Joseph Gould (Canadian cultural figure)
Joseph Gould (28 January 1833 in Penn Yan, New York – 27 March 1913 in Montreal, Quebec) was an American-born Canadian businessman, choir director, editor and composer.
Life and work
Gould moved with his family to Montreal as a teenager in 1848. About 1864, in association with Freedom Hill, he took over a former piano and music business to create the firm of Gould & Hill, and afterwards maintained an organ and piano warehouse under his own name until 1881. He also played a leading part in the city's musical life, having founded the Mendelssohn Choir of Montreal in 1864. He managed this for the next thirty years and conducted there a repertoire largely of part songs and miscellaneous pieces.[1] For several years he was also the vice-president of the Montreal Philharmonic Society and in 1892 he declined an invitation by some of Montreal's leading musicians to head a new conservatory.[2]
In addition Gould founded the semi-monthly Arcadia, a Journal devoted exclusively to Music, Art, and Literature, between May 1892 – March 1893, which was notable at this period for its cosmopolitan coverage.[3] And in a personal capacity he helped bring the first operas of Richard Wagner to Montreal.[4]
As a composer Gould wrote several vocal pieces under the pseudonym Sydney Percival. Three choral works, "Out of the Depths", "Ave Verum" and "Panis Angelicus", have been reprinted by the
References
- ^ Carl Morey, Music in Canada: A Research and Information Guide, Routledge 2013, p.81
- ^ The Canadian Encyclopedia
- ^ Le Répertoire international de la presse musicale, "Arcadia"
- ^ Vanguard, Volume 15, Vancouver Art Gallery, 1986, p.21
- ^ The Canadian Encyclopedia
- ^ William Lyman Johnson, The History of The Christian Science Movement, vol.2 ch.51
- ^ "Little Tommy Tucker"
- ^ Performances on Good Night, Good Night, Beloved! and other Victorian part songs, Atma Classique 2012
Bibliography
"Joseph Gould" in The Canadian Encyclopedia