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In Katie Hafner\u00b4s recent book; A Romance on Three Legs – Glenn Goulds Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano (2008)<\/a><\/em>, the author has avoided well known and often exaggerated stories concerning Gould\u00b4s eccentricity. Instead, she focuses on Gould\u00b4s musical perfectionism, which was, of course, also quite eccentric.
\nThe main characters in the book are Gould, the Steinway grand of his choice\u2014instrument number CD 318\u2014and his piano technician Verne Edquist. When it was in transport at one point in 1971, this grand piano was subject to a terrible collision and could never be properly restored.
\nTherefore, ironically, neither of the two Gould recordings of J.S. Bach\u00b4s Goldberg Variations (1955 and 1981) were made on Gould\u00b4s favourite instrument.<\/p>\n

The Aria is played here on a Yamaha grand, shortly before Gould\u00b4s death in October 1982.<\/p>\n

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Glenn Gould\u00b4s contribution to to the world of Bach performance was rich and complex.
\nIn addition to adding to the incipient popularity of original instrumental ancient music movement in the 1960s and 70s, Gould\u00b4s interpretations taught us about the potential of articulation and tempo (never indicated in Bach’s scores).<\/p>\n

In this Aria, Gould uses a slower tempo than usual, giving an improvisational basis for the theme with time to experience both the importance of articulation, baroque decorations and the free, singing melody in a slowly moving harmonic context.
\nHis experiments with time and musical meter truly changed our ideas of how to play Bach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Katie Hafner\u00b4s recent book; A Romance on Three Legs – Glenn Goulds Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano (2008), the author has avoided well known and often exaggerated stories concerning Gould\u00b4s eccentricity. Instead, she focuses on Gould\u00b4s musical perfectionism, which was, of course, also quite eccentric. 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