num_pages: 560
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven
titlecomplete: The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven
characters: Ludwig van Beethoven, Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
genres: Classical Music, History, Biography, Reference, Essays, Germany, Music, Biography Memoir, Nonfiction, Art
ratings_count: 1452
awards: awardedAt: 63100800000
name: National Book Award
category: Arts and Letters
publisher: W. W. Norton  Company