[F_minor] Gould Item Theft

["MJ Watts" <mj.accounts@gmail.com>]

(I apologize for the blank post.  I'm still testing this new system it
seems!)

WOW.  Thanks for the news tip, Michael.  Comments anyone??*

*-Mary Jo

The Globe and Mail story: http://tinyurl.com/kl4va

Woman charged with theft of Glenn Gould mementos

SAMUEL MAULL

NEW YORK

A woman was indicted for allegedly stealing memorabilia for late classical
pianist Glenn Gould from a Canadian library and selling some of the items,
prosecutors said.

Barbara Moore, 62, of Austin, Texas, allegedly stole the mementos from the
Canadian Library and Archives Glenn Gould collection in Ottawa while doing
research there in the late 1980s, said Jennifer Kushner, spokeswoman for the
Manhattan district attorney's office.

Ms. Kushner said Ms. Moore filched photographs, books, compositions, sound
and video recordings, published and unpublished writings, correspondence,
doodles and personal items such as hats and gloves that Mr. Gould donated
before his death in 1982.

Ms. Moore contacted a New York dealer by e-mail in December 2004 and offered
to sell him items that she said were from her own collection, Ms. Kushner
said. She said the dealer later offered a document he got from Ms. Moore for
sale on the Internet.

In December 2005, an author and Gould researcher in Victoria, British
Columbia, told Canadian library officials that a Manhattan dealer had posted
a Gould item for sale on the Internet. The dealer bought the item from Ms.
Moore unaware that it was stolen, Ms. Kushner said.

In January, Canadian Library and Archives officials contacted the New York
Police Department's Cyber Crimes Unit, which recovered the stolen items, Ms.
Kushner said, and police referred the case to prosecutors.

Ms. Moore was charged with third-degree criminal possession of stolen
property, fourth-degree grand larceny, and third-degree attempted grand
larceny. She faces up to seven years in prison if convicted on the stolen
property possession charge, and up to four years if convicted on the others.

Ms. Moore was in custody Friday and unavailable for comment. It was not
known whether she had retained a lawyer.

Mr. Gould's most famous recordings include his interpretations of
Bach's *Goldberg Variations.
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michael macelletti wrote:

interesting, that story about the person accused of stealing  gg items
( manuscripts, gloves and hat, compositions, etc ) from the ottawa
library. and  then tried to sell them.   anyway,  I wonder how she got
such easy access to them.
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