Charles Rosen says of sonata form: "[It] is not a definite form like a minuet, a da capo aria, or a French overture; it is, like the fugue, a way of writing, a feeling for proportion, direction, and texture rather than a pattern." von...

The Romantic Generation (Charles Eliot Norton Lectures)

"Beethoven's Piano Sonatas: A Short Companion" von Charles Rosen bietet eine umfassende Analyse und Interpretation der 32 Klaviersonaten von Ludwig van Beethoven. Rosen, selbst ein renommierter Pianist und Musikwissenschaftler,...

Eloquent, intimate exploration of the piano and its history by the world-renowned concert pianist, Charles Rosen. Here, he examines the fine line between a beautiful sound and a frightening din and the masters who demonstrated the...

A study of how composers from Bach to Berg have used sound to represent and communicate emotion in mystifyingly beautiful ways. von Rosen, Charles