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标准北美英语口语景象对话和阅览文献-13
One of the twentieth century's greatest classical pianists, Glenn Gould, was born in Toronto on September 25,1932.
二十世纪最巨大古典钢琴家之一格伦.古尔德于1933年9月25日出世在多伦多市。
His father was a furrier and an amateur violinist, and his mother a music teacher, At the age of three Gould was able to read music.
他的父亲是一个毛货商，而且是一个业余小提琴手，他的母亲一个音乐教师，三岁的古尔德就可以阅览曲谱。
By the age of 5 he was composing piano pieces and performing them for friends.
到5岁时，他就可以自个编钢琴曲，并为小兄弟们扮演
In the period 1943-1952 he studied piano at the Toronto Conservatory of Music, between 1942-1949 he also studied the organ.
在1943年至1952年时刻，他在多伦多音乐学院学习钢琴，1942年至1949年之间，他还研讨了风琴。
In 1945 Glenn Gould made his debut, but this was as an organist, not a pianist.
在1945年格伦.古尔德初度露脸，但那次他只是一个风琴师，而不是钢琴家。
His first public performance as a pianist took place in May 1946 with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
他的初度作为一个钢琴家揭露扮演是在1946年5月与多伦多交响乐团一同扮演。
In 1950 he made his radio debut on a CBC prog
ram called " Sunday Morning Recital".
1950年，他在加拿大播送公司的“星期天之晨独奏会”专栏节目初度为播送演奏钢琴。
The event was crucial to his future career. For one thing, it first suggested to him the ways electronic recording could improve on his contribution as a performer.
这次演奏对他将来的作业生计至关重要。就一个比方来说，播送演奏使他知道到电子录音可以对扮演者有很大的协助。
As a young man of 20 it was not Gould's intention to become a concert pianist. He was much more interested in composition.
作为20岁的年青人，古尔德并没有方案变成一个音乐会钢琴演奏家。 他对作曲更感快乐喜爱。
He had also begun to demonstrate his abilities as a musical analyst and commentator on radio and in print.
另外，他还初步闪现出他在音乐分析和在播送和书写谈论方面的才调。
But beginning in1954 recitals in Montreal, Washington and New York launched a nine-year concert and recital tour。
可是，自从1954年头度在蒙特利尔，华盛顿和纽约的独奏会，让他初步了一场为期九年的巡回表演。
performing the music of Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Berg, and Schoenberg.
演奏巴赫，贝多芬，勃拉姆斯，伯格和舍恩伯格的作品。
In 1964 Glenn Gould announced his decision to end his career as a concert performer, After that time, he devoted himself to recording work.
在1964年格伦.古尔德宣告他抉择结束他作为一个音乐会扮演者的作业。在那之后，他尽力于录音作业中。
He believed that the recording studio offered a greater opportunity for musical perfection than the live concert hall.
他认为录音棚比现场音乐厅更能为音乐供给更完满的机缘。
In the studio a performer did not need to concern himself with the projection of musical effects and could, with the aid of microphones and tape editing, concentrate on the larger possibilities of the music itself.
在录音棚里，演奏者不需要关怀音乐作用，而且可以在麦克风和磁带修改的协助下专心于音乐本身的更大的潜力。
This interest in recording technology led to an involvement in the production of radio documentaries combining the spoken word with other kinds of soundtrack materials, and a number of TV appearances covering a range of musical topics.
他对录音技能的快乐喜爱致使了他参加到包括文字说明，和其他音响内容的播送谈论的制造中，他在各类体裁的电视音乐报导上也早年数次出头。。
Glenn Gould died in 1982 of a stroke, shortly after completing a new studio version of Bach's Goldberg Variations,
格伦.古尔德在1982年去世，死于中风。去世前，他刚刚结束巴赫的戈德堡变奏曲的电台录音，
quite possibly the most moving interpretation of that piece ever recorded.
这个曲子可以说是他一切录制下来的作品中演奏最为悦耳的一部。
