Glenn Gould, Oscar Peterson, and New World Virtuosities

This dissertation centers on virtuosity as a source of creative genesis, boundary-pushing, and musical debate. Focusing on the careers and works of pianists Oscar Peterson (1925-2007) and Glenn Gould (1932-1982), I examine the role of the virtuoso in twentieth-century music-making, and his encounter...

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Main Author: Mok, Lucille Yehan
Other Authors: Oja, Carol J.
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2014
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Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard.inactive:11837
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:13064972