General Information about Glenn Gould11.08.07

A little bit of Glenn Gould trivia for all of those interested.

(1) Glenn Gould’s mother played the organ at St. Andrew’s Church, 73 Simcoe Street, Toronto. Central Presbyterian church in Toronto
(2) His childhood home was32 Southwood Dr
(3) His summer home in Uptergrove Ont., near lake Simcoe/Orillia.
(4) Buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, […]



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Guitar side ports09.28.07

The one thing that I see in the evolution of the acoustic guitar today is its link with the past from Canada’s own, Glenn Gould. He used a unique approach while playing in his later years, around 1983, when he took away part of the piano body to let the sound come out of […]



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Glenn Gould’s secret lover08.27.07

Thank God for that little area beneath the current newspaper that holds the previous days editions!
I was shopping with my wife this past Sunday and I was stopped in my tracks by the front page news caption ” The Secret Life of Glenn Gould“. I just had to have a copy of this article […]



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Canada’s best Pianist Glenn Gould04.11.07

Glenn Gould (25 September 1932 - 4 October 1982)
The best Canadian premier Pianist of all time is Glenn Gould, period! End of all explanations and discussions.
If I had the chance to witness 2 musical acts of the last millennium it would be that of Glenn Gould playing anything and Canada’s own Max Webster. Honestly, […]



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