genius Partita no. 2 in C Minor -- Courante III The Hands of Gould, the Body of Glenn Partita no. 3 in A Minor -- Air and Sarabande To Read, to Write, to Dream Partita no. 6 in E Minor -- Sinfonia The Importance of Being Alone Partita no. 2 in C Minor -- Scherzo Music and a Life's Shape Partita no. 3 in A Minor -- Gigue On the Road, at the Lakeshore, in the Forest Partita no. 6 in E Minor.

Sommario/riassunto

A privileged look into the life of a solitary artist with an extraordinary gift for communicating art to everyone.