Conversations with Glenn Gould

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 160 pages

Publisher:The University of Chicago Press

Imprint:University of Chicago Press

ISBN:9780226116235

Published: 22 Nov 2005

Classifications:Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, Keyboard instruments

Readership:Professional & Vocational

Weight:198g

Dimensions:135 x 203 x 10 (mm)

Pub. Country:United States

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書籍簡介

格倫·古爾德(Glenn Gould, 1932-82)是20世紀最獨特、最有魅力的音樂家之一，他坐在一把鋸開的木凳上無精打采地彈奏着鋼琴，以純淨無暇的速度詮釋着巴赫、貝多芬和莫扎特。古爾德是一個奇怪的天才和真正的怪人，他不僅以他的音樂天賦而聞名，而且以他古怪的行為而聞名:他經常在音樂會期間大聲哼唱，穿着寬鬆的尾巴、無指手套和毛皮大衣出現。1964年，在他備受爭議的職業生涯的*，他完全放棄了舞台，轉而專注於錄音和寫作。

喬納森·科特(Jonathan Cott)是一位多產作家和詩人，被拉里·麥克默特里(Larry McMurtry)稱讚為“理想的採訪者”，他是古爾德允許採訪的為數不多的幾個人之一。1974年，科特為《滾石》雜誌採訪了古爾德，並用兩篇長文發表了文字記錄;在古爾德去世後，科特收集了這些採訪資料，並與格倫古爾德進行了交談，還加上了介紹、精選的照片、古爾德錄製的曲目列表、一份從影記錄，以及古爾德在廣播和電視上的節目列表。在一次精彩的一對一訪談中，古爾德討論了他對莫扎特鋼琴奏鳴曲的厭惡，他對作曲家如奧蘭多·吉本斯和理查德·施特勞斯的偏愛，以及他對流行歌手佩庫拉·克拉克的崇拜(以及他對披頭士的厭惡)。除了其他話題之外，《格倫·古爾德談話錄》被很多人，包括這個話題在內，認為是古爾德做過的最好的採訪，也是他最出色的表演之一。

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.

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 Rolling Stone and published the tran*s in two long articles; after Gould's death, Cott gathered these interviews in Conversations with Glenn Gould, 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, "Conversations with Glenn Gould" is considered by many, including the subject, to be the best interview Gould ever gave and one of his most remarkable performances.

作者簡介

喬納森·科特（Jonathan Cott）是滾石雜誌特約編輯，曾為《紐約時報》和《紐約客》撰稿。他是即將出版的《記憶之海》的作者，這是一本詩集，是鮑勃·迪倫的評論傳記，也是一系列包括視覺和聲音的採訪集，以及一系列關於音樂的作品——《回到夜晚的陰影:1968-1991年的音樂作品和採訪》。他還是斯塔茲·特克爾即將出版的《他們都在唱》一書的編輯，該書收錄了特克爾對音樂名人的採訪。

Jonathan Cott is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone and has written for the New York Times and the New Yorker. He is the author of the forthcoming On the Sea of Memory, a collection of poems, a critical biography of Bob Dylan, a number of collections of interviews—including Visions and Voices—and a collection of writing on music, Back to a Shadow in the Night: Music Writings and Interviews 1968-1991. He is the editor of Studs Terkel’s forthcoming book And They All Sang, a collection of Terkel’s interviews with musical personalities.