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Re: The relationship between Glenn Gould and Shakespeare



I read about this society in one of the Glenn Gould biographies.  It is not in a book I have.  It must of been a library book.  I am not sure, but I think this was a small group he formed with his childhood friend Robert Fulford.
 
I found something else on this topic in "Music & Mind" by Geoffrey Payzant.  From page 7:
 
"He wrote a set of piano pieces when he was sixteen; they were intended to be incidental music to Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.  He played them during the intermission of a performance of that play at Malvern Collegiate Institute.  The pieces were titled:  "Regal Atmosphere," "Elizabethan Gaiety," "Whimsical Nonsense," and "Nocturne."
 
Anne
 
----- Original Message -----
From: madiva
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 9:45 AM
Subject: The relationship between Glenn Gould and Shakespeare

Dears Fminor,
The Glenn Gould's mind is deeply sharp and fascinating : each aspect of His activity is a world of interesting discovery
Gould was a deep reader of English and Russian Literature.
 I read in the Glenn Gould's  " Selected Letters" that He was producer in " Lower Rosedale Shakespeare Reading Society"
(Letter dated January 27 1960 wrote to Edith Boeker). 
Gould was also  "Technician Director"and reader in this Society founded by himself
Could you tell me more about the relationship between Gould and Shakespeare and this Society?
Many thanks
 
Valeria Massari