The belief may be too often mistaken, but the illusion of coming into direct contact with the past is intoxicating and persuasive, and can result in an interpretation that carries conviction. Sometimes confidence is all that's needed. — Charles Rosen Copy Share Image
Stage fright, like epilepsy, is a divine ailment, a sacred madness... It is a grace that is sufficient in the old Jesuit sense -… — Charles Rosen Copy Share Image
The death of classical music is perhaps its oldest continuing tradition. — Charles Rosen Copy Share Image
A love of classical music is only partially a natural response to hearing the works performed, it also must come about by a decision… — Charles Rosen Copy Share Image
Beethoven in c minor has come to symbolize his artistic character...where he seems to be most impatient of any compromise. — Charles Rosen Copy Share Image
When recordings replaced concerts as the dominant mode of hearing music, our conception of the nature of performance and of music itself was altered. — Charles Rosen Copy Share Image
The belief may be too often mistaken, but the illusion of coming into direct contact with the past is intoxicating and persuasive, and can… — Charles Rosen Copy Share Image
