The Romantic Generation Charles Rosen Pdf __top__

It is an essential read, but it is dense. It requires a reader who can read music scores and is willing to endure long, digressive analyses to find profound insights.

When The Romantic Generation was published in 1995, it won the Prix du Disque (unusual for a book) and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Critics called it "a performance in prose" (The New Yorker) and "the most exhilarating music criticism of our time" (The Guardian). the romantic generation charles rosen pdf