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Glenn Gould

Pianist · 1932-1982

Quit the concert stage at 31 to work only in studios, and recorded the Goldberg Variations twice.

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Life story

  1. September 25, 1932 · Toronto
    Born in Toronto
  2. June 1955 · New York
    Recorded the Goldberg Variations in New York; it became a classical bestseller
  3. April 10, 1964 · Los Angeles
    Gave his last public concert in Los Angeles at 31
  4. December 28, 1967 · Toronto
    Broadcast The Idea of North, a documentary in overlapping voices
  5. 1977 · Cape Canaveral, Florida
    His Bach recording was placed aboard the Voyager spacecraft
  6. 1981 · Toronto
    Recorded the Goldberg Variations again, far slower, a year before his death
  7. October 4, 1982 · Toronto
    Died in Toronto at 50

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