[MSN] Library theft. A woman was indicted for allegedly stealing memorabilia of late classical pianist Glenn Gould from a Canadian library and selling some of the items

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May 12, 2006 . Last updated 9:21 p.m. PT

Woman charged with theft of Gould mementos

By SAMUEL MAULL
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

NEW YORK -- A woman was indicted for allegedly stealing memorabilia of late
classical pianist Glenn Gould from a Canadian library and selling some of
the items, prosecutors said.

Barbara Moore, 62, of Austin, Texas, allegedly stole the mementos from the
Canadian Library and Archives Glenn Gould collection in Ottawa while doing
research there in the late 1980s, said Jennifer Kushner, spokeswoman for the
Manhattan district attorney's office.

Kushner said Moore filched photographs, books, compositions, sound and video
recordings, published and unpublished writings, correspondence, doodles and
personal items such as hats and gloves that Gould donated before his death
in 1982.

Moore contacted a New York dealer by e-mail in December 2004 and offered to
sell him items that she said were from her own collection, Kushner said. She
said the dealer later offered a document he got from Moore for sale on the
Internet.

In December 2005, an author and Gould researcher in Victoria, British
Columbia, told Canadian library officials that a Manhattan dealer had posted
a Gould item for sale on the Internet. The dealer bought the item from Moore
unaware that it was stolen, Kushner said.

In January, Canadian Library and Archives officials contacted the New York
Police Department's Cyber Crimes Unit, which recovered the stolen items,
Kushner said, and police referred the case to prosecutors.



Moore was charged with third-degree criminal possession of stolen property,
fourth-degree grand larceny, and third-degree attempted grand larceny. She
faces up to seven years in prison if convicted on the stolen property
possession charge, and up to four years if convicted on the others.

Moore was in custody Friday and unavailable for comment. It was not known
whether she had retained a lawyer.

Gould's most famous recordings include his interpretations of Bach's
Goldberg Variations.

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