Piano Notes Quotes

“A cough is the basic sign of inattention. Musicians never, in my experience, cough when playing in public.”
― Charles Rosen, Piano Notes: The World of the Pianist

“To appreciate a new and difficult style, as I have said, takes an act of will, a decision to experience it again.”
― Charles Rosen, Piano Notes: The World of the Pianist

“expression is always concentrated in the dissonance.”
― Charles Rosen, Piano Notes: The Hidden World of the Pianist