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Arnold Schoenbergby Charles RosenISBN 0226726436 (0-226-72643-6)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Barney Polan's Game : A Novel of the 1951 College Basketball Scandalsby Charles RosenISBN 015600688X (0-15-600688-X)
Softcover, Harcourt Trade Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Barney Polan's Game : A Novel of the 1951 College Basketball Scandals'Book summary:The United States love sports. The heroes of diamond, court, and gridiron are worshiped like gods, and when they fall, the impact can crack the foundations of American culture. In 1951, college basketball was rocked by scandal; players, coaches, gamblers, and mobsters had conspired to fix games on a massive scale, bringing the sport to the brink of collapse.
Charley Rosen--the author of Scandals of '51, the classic nonfiction account of these events--has written a novel that attempts to dig beneath the headlines and explore the deeper implications for both individuals and the nation. The central character is sportswriter Barney Polan, a would-be Faulkner who finds poetry in college basketball. Polan is a hero in the Willy Loman mold, feeling adrift in a world where the old certainties are disappearing and the nobility of the sport he loves is being swallowed up by greed. His crumbling idealism in the face of scandal and corruption mirrors the broader themes woven through the novel.
Rosen allows other characters to take center stage in first-person-narrated chapters that present events from a myriad of perspectives, including those of the players and Johnny Boy Gianelli, the gangster who set the wheels of corruption in motion. This brings a documentary weight to a work that is balanced by rapid-fire, expertly paced writing, particularly in the basketball scenes, making Barney Polan's Game much more than a retelling. Rosen takes one of the great myth-making factories of American culture and uses it to reflect on the enormous changes that swept the country at the beginning of the 1950s--a time when racism and political paranoia began to bubble up though America's postwar optimism. In the clumsy conspiracy of petty gangsters and fresh-faced college boys, Rosen finds a microcosm of the rapidly souring American dream. [via]
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Beethoven's Piano Sonatas: A Short Companionby Charles RosenISBN 0300090706 (0-300-09070-6)
Hardcover, Yale University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beethoven's Piano Sonatas: A Short Companion'Book summary:Beethoven's piano sonatas form one of the most important collections of works in the whole history of music. Spanning several decades of his life as a composer, the sonatas soon came to be seen as the first body of substantial serious pieces for piano suited to performance in large concert halls seating hundreds of people. In this comprehensive and authoritative guide, Charles Rosen places the works in context and provides an understanding of the formal principles involved in interpreting and performing this unique repertoire, covering such aspects as sonata form, phrasing, and tempo, as well as the use of pedal and trills. In the second part of his book, he looks at the sonatas individually, from the earliest works of the 1970s through the sonatas of Beethoven's youthful popularity of the early 1800s, the subsequent years of mastery, the years of stress (1812-1817), and the last three sonatas of the 1820s. Composed as much for private music-making as public recital, Beethoven's sonatas have long formed a bridge between the worlds of the salon and the concert hall. For today's audience, Charles Rosen has written a guide that brings out the gravity, passion, and humour of these works and will enrich the appreciation of a wide range of readers, whether listeners, amateur musicians or professional pianists. This book includes a free CD of Rosen performing extracts from several of the sonatas, illustrating points made in the text. [via]
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The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethovenby Charles RosenISBN 0393006530 (0-393-00653-0)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Softcover, Faber & Faber, Limited - The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven: ISBN 0571049052 (0-571-04905-2)
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The Classical Style:Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven: Haydn, Mozart, Beethovenby Charles RosenISBN 0571091180 (0-571-09118-0)
Hardcover, Faber
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God, Man, and Basketball Jones: The Thinking Fan's Guide to Professional Basketballby Charles RosenISBN 0030439914 (0-03-043991-4)
Hardcover, Holt, Rinehart and Winston
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Have Jump Shot, Will Travelby Charles RosenISBN 0345246675 (0-345-24667-5)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The House of Moses All-Starsby Charles RosenISBN 0156005700 (0-15-600570-0)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The House of Moses All-Stars'Book summary:On January 7, 1927, the Harlem Globetrotters, a barnstorming basketball team, made their debut in Hinckley, Illinois, before an audience of 300. They were the vision of Abe Saperstein, a Jewish man who managed a touring team of African-American round-ballers. Now, 70 years later, the Globetrotters are known around the world and have played an intriguing role in the history of race in America. Charley Rosen's novel The House of Moses All-Stars is an intriguing spin on the Globetrotters' story. Set amid the Depression at home and the rise of Hitler in Germany, Rosen tells a story of Jewish hoopsters dribbling through middle America. For the team, the games are more a means of making a buck in hard times than breaking down barriers. But as they tour the country in a hearse with the Star of David emblazoned on the side, they uncover the realities of bigotry and racism that even American sport cannot suppress. [via]
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A Mile above the Rimby Charles RosenISBN 0345259556 (0-345-25955-6)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Moriz Rosenthal in Word And Music: A Legacy of the Nineteenth Centuryby Charles RosenISBN 0253346606 (0-253-34660-6)
Hardcover, Indiana Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moriz Rosenthal in Word And Music: A Legacy of the Nineteenth Century'Book summary:As a pianist, Rosenthal was unparalleled: his legato touch came from Chopin through his pupil Mikuli; his awareness of composition was developed by Liszt; his Brahms interpretation shaped by the composer himself; and his ingeniously crafted piano-paraphrases memorialized his friendship with Johann Strauss II. Yet Rosenthals pianistic abilities were married to a rare intellectual eruditiona knowledge of literature, history, philology, science, philosophy, and society that few pianists have ever matched, let alone surpassed.
In these striking pieces, we see every facet of Rosenthal: memoirist, social critic, pedagogue, and virtuoso. He could write with gravity and pathos, yet his famous and sometimes devastating wit is legendary. This volume combines Rosenthals writings with critical assessments of the pianist by such contemporaries as Eduard Hanslick, Edward Prime-Stevenson, and Hugo Wolf. It is rounded out with an illuminating preface by Charles Rosen, perhaps Rosenthals most renowned pupil; a discography and concertography; and a CD featuring never-before-released Rosenthal recordings.
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The Musical Languages of Elliott Carterby Charles RosenISBN 0317599763 (0-317-59976-3)
Hardcover, Library of Congress
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Piano Notes : The Hidden World of the Pianistby Charles RosenISBN 0140298630 (0-14-029863-0)
Softcover, Penguin Books, Limited
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The Pivotal Season: How the 1971--1972 Los Angeles Lakers Changed the NBAby Charles RosenISBN 0312325096 (0-312-32509-6)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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The 1971-72 basketball season was one to go down in history. For the Los Angeles Lakers it was a season of records, an incredible championship, and many personal victories-by a team featuring several players bound for the NBA Hall of Fame. For the sport of basketball it was a season of transition, when West Coast style overcame East Coast sophistication. And for the fans, it was simply a season to remember.
Charley Rosen, one of the best sports historians in recent years, brings to life all of the memories, events, and spectacles. Featuring an iconic all-star roster that includes Wilt Chamberlain and Jerry West, The Pivotal Season is an account of some of the greatest names in the game and their contributions to one of the most remarkable seasons in history. This dramatic narrative credits the Lakers coach, Bill Sharman, who, though virtually unknown today, was the best basketball coach of his time.
Photographs and action-packed narrative portray the pivotal 1971-72 season in this memorable book of sports history, which includes a special foreword by Phil Jackson. Basketball fans will be able to relive this amazing story of despair turned to triumph, when the Los Angeles Lakers won a record thirty-three consecutive games, persevered and defeated their archrival, the New York Knicks, won the championship-and in so doing changed the sport of basketball forever.More editions of The Pivotal Season: How the 1971--1972 Los Angeles Lakers Changed the NBA:
Players and Pretenders: The Basketball Team That Couldn't Shoot Straightby Charles RosenISBN 003053786X (0-03-053786-X)
Hardcover, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
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The Romantic Generationby Charles RosenISBN 0002557126 (0-00-255712-6)
Softcover, Fontana
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Romanticism and Realismby Charles RosenISBN 0571133339 (0-571-13333-9)
Softcover, Hacker Art Books
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Romanticism and Realism: The Mythology of Nineteenth Century Artby Charles Rosen , Henri ZernerISBN 0393301966 (0-393-30196-6)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Schoenbergby Charles RosenISBN 0006335586 (0-00-633558-6)
Softcover, Fontana
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Sonata Formsby Charles RosenISBN 0393302199 (0-393-30219-9)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sonata Forms'Book summary:Everything you always wanted to know about the sonata, but were afraid to ask, answered at surprising length and with copious musical illustrations. Sonatas are generally thought of as being always organized into exposition, development, and recapitulation, but, writes Rosen, "...it is very dubious that a unique sonata form can be so defined even for a single decade of the late eighteenth-century," and he goes on to prove why it can't. Important reading for the serious musician. [via]
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