Critical Entertainments
Subtitle: Music Old and New
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: April 28, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780674177307
Subjects: Theory of music & musicology; Music/Songbooks; Music History And Criticism +; Music; Reference; History & Criticism - General; Instruction & Study - Theory; Music / History & Criticism; Instruction & Study - Appreciation; History and criticism
Description: "These essays cover a broad range of musical forms, historical periods, and issues - from Bach through Brahms to Carter and Schoenberg, from contrapuntal keyboard music to opera, from performance practices to music history as a discipline. They revisit Rosen's favorite subjects and pursue some less familiar paths.

They court controversy (with strong opinions about performance on historical instruments, the so-called New Musicology, and the alleged "death" of classical music) and offer enlightenment on subjects as diverse as music dictionaries and the aesthetics of stage fright. All are unified by Rosen's abiding concerns and incomparable style. Critical Entertainments will delight all music lovers."--BOOK JACKET.