Secret Life of Glenn Gould, The
Derrière le génie du piano, un homme passionné et secret : The Secret Life of Glenn Gould lève le voile sur les amours méconnues du pianiste légendaire.
Long after his death, Glenn Gould still lures new listeners to his piano, connecting with them on a haunting, personal level. "He feels and you feel," says young New York writer Nicole Spectre. "I can feel his pain and joy - it touches me. He speaks directly to me."
But when he was known as the world's greatest pianist in the 1950s and 1960s, just who was Gould playing for? His audience? Himself? His demanding mother? All are likely true, but he was also richly inspired by - and bared his soul at the keyboard to - a secret society of women, the girlfriends who stirred his hard-to-fetch emotions: Franny Batchen, Verna Sandercock, Cornelia Foss, Roxolana Roslak, and Monica Gaylord.
Of the eighteen books and nineteen documentaries by or about the most compelling virtuoso of the twentieth century, none have 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 will be the first true exposé of Gould, who until now has been assumed to be asexual, lonely, and egocentric, by examining his love and soul-mate relationships. His music was twelve-tonal and his documentaries "contrapuntal" - both were filled with overlapping voices - and so was his private life.
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But when he was known as the world's greatest pianist in the 1950s and 1960s, just who was Gould playing for? His audience? Himself? His demanding mother? All are likely true, but he was also richly inspired by - and bared his soul at the keyboard to - a secret society of women, the girlfriends who stirred his hard-to-fetch emotions: Franny Batchen, Verna Sandercock, Cornelia Foss, Roxolana Roslak, and Monica Gaylord.
Of the eighteen books and nineteen documentaries by or about the most compelling virtuoso of the twentieth century, none have 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 will be the first true exposé of Gould, who until now has been assumed to be asexual, lonely, and egocentric, by examining his love and soul-mate relationships. His music was twelve-tonal and his documentaries "contrapuntal" - both were filled with overlapping voices - and so was his private life.
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Ce livre révèle pour la première fois les relations amoureuses de Glenn Gould, un aspect de sa vie soigneusement caché jusqu’à présent. À travers des témoignages exclusifs de ses proches et amantes, il offre une vision inédite et humaine du génie, bien loin de l’image d’un artiste solitaire et asexué. Une lecture essentielle pour comprendre ce qui a inspiré l’un des plus grands pianistes du XXe siècle.
L’ouvrage explore la vie privée de Glenn Gould, notamment ses relations avec cinq femmes qui ont marqué sa vie et son art. Il aborde aussi ses obsessions, ses peurs, et la manière dont ses expériences personnelles ont influencé sa musique et ses documentaires. Le livre questionne enfin le mythe de l’artiste solitaire et révèle un homme complexe, passionné et vulnérable.
Ce livre s’adresse aux amateurs de musique classique, aux biographes et aux passionnés de Glenn Gould. Il intéressera aussi tous ceux qui s’intéressent à la psychologie des artistes et à la manière dont la vie privée peut nourrir la création. Accessible et documenté, il plaît autant aux néophytes qu’aux connaisseurs.
Vous pourrez interroger ce smartbook sur les relations de Glenn Gould avec Cornelia Foss, Monica Gaylord ou Franny Batchen, ou sur l’impact de ces relations sur ses interprétations musicales. Demandez aussi des détails sur ses documentaires, ses phobies, ou la manière dont il a géré sa célébrité et son besoin d’intimité. Le smartbook permet d’approfondir chaque aspect de sa vie et de son œuvre.
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« Michael Clarkson a une histoire fascinante à raconter dans The Secret Life of Glenn Gould. Malgré ses excentricités bien connues, Gould apparaît ici comme un homme profondément passionné, dont les relations amoureuses ont joué un rôle central dans sa vie et son art. »
« Gould émerge comme plus humain, et ses réalisations musicales extraordinaires en deviennent d’autant plus remarquables. Clarkson offre une contribution majeure à notre compréhension de cet artiste intensément privé mais profondément passionné. »
« The Secret Life of Glenn Gould est une lecture incontournable pour tous les fans de l’artiste. Clarkson a réussi à combler les lacunes de l’image publique soigneusement contrôlée de Gould, révélant un homme bien plus complexe et attachant que le mythe ne le laisse supposer. »
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