Glen Gould

[Robert Mugabe]

Interesting take on the contrary side of Toronto's boy

 

[Adam_hadam]

 

[somjay]

He lived in an apartment along St. Clair. near Yonge.

 

[Frankfooter]

He lived in an apartment along St. Clair. near Yonge.

Had a cottage on lake Simcoe.
One of the pianos he preferred is in the lobby of the Roy Thomson.

 

[Insidious Von]

Gould's cottage is on the southwest shore of Lake Couchiching, just north of Orillia.

The musician's musician, put Canada on the musical map back in 1953. Most responsible for making Bach cool again, his Goldberg Variations sold over a million copies - unheard of in the 50's.

I have The Canadian Brass recording of this piece.

 

[Robert Mugabe]

1793 you say. The year the first Mugabe ancestor arrived in Canada

 

[oil&gas]

The guy was nuts. I had to discontinue watching a concerto
performance of his on video when he couldn't stop humming
along.