This outstanding book treating the three most beloved composers of the Vienna School is basic to any study of Classical-era music. Drawing on his rich experience and intimate familiarity with the works of these giants, Charles Rosen presents his keen insights in clear and persuasive language. For this expanded edition, now available in paperback for the first time, Rosen has provided a new, 64-page chapter on the later years of Beethoven and the musical conventions he inherited from Haydn and Mozart.
The author has also written an extensive new preface in which he responds to other writers who have commented on his ideas.
| ISBN: | 9780393317121 |
| Publication date: | 28th January 1998 |
| Author: | Charles Rosen |
| Publisher: | W.W. Norton and Company an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 556 pages |
| Genres: |
Art music, orchestral and formal music |
This outstanding book treating the three most beloved composers of the Vienna School is basic to any study of Classical-era music. Drawing on his rich experience and intimate familiarity with the works of these giants, Charles Rosen presents his keen insights in clear and persuasive language.
The Classical Style features in the following genres: Art music, orchestral and formal music
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The Classical Style was written by Charles Rosen and published by W.W. Norton and Company an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company
The Classical Style has 556 pages