Glenn Gould

GPTKB entity

Statements (36)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf pianist
gptkbp:associatedAct gptkb:Toronto_Symphony_Orchestra
gptkbp:birthDate 1932-09-25
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Toronto,_Canada
gptkbp:deathDate 1982-10-04
gptkbp:education gptkb:Royal_Conservatory_of_Music
gptkbp:examinationType 1981
gptkbp:famousFor piano technique
gptkbp:famousPerson gptkb:Glenn_Gould:_A_Life_and_Variations
gptkbp:famousQuote I am a composer.
I am a creator.
I am a musician.
I am a thinker.
I am a very private person.
I am not a performer.
I have a very strong sense of the past.
I think of music as a kind of language.
I want to be a musician, not a celebrity.
The music is the thing.
gptkbp:filmography Glenn_Gould:_Hereafter
gptkbp:genre classical
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Glenn Gould
gptkbp:influences gptkb:Johann_Sebastian_Bach
Franz Liszt
Claude Debussy
gptkbp:instrument piano
gptkbp:knownFor interpretation_of_Bach's_music
gptkbp:label gptkb:Columbia_Records
gptkbp:nationality Canadian
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Grammy_Award
gptkbp:notableWorks gptkb:Goldberg_Variations
gptkbp:philosophy music as a solitary experience
gptkbp:posthumousRecognition gptkb:Grammy_Lifetime_Achievement_Award
gptkb:Canadian_Music_Hall_of_Fame
gptkbp:recordings overdubbing
gptkbp:style idiosyncratic