Glenn Gould; On the Record

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Series
Glenn Gould
Episode
On the Record
Producing Organization
British Broadcasting Corporation
Contributing Organization
Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip/512-833mw29708
NOLA Code
GLGC
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Description
Episode Description
The program follows Mr. Gould to New York City for a day at Columbia records. Here he jokes with a cab driver, banters with sound engineers and, once again alone with the piano, tapes a performance of the Italian Concerto in F by Bach. The taping shows us another side of Mr. Gould the creator and interpreter of music who is vigorous, sensitive, self-critical, and hard to satisfy. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
Program Description
30 minute program, produced by the National Film Board of Canada, originally shot on film.
Series Description
Glenn Gould is a candid portrait of the Canadian pianist famous throughout the world for his interpretations of Bach. Born in Toronto, Canada, 29 years ago, Gould began to play the piano at the age of three. He studied music with his mother, an amateur pianist, until he was ten. From 1943 to 1952 he attended the Toronto Royal Conservatory of music where he studied piano with the well-known Toronto teacher, Alberto Guerrero. At the age of twelve, he became the youngest musician to receive the degree of Associate at the Conservatory. In addition to piano, Gould studied the organ. When he was only fourteen he appeared at Eaton Auditorium in the Casavant Series, which each year brings to Toronto five of the worlds finest organists. During the same year, Gould, in his first appearance with a professional orchestra played Beethovens Fourth Piano Concerto with the Toronto Symphony. Since that time he has appeared with all of Canadas major orchestras, with the New York philharmonic, and with all of the leading orchestras in Europe. The first North American pianist to be invited by the government of the Soviet Union to perform in that country, Gould gave concerts in Moscow and Leningrad in the spring of 1957. His performance of the Goldberg Variations in Moscows Tchaikovsky hall prompted one critic to conclude that the pianist must be more than 200 years old and an ex-pupil of Bach himself. On his way back to this country, Gould played the Beethoven Third Piano Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic under the direction of Herbert von Karajan and also performed at the Vienna Music Festival. Glenn Gould: a production of the National Film Board of Canada. The program was produced in 1960. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
Broadcast Date
1962-00-00
Created Date
1960-00-00
Asset type
Episode
Genres
Performance
Documentary
Topics
Music
Biography
Media type
Moving Image
Credits
Director: Kroitor, Roman
Executive Producer: Daly, Tom
Guest: Gould, Glenn
Narrator: Jackson, Stanley
Performer: Gould, Glenn
Producer: Koenig, Wolf
Producing Organization: British Broadcasting Corporation
AAPB Contributor Holdings
Library of Congress
Identifier: 2417888-1 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 16mm film
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: B&W
Library of Congress
Identifier: 2417888-1 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 16mm film
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: B&W
Library of Congress
Identifier: 2417888-1 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 16mm film
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: B&W
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Citations
Chicago: “Glenn Gould; On the Record,” 1962-00-00, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 15, 2026, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-833mw29708.
MLA: “Glenn Gould; On the Record.” 1962-00-00. Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 15, 2026. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-833mw29708>.
APA: Glenn Gould; On the Record. Boston, MA: Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-833mw29708