Charles Rosen
Charles Rosen
Charles Welles Rosenwas an American pianist and writer on music. He is remembered for his career as a concert pianist, for his recordings, and for his many writings, notably the book The Classical Style...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPianist
Date of Birth5 May 1927
CountryUnited States of America
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Stage fright, like epilepsy, is a divine ailment, a sacred madness... It is a grace that is sufficient in the old Jesuit sense - that is, insufficient by itself but a necessary condition for success.
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When recordings replaced concerts as the dominant mode of hearing music, our conception of the nature of performance and of music itself was altered.
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A love of classical music is only partially a natural response to hearing the works performed, it also must come about by a decision to listen carefully, to pay close attention, a decision inevitably motivated by the cultural and social prestige of the art.
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The belief may be too often mistaken, but the illusion of coming into direct contact with the past is intoxicating and persuasive, and can result in an interpretation that carries conviction. Sometimes confidence is all that's needed.
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Beethoven in c minor has come to symbolize his artistic character...where he seems to be most impatient of any compromise.
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Except for recordings made by famous tenors, the emphasis in classical recording has for the most part recently been on the work, and even more on the composer-the performer being spotlighted as the composer's most accomplished representative.
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The death of classical music is perhaps its oldest continuing tradition.
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Even Stravinsky does not evoke the same public affection as Verdi.