A book of poetry

Offers a detailed examination of Mozart's final months, discusses the cause of his death, and looks at his final compositions

A detailed analysis of the musical styles and forms developed by Mozart, Hadyn, and Beethoven

Explores a wide range of subjects, from biological existence to ethics and politics, and how all these things fit in the grand scheme of the universe

Un aphorisme hante la philosophie occidentale : celui d'Héraclite, qui veut que "la Nature aime à se voiler". Près de vingt-cinq siècles durant, ces quelques petits mots ont successivement signifié : que tout ce qui naît tend à mourir ; quer la Nature...

What Charles Rosen's celebrated book The Classical Style did for music of the Classical period, this new, much-awaited volume brilliantly does for the Romantic era. An exhilarating exploration of the musical language, forms, and styles of the Romantic...

Combining biography, cultural history, and music criticism, the author explores the cultural and commercial mechanisms that aided in the formation of the Toscanini legend and reveals Toscanini himself as a musicians' icon