Review:
'.....at 528 pages this exemplary book is not one syllable too long' -- Piano Magazine, March 1 2005
'...[a] superb biography...brilliantly conveying [Gould's] weird idealism, fears and humour... Tender, intimate and measured, Bazzana does his subject justice.' -- Sarah Castleton, The Observer, 12th February 2006
'...a balanced portrait of a famously unbalanced pianist' -- The Mail on Sunday
'...a serious critique, showing that Gould's reputation as a great pianist has little to do with the razzmatazz.' -- Sunday Telegraph, March 5 2006
'...beautifully produced, rigorously researched, detailed account of the Canadian's life and career...' -- Classic FM - The Magazine, August 2004
'It is difficult to imagine a more absorbing, lively or honest book' -- Classical Music Magazine
'Kevin Bazzana is excellent...admirably straightforward' -- The Daily Telegraph
'Kudos to Bazzana...the first biography to recognise and describe the central influence in the subject's life' -- The Canada Post
'On Gould the man, Bazzana is scrupulously fair and open-minded' -- The Sunday Telegraph
‘Kevin Bazzana is excellent...admirably straightforward’ -- Tom Payne, Daily Telegraph, 1 May 2004
About the Author:
Kevin Bazzana has a PhD in Music History and Literature from the University of California at Berkeley. He is the editor of Glenn Gould magazine and has served as editor of The Beethoven Journal. His previous book, Glenn Gould: The Performer in the Work (1997) was described as 'an outstandingly original book' and 'a model of clarity'.
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