A publication of the Glenn Gould Foundation

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“Air of Another Planet”: Glenn Gould’s
Modernist Mission in Moscow and Leningrad
volume 13, number 1 spring 2008 james k. wright

Contents 33
Gould, McLuhan, and Soseki: A Japanese
Resonance
A special issue honouring the junichi miyazawa
“Year of Glenn Gould”
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Glenn Gould and the Russians: Then and Now—
A Filmmaker’s Impressions
3 yosif feyginberg
The “Year of Glenn Gould”

6 42
Muzak, Music, and Monologues: The Mind of
Glenn Gould Place Glenn Gould as Revealed in His Radio Documen-
taries

7 piers plowright
An Evening with Glenn Gould
john mcgreevy 46
The 2008 Glenn Gould Prize

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“Variations on Gould”—a CBC radio festival 47
A new portrait of Glenn Gould painted by Yana
Movchan
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“Glenn Gould: The Sounds of Genius”—
an exhibition at the Canadian Museum of
Civilization
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The Glenn Gould Foundation benefit concert

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“Glenn Gould and the Future of Music”—
a conference at the Canadian Museum of
Civilization
Cover photograph: Oil painting of Gould by Yana Movchan, 2007. (See
page 47.)
Background image, this page: Page from a late draft of Gould’s String
Quartet; the dates “Oct. 5” and “Oct. 6” appear on this page, and the work

24 was completed on October 8, 1955. glenn gould fonds, music

section, canadian archives and special collections
Gould, McLuhan, and the Recording Studio branch, library and archives canada. estate of glenn
gould.
s.timothy maloney