The Classical Style

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This outstanding book treating the three most beloved composers of the Vienna School is basic to any study of Classical era music Drawing on his rich experience and intimate familiarity with the works of these giants, Charles Rosen presents his keen insights in clear and persuasive language For this expanded edition, now available in paperback for the first time, Rosen has provided a new, 64 page chapter on the later years of Beethoven and the musical conventions he inherited from Haydn and Mozart The author has also written an extensive new preface in which he responds to other writers who have commented on his ideas. New Download [ The Classical Style ] by [ Charles Rosen ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Charles Rosen is one of the great musicologists of the twentieth century and in The Classical Style he does a marvelous job characterizing the classical style as epitomized by its three great masters, Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven Of all the formal principles that have defined any period, the elements of classical style are perhaps most amenable to formal analysis The classical period is principally chara...Originally published on my blog here in January 2000.One of the best known works on classical music in the wider sense as well as the narrower one of the title written in the second half of this century, The Classical Style has been re issued in a new edition Considering what has happened in the last thirty years, remarkably little has been changed this is partly because Rosen felt as he says in the foreword that to revise it would mean a complete rewrite, as the book he would write today Originally published on my blog here in January 2000.One of the best known works on classical music in the wider sense as well as the narrower one of the title written in the second half of this century, The Classical Style has been re issued in a new edition Considering what has happened...A classic text on the Classical subject does all the things you d imagine.This book was brilliant I highly recommend it to all musicians Charles Rosen is an amazing musicologist Not only does he have a lot of insight into music, but he is able to express himself with a great deal of intelligence and clarity His understanding of the classical style is inedible From this book I have gained a better understanding not only of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, but also of music in general I now know why these three composers are considered to be among the greatest In ad This book was brilliant I highly recommend it to all musicians Charles Rosen is an amazing musicologist Not only does he have a lot of insight into music, but he is able to express himself with a great deal of intelligence and clarity His understanding of the classical style is inedible From this book I have gained a better understanding not only of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, but also of music in general I now know why these three composers are considered to be among the greatest In add...Truly mind expanding A book I have gone back to again and again partly because I didn t fully understand it the first time that I read it Rosen makes academic musicology accessible to those who are curious but untutored, however you do have to put the book down sometimes to let you brain have a rest On occasions, as when writing about the pastoral style in Haydn s symphonies, he can become quite poetic I wish he woul...One of the best books on music I ve read I would have given it five stars but for the Haydn chapters, and that s my fault you really have to know the music to get very much from this book, and I m not very well versed in Haydn This is an academic book Rosen is a musicologist and he makes no special effort to write for the layman As a result, his prose is full of esoteric technical jargon, some of which went over this layman s head Still, some of his analyses of favorite pieces strike with One of the best books on music I ve read I would have given it five stars but for the Haydn chapters, and that s my fault you really have to know the music to get very much from this book, and I m not very well versed in Haydn This is an academic book Rosen is a musicologist and he makes no special effort to write for the layman As a result, his prose is full of esoteric technical jargon, some of which went over this layman s head Still, some of h...Just a quotation pp.162 63The pretension of Haydn s symphonies to a simplicity that seems to come from Nature itself is no mask but the true claim of a style whose command over the whole range of technique is so great that it can ingenuously afford to disdain the outward appearance of high art Pastoral is generally ironic with the irony of one who aspires to less than he deserves, hoping he will be grantedBut Haydn s pastoral style isgenerous, with all its irony it is the true h Just a quotation pp.162 63The pretension of Haydn s symphonies to a simplicity that seems to come from Nature itself is no mask but the true claim of a style whose command over the whole range of technique is so great that it can ingenuously affo...What a slog For me, this book does not necessarily need to be read sequentially There are nougats on almost every page, and the writing is dense Of course Rosen is opinionated and erudite that makes himfun and all theintimidating T...A fascinating quick read offering advice as to practice, study habits sight read all of the Schubert and Beethoven piano sonatas and glimpses into the world of piano competitions and recordings Esoteric, but interesting.Oh nothis review is for the book PIANO NOTES by the same authorbut wh...I really enjoyed Rosen s style of writing but I felt he didn t go into enough detail on how the composers were inspired by different composers and some of the analysis seemed overly technical and a bit pseudo Shenckerian rather than actually looking into the cultural phenomena that were The T...

The Classical Style
  • English
  • 01 March 2017
  • Paperback
  • 560 pages
  • 0393317129
  • Charles Rosen
  • The Classical Style