Music and Sentiment by Charles RosenRequirements: .ePUB reader, 10 MBOverview: How does a work of music stir the senses, creating feelings of joy, sadness, elation, or nostalgia? Though sentiment and emotion play a vital role in the composition, performance, and appreciation of music, rarely have these elements been fully observed. In this succinct and penetrating […]
Piano Notes: The World of the Pianist by Charles RosenRequirements: .ePUB reader, 3 MBOverview: 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 […]
Rembrandt’s Religious Prints: The Feddersen Collection at the Snite Museum of Art by Charles M. RosenbergRequirements: .ePUB reader, 137 MBOverview: Rembrandt’s stunning religious prints stand as evidence of the Dutch master’s extraordinary skill as a technician and as a testament to his genius as a teller of tales. Here, several virtually unknown etchings, collected by […]
A Short History of Charleston by Robert N. Rosen Requirements: .PDF reader, 20 MBOverview: Robert N. Rosen’s A Short History of Charleston has been hailed by critics, historians, and especially Charlestonians as authoritative, witty, and entertaining. Packed with anecdotes and enlivened by passages from diaries and letters, the fast-paced narrative recounts the port city’s role […]
The Joy of Playing, the Joy of Thinking by Charles Rosen, Catherine TemersonRequirements: .ePUB reader, 0.42 MBOverview: Brilliant, practical, and humorous conversations with one of the twentieth-century’s greatest musicologists on art, culture, and the physical pain of playing a difficult passage until one attains its rewards. Throughout his life, Charles Rosen combined formidable intelligence with […]