Charles Rosen Quotes

Only once in Chopin's music is there a direct reference to Bach, and that is, appropriately, at the beginning of his only educational work, the two sets of Etudes, Op. 10 and 25, and the three Nouvelles Etudes for Moscheles. In the first Etude, Op. 10, in C major, we find a modernized version of the Prelude no. 1 of the Well-Tempered Keyboard...

Charles Rosen

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When you first hear Mozart's music, your first impression is that it's very alive, but if you peel away the layers, you can hear sorrow and sadness behind it, and that's what I try to be: multi-layered.

Park Chan-wook
- Music
- Try
- Sadness
When we bemoan the lost golden age of music, it's worth remembering that mainstream radio listeners of the '60s and '70s, particularly in Canada, missed out on an outpouring of brilliant R&B music.

Dan Hill
- Music
- Age
- Lost
When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Work
- Nature
- Genius
The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.

Fabrizio Moreira
- Work
- American
- High
I spend a lot of time talking to women interested in office about how they can make it work.

Maggie Hassan
- Time
- Work
- Women
I guess my favorite artists are The White Stripes or Tom Waits. The more theatrical the music is, the more I get into it. I also like the quieter folk music, that kind of old-school rockabilly or country. I'm not really picky when it comes to music, as long as it's honest.

Landon Liboiron
- Music
- Long
- Country