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By the mid-60s Gould had become one of the most talked-about and written-about living pianists. "His provocative musical ideas, backed by complete integrity of purpose and thorough academic understanding of the technical workings of a piece, make him either a musical Devil's Advocate or enfant terrible, depending upon your point of view."7
Gould's mature period saw two major compositions: the String Quartet, Op. 1 (there was no "opus 2") and the lighthearted So You Want to Write a Fugue?. The latter piece was written for The Anatomy of the Fugue for the CBC-TV Festival program, broadcast on March 4, 1963. It is a piece of considerable "learnedness".
His creativity also found an outlet in cadenza writing: his Cadenzas to the Concerto No. 1 in C Major for Piano and Orchestra, by Beethoven, Op. 15, was almost an original composition. He also made piano transcriptions for works by Wagner, Ravel, Richard Strauss and other composers.
![Cover of score, SO YOU WANT TO WRITE A FUGUE?, by Glenn Gould](/web/20061122123424im_/http://www.lac-bac.gc.ca/obj/028010/f1/nlc003806-v2.jpg) Gould, Glenn. So You Want to Write a Fugue?. New York: G. Schirmer, 1964 Copyright/Source |
![Cover of score, CADENZAS TO THE CONCERTO NO. 1 IN C MAJOR FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA BY BEETHOVEN, OP. 15, by Glenn Gould](/web/20061122123424im_/http://www.lac-bac.gc.ca/obj/028010/f1/nlc003807-v2.jpg) Gould, Glenn. Cadenzas to the Concerto No. 1 in C Major for Piano and Orchestra by Beethoven, Op. 15. Great Neck, New York: Barger & Barclay, 1958 Copyright/Source |
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![Manuscript score, STRING QUARTET, OP. 1, by Glenn Gould](/web/20061122123424im_/http://www.lac-bac.gc.ca/obj/028010/f1/nlc003808-v2.jpg) Gould, Glenn. String Quartet, Op. 1. Manuscript score, April 1953-October 8, 1955 Copyright/Source |
![Photograph of Glenn Gould, facing a string quartet on stage in an empty hall](/web/20061122123424im_/http://www.lac-bac.gc.ca/obj/028010/f1/nlc003809-v2.jpg) Glenn Gould, facing a string quartet on stage in an empty hall, with parts for his String Quartet, Op. 1 on the music stands. 196? Copyright/Source |
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![Photograph of Glenn Gould, Howard Scott and a CBS recording engineer, listening to tapes of the STRING QUARTET, OP. 1](/web/20061122123424im_/http://www.lac-bac.gc.ca/obj/028010/f1/nlc003810-v2.jpg) Glenn Gould, Howard Scott and a CBS recording engineer, listening to tapes of the String Quartet, Op. 1., n.d. Copyright/Source |
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