Canadian Pianist Glenn Gould Died On This Day in 1982 [ON-THIS-DAY]

Canadian pianist Glenn Gould died, from a stroke, on this day in 1982 – aged just 50

Luminary Canadian pianist Glenn Gould died, from a stroke, on this day in 1982 – aged just 50.

Despite having stopped giving concerts at the age of 31, he is widely remembered as one of the finest pianists of the 20th Century.

The first few bars of Bach’s Goldberg Variations are carved into his grave’s headstone.

GLENN GOULD | BEETHOVEN | PIANO CONCERTO NO. 5 IN E-FLAT MAJOR ‘EMPEROR’ | KAREL ANCERL & TORONTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 1970

The Goldberg Variations |CD|

Johann Sebastian Bach

Glenn Gould

Release Date: October 23, 2015

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