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Charles Rosen on Music

1927–2012 United States

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It is above all through landscape that music joins Romantic art and literature.

The Romantic Generation (1995)

Understanding music simply means not being irritated or puzzled by it.

The Frontiers of Meaning: Three Informal Lectures on Music (1994)

Liszt has never needed revival; his music has always been an important part of the concert repertoire. Nevertheless, he has appeared to need rehabilitation.

The Romantic Generation (1995)

The relation of the performance of music to sound is complex and ambiguous: this is what makes possible Mark Twain's joke that Wagner is better than he sounds.

Piano Notes: The World of the Pianist (2002)

More positively, taking pleasure in music is the most obvious sign of comprehension, the proof that we understand it, and we may extend that to sympathy with other listeners' enjoyment ...

The Frontiers of Meaning: Three Informal Lectures on Music (1994)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Charles Rosen (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.