MUSICIAN

Glenn Gould

1932 - 1982

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Glenn Herbert Gould (; né Gold; 25 September 1932 – 4 October 1982) was a Canadian classical pianist. He was among the most famous and celebrated pianists of the 20th century, renowned as an interpreter of the keyboard works of Johann Sebastian Bach. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Glenn Gould has received more than 2,616,067 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Glenn Gould is the 90th most popular musician (down from 62nd in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Canada and the 2nd most popular Canadian Musician.

Glenn Gould is most famous for his recordings of Bach's "The Goldberg Variations" and for his idiosyncratic style of playing the piano.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Glenn Gould ranks 90 out of 3,175. Before him are Sia, Cosima Wagner, Till Lindemann, Richard Wright, Ziryab, and Sviatoslav Richter. After him are Paul Simon, Charlie Parker, David Oistrakh, Alice Cooper, Dschinghis Khan, and Chet Baker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Glenn Gould ranks 24. Before him are Víctor Jara, Anouk Aimée, Sylvia Plath, François Englert, Dian Fossey, and Roh Tae-woo. After him are Anthony Perkins, Anatoliy Solovianenko, Carlos Saura, Camilo Cienfuegos, Gerhard Richter, and Houari Boumédiène. Among people deceased in 1982, Glenn Gould ranks 24. Before him are Louis Aragon, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, Gala Dalí, Jacques Tati, Barack Obama Sr., and Karl von Frisch. After him are Georges Perec, Hugh Everett III, John Belushi, Hugo Theorell, Gilles Villeneuve, and Jiro Horikoshi.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Glenn Gould ranks 18 out of 1,622. Before him are Alice Munro (1931), Christopher Plummer (1929), Marshall McLuhan (1911), Margaret Atwood (1939), David Cronenberg (1943), and James Naismith (1861). After him are Eric Berne (1910), Willard Boyle (1924), Frederick Banting (1891), Michael J. Fox (1961), Gilles Villeneuve (1950), and William Giauque (1895).

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Among MUSICIANS In Canada

Among musicians born in Canada, Glenn Gould ranks 2. Before him are Leonard Cohen (1934). After him are Neil Young (1945), Neil Peart (1952), Joni Mitchell (1943), Oscar Peterson (1925), Avril Lavigne (1984), Robbie Robertson (1943), Loreena McKennitt (1957), Gil Evans (1912), David Foster (1949), and Diana Krall (1964).

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