{"product_id":"conversations-with-glenn-gould-9780226116235","title":"Conversations with Glenn Gould","description":"One of the most idiosyncratic and charismatic musicians of the twentieth century, pianist Glenn Gould (1932-82) slouched at the piano from a sawed-down wooden stool, interpreting Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart at hastened tempos with pristine clarity. A strange genius and true eccentric, Gould was renowned not only for his musical gifts but also for his erratic behavior: he often hummed aloud during concerts and appeared in unpressed tails, fingerless gloves, and fur coats. In 1964, at the height of his controversial career, he abandoned the stage completely to focus instead on recording and writing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jonathan Cott, a prolific author and poet praised by Larry McMurtry as \"the ideal interviewer,\" was one of the very few people to whom Gould ever granted an interview. Cott spoke with Gould in 1974 for \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e and published the transcripts in two long articles; after Gould's death, Cott gathered these interviews in \u003ci\u003eConversations with Glenn Gould\u003c\/i\u003e, adding an introduction, a selection of photographs, a list of Gould's recorded repertoire, a filmography, and a listing of Gould's programs on radio and TV. A brilliant one-on-one in which Gould discusses his dislike of Mozart's piano sonatas, his partiality for composers such as Orlando Gibbons and Richard Strauss, and his admiration for the popular singer Petula Clark (and his dislike of the Beatles), among other topics, \u003ci\u003eConversations with Glenn Gould\u003c\/i\u003e is considered by many, including the subject, to be the best interview Gould ever gave and one of his most remarkable performances.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Cott\u003c\/b\u003e is a contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e and has written for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the\u003ci\u003e New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eOn the Sea of Memory\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ea collection of poems, a critical biography of Bob Dylan, a number of collections of interviews--including\u003ci\u003e Visions and Voices\u003c\/i\u003e--and a collection of writing on music, \u003ci\u003eBack to a Shadow in the Night: Music Writings and Interviews 1968-1991\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the editor of Studs Terkel's forthcoming book \u003ci\u003eAnd They All Sang\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of Terkel's interviews with musical personalities. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460056125714,"sku":"9780226116235","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b098a42b-7347-465e-b21c-8749a7d7b878.jpg?v=1730024299","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/conversations-with-glenn-gould-9780226116235","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}