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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