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Among the world's instruments, the piano stands out as the most versatile, powerful, and misunderstood -- even by those who have spent much of their lives learning to play. In Piano Notes, a finalist for a 2003 National Book Critics Circle Award, Charles Rosen, one of the world's most talented pianists, distills a lifetime of wisdom and lore into an unforgettable tour of the hidden world of piano playing. You'll read about how a note is produced, why a chord can move us, why the piano -- "hero and villain" of tonality -- has shaped the course of Western music, and why it is growing obsolete. Rosen explains what it means that Beethoven composed in his head whereas Mozart would never dream of doing so, why there are no fortissimos in the works of Ravel, and why a piano player's acrobatics have an important dramatic effect but nothing more. Ending on a contemplative note, Piano Notes offers an elegant argument that piano music "is not just sound or even significant sound" but a mechanical, physical, and fetishistic experience that faces new challenges in an era of recorded music. Rosen ponders whether piano playing will ever again be the same, and his insights astonish.

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Publisher
Free Press
ISBN-10
0743243129
ISBN-13
9780743243124
eBay Product ID (ePID)
4617886

Product Key Features

Book Title
Piano Notes : the World of the Pianist
Author
Charles Rosen
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Genres & Styles / Classical, Composers & Musicians, General, Musical Instruments / Piano & Keyboard
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Music
Number of Pages
256 Pages

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Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
9.7 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
ML 700.R77 2002
Reviews
The New York Review of BooksIf your shelves have room for one volume about the piano from glory to decline, Piano Notes is the book of choice., The EconomistRosen brings all of his experience as one of the most intellectually rigorous pianists and brilliant music historians alive today to this wide-ranging and approachable book., The New York Review of Books If your shelves have room for one volume about the piano from glory to decline, Piano Notes is the book of choice., The Economist Rosen brings all of his experience as one of the most intellectually rigorous pianists and brilliant music historians alive today to this wide-ranging and approachable book., The EconomistRosen brings all of his experience as one of the mostintellectually rigorous pianists and brilliant music historians alive today to this wide-ranging and approachable book.
Copyright Date
2002
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2002-069634
Illustrated
Yes

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