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Glenn Gould

Concert Tours

Part 7 of 7

Primarily a soloist, on rare occasions Gould did perform with singers, violinists, or chamber groups. His partners always found him easy to work with, cooperative rather than domineering.

Photograph of Glenn Gould performing with Yehudi Menuhin, October 1965

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Glenn Gould with Yehudi Menuhin, possibly taken during the taping of a CBC-TV Festival program (broadcast date May 18, 1966), October 1965

Cover of score, PHANTASY FOR VIOLIN WITH PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT, OPUS 47, by Arnold Schoenberg

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Schoenberg, Arnold. Phantasy for Violin with Piano Accompaniment, Op. 47. New York, London, and Frankfurt: Peters, 1952. Annotated

Gould's familiarity with music, and piano music in particular, was extensive. However, his concert repertoire, and to a lesser degree his recorded repertoire, were focused on a limited number of composers, in particular Bach, Beethoven and Schoenberg. Other favourite or favoured composers were Gibbons, Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Richard Strauss, Sibelius, Berg, Webern and Hindemith. His attitude towards Mozart was ambivalent but he recorded all his piano sonatas.

Cover of score, SONATA NO. 7 FOR PIANO, OP. 83, by Sergei Prokofieff

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Prokofieff, Sergei. Sonata No. 7 for Piano, Op. 83. G. Schirmer Inc., 1943. Annotated

Gould's notes for Schoenberg's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 42, included with the program for Cleveland Orchestra concert, Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, November 26 and 28, 1959. View article with illustrations in HTML format

Cover of program for a Cleveland Orchestra concert, November 26 and 28, 1959

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Program for Cleveland Orchestra concert, Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio

Photograph of Glenn Gould and other musicians rehearsing at the Stratford Festival, 1961(?)

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Stratford Festival ensemble rehearsal: Glenn Gould, Mario Bernardi, Isidor Desser, Harold Sumberg, Charles Dobias, Andrew Benac, Dirk Keetbaas, Stanley Solomon and Isaac Mamott, 1961(?)

Photograph of Glenn Gould playing the piano backstage, with Philadelphia Orchestra trunks in the background

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Glenn Gould, playing the piano backstage, with Philadelphia Orchestra trunks in background, early 1960s

Handwritten note from an Israeli housewife, thanking Glenn Gould for letting her hear his playing, December 1958

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Manuscript note from Israeli housewife, December 1958, reading: "Dear Mr. Gould! I am just an ordinary Israeli housewife. I know, you don't care about the public, almost hating us. Nevertheless, I will say thank you from all my heart, for letting us hear you playing. I went home changed for days to come. God bless you!"

Typed notice, from Glenn Gould, explaining his wish to avoid handshaking for fear of injuring his hands

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Your cooperation will be appreciated…" – a polite explanation, undated, by Glenn Gould as to why he did not shake hands

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