
Gould’s score for the ninth and 10th variations.Credit Bonhams.
Those scribbles? That’s Glenn Gould, scratching on his sheet music as he recorded Bach’s “Goldberg” Variations in 1981. We reported this week on the newly rediscovered score, which offers some insights — barely legible ones — into Gould’s process and will be put up for auction next month. (Estimate: $100,000 to $150,000.)
(Zachary Woolfe, “Glenn Gould’s Scribbles: The Week in Classical Music,” NYTimes, 11-2-18)
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