Charles Rosen

The Romantic Generation (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures)

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ISBN 13:
9780674779341
author:
Charles Rosen
format:
Paperback
publisher:
Harvard University Press
language:
English
Publication Year:
1998
Pages:
742
Dimensions:
16.4 x 3.7 x 23.4 cm
Genre:
Music, Stage & Screen, Music, Styles, Charles
Condition:
New
Availability:
Item usually sent within 10 working days
£27.04

Description

Charles Rosen's groundbreaking study of the Romantic era offers an exhilarating exploration of the musical language, forms, and styles that defined a generation of composers. Through his unique insights as a performer, Rosen provides acute analyses of works by Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Bellini, Liszt, and Berlioz, shedding new light on their musical sensibilities and the cultural context in which they worked. Rosen's work seamlessly integrates music history with reflections on art, literature, drama, and philosophy of the time, providing a rich understanding of the major figures of Romantic music. He examines the importance of other cultural developments, such as landscape art and the literary fragment, to nineteenth-century music, and explains key musical principles that underpinned the period. With striking descriptions and telling analogies, Rosen's overview of Romantic music is a masterful performance by a leading music historian and pianist.

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