Charles Rosen  

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Charles Welles Rosen (May 5, 1927 - December 9, 2012) was an American pianist and writer on music. He is remembered for his career as a concert pianist, for his recordings, and for his many writings, notable among them the book The Classical Style.

Bibliography

• The Classical Style (1971, 2nd expanded ed., 1997, New York: Norton): Template:ISBN
• Schoenberg (1976, Fontana Modern Masters)
• The Musical Languages of Elliott Carter (1984, Washington, D.C.: Music Division, Research Services, Library of Congress)
• Romanticism and Realism: The Mythology of Nineteenth-Century Art (with Henri Zerner; 1985, New York: Norton): Template:ISBN
• Sonata Forms (2nd ed., 1988, New York: Norton): Template:ISBN
• The Frontiers of Meaning: Three Informal Lectures on Music (1994, New York: Hill and Wang): Template:ISBN
• Arnold Schoenberg (1996, Chicago: University of Chicago Press): Template:ISBN
• The Romantic Generation (1995, Cambridge: Harvard University Press): Template:ISBN
• Romantic Poets, Critics, and Other Madmen (2000, Cambridge: Harvard University Press): Template:ISBN
• Beethoven's Piano Sonatas: A Short Companion (2001, New Haven: Yale University Press): Template:ISBN
• Critical Entertainments: Music Old and New (2001, Cambridge: Harvard University Press): Template:ISBN
• Piano Notes: The World of the Pianist (2002, Free Press): Template:ISBN
• Variations on the Canon, edited by Robert Curry et al. (2008, University of Rochester Press): a collection of essays by noted scholars and musicians, published on the occasion of Rosen's 80th birthday. It contains writings on Rosen's critical methods (and other topics), a previously unpublished essay by Rosen himself, and concludes with listings of all his recordings and published writings up to the date of publication.
• Music and Sentiment (2010, New Haven: Yale University Press): Template:ISBN
• Freedom and the Arts: Essays on Music and Literature (2012, Cambridge: Harvard University Press)