Charles Rosen Quotes

The death of classical music is perhaps its oldest continuing tradition.

Beethoven in c minor has come to symbolize his artistic character...where he seems to be most impatient of any compromise.

When recordings replaced concerts as the dominant mode of hearing music, our conception of the nature of performance and of music itself was altered.

Stage fright, like epilepsy, is a divine ailment, a sacred madness... It is a grace that is sufficient in the old Jesuit sense - that is, insufficient by itself but a necessary condition for success.

Even Stravinsky does not evoke the same public affection as Verdi.