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The Joy of Playing, the Joy of Thinking - Conversations about Art and Performance (Hardcover)
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The Joy of Playing, the Joy of Thinking - Conversations about Art and Performance (Hardcover)
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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 immense skill as a concert pianist. He began
studying at Juilliard at age seven and went on to inspire a
generation of scholars to combine history, aesthetics, and score
analysis in what became known as “new musicology.” The Joy of
Playing, the Joy of Thinking presents a master class for music
lovers. In interviews originally conducted and published in French,
Rosen’s friend Catherine Temerson asks carefully crafted
questions to elicit his insights on the evolution of music—not to
mention painting, theater, science, and modernism. Rosen touches on
the usefulness of aesthetic reflection, the pleasure of overcoming
stage fright, and the drama of conquering a technically difficult
passage. He tells vivid stories about composers from Chopin and
Wagner to Stravinsky and Elliott Carter. In Temerson’s questions
and Rosen’s responses arise conundrums both practical and
metaphysical. Is it possible to understand a work without analyzing
it? Does music exist if it isn’t played? Throughout, Rosen
returns to the theme of sensuality, arguing that if one does not
possess a physical craving to play an instrument, then one should
choose another pursuit. Rosen takes readers to the heart of the
musical matter. “Music is a way of instructing the soul, making
it more sensitive,” he says, “but it is useful only insofar as
it is pleasurable. This pleasure is manifest to anyone who
experiences music as an inexorable need of body and mind.”
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Imprint: |
Harvard University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2020 |
Authors: |
Charles Rosen
• Catherine Temerson
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Translators: |
Catherine Zerner
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Foreword by: |
Israel Rosenfield
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Dimensions: |
181 x 111 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
160 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-674-98846-0 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-674-98846-9 |
Barcode: |
9780674988460 |
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