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These books provide a rich cultural context that deepens appreciation of the arts and the enduring legacy of classical music.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"beethovens-piano-sonatas-by-charles-rosen-9780300255119","title":"Beethoven's Piano Sonatas","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeethoven’s Piano Sonatas\u003c\/em\u003e form one of the most important collections of works in the whole history of music. Spanning several decades of his life as a composer, the sonatas soon came to be seen as the first body of substantial serious works for piano suited to performance in large concert halls seating hundreds of people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this comprehensive and authoritative guide, Charles Rosen places the works in context and provides an understanding of the formal principles involved in interpreting and performing this unique repertoire. He covers such aspects as sonata form, phrasing, and tempo, as well as the use of pedal and trills. In the second part of his book, he looks at the sonatas individually, from the earliest works of the 1790s through the sonatas of Beethoven’s youthful popularity of the early 1800s, the subsequent years of mastery, the years of stress (1812–1817), and the last three sonatas of the 1820s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eComposed as much for private music-making as public recital, Beethoven’s sonatas have long formed a bridge between the worlds of the salon and the concert hall. 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He began studying at Juilliard at age seven and went on to inspire a generation of scholars to combine history, aesthetics, and score analysis in what became known as \"new musicology.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Joy of Playing, the Joy of Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e presents a master class for music lovers. In interviews originally conducted and published in French, Rosen's friend Catherine Temerson asks carefully crafted questions to elicit his insights on the evolution of music—not to mention painting, theatre, science, and modernism. Rosen touches on the usefulness of aesthetic reflection, the pleasure of overcoming stage fright, and the drama of conquering a technically difficult passage. He tells vivid stories about composers from Chopin and Wagner to Stravinsky and Elliott Carter. In Temerson's questions and Rosen's responses arise conundrums both practical and metaphysical. Is it possible to understand a work without analysing it? Does music exist if it isn't played?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout, Rosen returns to the theme of sensuality, arguing that if one does not possess a physical craving to play an instrument, then one should choose another pursuit. Rosen takes readers to the heart of the musical matter. \"Music is a way of instructing the soul, making it more sensitive,\" he says, \"but it is useful only insofar as it is pleasurable. This pleasure is manifest to anyone who experiences music as an inexorable need of body and mind.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47464365916396,"sku":"9780674988460","price":44.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780674988460-the-joy-of-playing-the-joy-of-thinking.jpg?v=1775048354"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/charles-rosen.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}