Charles Rosen Quotes

• The death of classical music is perhaps its oldest continuing tradition.

  Charles Rosen

  Tradition, Classical Music, Music Is

  Charles Rosen (2001). “Critical Entertainments”, p.295, Harvard University Press

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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.

  Charles Rosen

  Character, Artistic, Compromise

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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.

  Charles Rosen

  Epilepsy, Anxiety, Grace

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• Even Stravinsky does not evoke the same public affection as Verdi.

  Charles Rosen

  Doe, Affection, Evoke

  Charles Rosen (2002). “Piano Notes: The World of the Pianist”, p.231, Simon and Schuster

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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.

  Charles Rosen

  Confidence, Past, May

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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.

  Charles Rosen

  Art, Decision, Attention

  Charles Rosen (2002). “Piano Notes: The World of the Pianist”, p.236, Simon and Schuster

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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.

  Charles Rosen

  Hearing, Concerts, Performances

  Charles Rosen (2002). “Piano Notes: The World of the Pianist”, p.195, Simon and Schuster

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