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  1. [+]
    Aimez-Vous Brahms? (4 Reviews)
    Charles Rosen
    Johannes Brahms: A Biography, by Jan Swafford
    1. Johannes Brahms: A Biography by Jan Swafford
    2. Johannes Brahms: Life and Letters by Styra Avins and Johannes Brahms
    3. Brahms Studies 2 by David Brodbeck
    4. Brahms: The Four Symphonies by Walter Frisch
    The New York Review of Books, October 22, 1998, pp. 64-68
  2. 'Aimez-Vous-Brahms?'
    Jan Swafford and Charles Rosen
    An Exchange
    The New York Review of Books, March 18, 1999, p. 56
  3. Arnold Schoenberg (1976)
    Charles Rosen
    4 Reviews, 1 Readable
  4. [+]
    Art Has Its Reasons (2 Reviews)
    Charles Rosen
    Five Graphic Music Analyses, by Heinrich Schenker
    1. Five Graphic Music Analyses by Heinrich Schenker
    2. Shakespeare's Verbal Art in the Experience of Spirit by Roman Jakobson and Lawrence G. Jones
    The New York Review of Books, June 17, 1971, pp. 32-40
  5. The Avant-Garde and the Academy
    Albert Boime, Charles Rosen, and Henri Zerner
    An Exchange
    The New York Review of Books, July 16, 1987, p. 48
  6. [+]
    Battle over Berlioz (Review)
    Charles Rosen
    Musical Language of Berlioz, by Julian Rushton
    1. Musical Language of Berlioz by Julian Rushton
    The New York Review of Books, April 26, 1984, pp. 40-42
  7. 'Beethoven's Genius'
    Tia DeNora and Charles Rosen
    An Exchange
    The New York Review of Books, April 10, 1997, pp. 66-67
  8. [+]
    Beethoven's Triumph (2 Reviews)
    Charles Rosen
    Listening in Paris, by James H. Johnson
    1. Listening in Paris by James H. Johnson
    2. Beethoven by William Kinderman
    The New York Review of Books, September 21, 1995, pp. 52-57
  9. [+]
    The Best Book on Mozart (Review)
    Charles Rosen
    W.A. Mozart, by Hermann Abert and Cliff Eisen
    1. W.A. Mozart by Hermann Abert and Cliff Eisen
    The New York Review of Books, October 25, 2007, pp. 25-27
  10. [+]
    The Chopin Touch (2 Reviews)
    Charles Rosen
    Fryderyk Chopin, by William G. Atwood
    1. Fryderyk Chopin by William G. Atwood
    2. Chopin by Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger
    The New York Review of Books, May 28, 1987, pp. 9-11
  11. The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven (1971)
    Charles Rosen
    3 Reviews
  12. Criticism: Variations on a Descending Theme
    Thomas Frank and Charles Rosen
    The Harpers Monthly, March 1998, pp. 42-58
  13. [+]
    Did Beethoven Have All the Luck (Review)
    Charles Rosen
    Beethoven and the Construction of Genius, by Tia DeNora
    1. Beethoven and the Construction of Genius by Tia DeNora
    The New York Review of Books, November 14, 1996, pp. 57-62
  14. [+]
    The Drama Inside the Concerto (Review)
    Charles Rosen
    Concerto Conversations, by Joseph Kerman
    1. Concerto Conversations by Joseph Kerman
    The New York Review of Books, January 20, 2000, pp. 49-52
  15. Early Music
    Malcolm Bilson and Charles Rosen
    An Exchange
    The New York Review of Books, November 8, 1990, pp. 58-60
  16. [+]
    Enemies of Realism (Review)
    Charles Rosen and Henri Zerner
    The Realist Tradition, by Gabriel P. Weisberg
    1. The Realist Tradition by Gabriel P. Weisberg
    The New York Review of Books, March 4, 1982, pp. 29-33
  17. An Exchange on the New Grove
    Roger Scruton, Ben Friedland, and Charles Rosen
    The New York Review of Books, August 13, 1981, p. 52
  18. [+]
    The Fabulous La Fontaine (Review)
    Charles Rosen
    The Poet and the King, by Marc Fumaroli
    1. The Poet and the King by Marc Fumaroli
    The New York Review of Books, December 18, 1997, pp. 38-45
  19. [+]
    The Great Inventor (Review)
    Charles Rosen
    Bach and the Patterns of Invention, by Laurence Dreyfus
    1. Bach and the Patterns of Invention by Laurence Dreyfus
    The New York Review of Books, October 9, 1997, pp. 51-54
  20. Happy Birthday, Elliott Carter
    Charles Rosen
    The New York Review of Books, December 8, 1988, pp. 24-25
  21. [+]
    Happy Birthday, Elliott Carter! (Review)
    Charles Rosen
    Elliott Carter, by Felix Meyer and Anne C. Shreffler
    1. Elliott Carter by Felix Meyer and Anne C. Shreffler
    The New York Review of Books, March 12, 2009, pp. 29-31
  22. Happy Birthday, Frederic Chopin!
    Charles Rosen
    The New York Review of Books, June 24, 2010, pp. 4-7
  23. [+]
    Inventor of Modern Opera (Review)
    Charles Rosen
    Oeuvres, by Caron de Beaumarchais
    1. Oeuvres by Caron de Beaumarchais
    The New York Review of Books, October 27, 1988, pp. 8-13
  24. [+]
    Isn't It Romantic? (2 Reviews)
    Charles Rosen
    Natural Supernaturalism, by M.H. Abrams
    1. Natural Supernaturalism by M.H. Abrams
    2. Coleridge's Verse by William Empson, David Pirie, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, ...
    The New York Review of Books, June 14, 1973, pp. 12-17
  25. Johann Sebastian Bach
    Charles Rosen
    Genius in Private
    The New York Review of Books, December 21, 2000, pp. 36-37
  26. [+]
    The Judgment of Paris (Review)
    Charles Rosen and Henri Zerner
    Les Concours d'Esquisses Peintes, 1816-1863, by Philippe Grunchec
    1. Les Concours d'Esquisses Peintes, 1816-1863 by Philippe Grunchec
    The New York Review of Books, February 26, 1987, pp. 21-24
  27. Letters
    Rufus W. Mathewson, Jr., MICLA and Jose Yglesias, ...
    The New York Review of Books, July 22, 1971, pp. 35-36
  28. Letters
    Helmut Borsch-Supan, Charles Rosen, and I.J. Kapstein, ...
    The New York Review of Books, February 21, 1974, pp. 33-36
  29. Letters
    Christopher T. Rand, Geoffrey Barraclough, and Eric Werner, ...
    The New York Review of Books, April 17, 1975, pp. 37-40
  30. Letters
    Donald H. Reiman and Charles Rosen
    The New York Review of Books, June 26, 1975, pp. 39-40
  31. Letters
    John Anthony West, Peter Green, and Allan Solomonow, ...
    The New York Review of Books, December 20, 1979, p. 56
  32. Letters
    Stanley Sadie, Charles Rosen, and John Eldergill, ...
    The New York Review of Books, December 3, 1981, pp. 52-56
  33. Letters
    Barbara C. Sproul, James Webster, and Charles Rosen, ...
    The New York Review of Books, July 16, 1981, pp. 53-56
  34. Letters
    Stanley Diamond, Nicholas Penny, and Charles Rosen, ...
    The New York Review of Books, April 1, 1982, pp. 47-52
  35. Letters
    Leonid Plyushch, Norman Fruman, John Bayley, and Steve J. Heims, ...
    The New York Review of Books, May 13, 1982, pp. 51-56
  36. Letters
    Robert Rosenblum, Charles Rosen, and Henri Zerner, ...
    The New York Review of Books, September 23, 1982, pp. 61-72
  37. Letters
    Raymond C. Van Leeuwen, Joseph Brodsky, and Larry Gross, ...
    The New York Review of Books, March 17, 1988, pp. 45-48
  38. Letters
    Natalie Z. Davis, Istvan Deak, and Carl E. Schorske, ...
    The New York Review of Books, January 19, 1989, pp. 59-64
  39. Letters
    Richard Taruskin, Charles Rosen, and Joseph S. Nye, Jr., ...
    The New York Review of Books, October 11, 1990, pp. 61-64
  40. Letters
    Neal Zaslaw and Charles Rosen
    The New York Review of Books, February 14, 1991, pp. 50-52
  41. Letters
    Erna Otten, Oliver Sacks, Charles Rosen, and Charles Nissim-Sabat, ...
    The New York Review of Books, January 30, 1992, pp. 45-48
  42. Letters
    Barry Willington, Charles Rosen, Fred Davis, and Aileen Kelly, ...
    The New York Review of Books, June 10, 1993, pp. 59-64
  43. Letters
    Susan Zakin, Daniel J. Kevles, and Barbara Thiering, ...
    The New York Review of Books, December 1, 1994, pp. 59-64
  44. Letters
    Rita Steblin, Charles Rosen, Bruce Grant, and Sigmund Diamond, ...
    The New York Review of Books, October 20, 1994, pp. 72-76
  45. Letters
    Lawrence Kramer, Warren Keith Wright, and Robert P. Morgan, ...
    The New York Review of Books, September 22, 1994, pp. 74-80
  46. Letters
    William Kinderman, Alfred Brendel, and Charles Rosen, ...
    The New York Review of Books, November 16, 1995, pp. 64-68
  47. Letters
    Ronald Steel, Tony Judt, and Sidney Morgenbesser, ...
    The New York Review of Books, February 1, 1996, pp. 40-44
  48. Letters
    Saul Bellow, Alice Schlegel, and Christopher Cahill, ...
    The New York Review of Books, April 24, 1997, pp. 65-68
  49. Letters
    David Astor, Claus von Bulow, and J. Patrice Marandel, ...
    The New York Review of Books, February 19, 1998, pp. 45-48
  50. Letters
    Kenneth Wolf, Marc Ryser, Charles Rosen, and Barbara Probst Solomon, ...
    The New York Review of Books, December 16, 1999, pp. 100-104
  51. Letters
    Kenneth R. Johnston, Anne Barton, and Lawrence Ladin, ...
    The New York Review of Books, June 24, 1999, pp. 81-84
  52. Letters
    Justus Reid Weiner, Amos Elon, and David W. Ross, ...
    The New York Review of Books, February 24, 2000, pp. 49-52
  53. Letters
    Richard B. Woodward, Austin Briggs, and Charles Rosen, ...
    The New York Review of Books, November 16, 2000, pp. 61-64
  54. Letters
    Daniel Barenboim, Kate Farrell, and Charles Rosen, ...
    The New York Review of Books, February 26, 2009, pp. 46-48
  55. [+]
    Love That Mozart (Review)
    Charles Rosen
    The Life and Death of Mozart, by Michael Levey
    1. The Life and Death of Mozart by Michael Levey
    The New York Review of Books, May 18, 1972, pp. 15-17
  56. [+]
    The Mad Poets (3 Reviews)
    Charles Rosen
    The Letters and Prose Writings of William Cowper, by James King, Charles Ryskamp, and W...
    1. The Letters and Prose Writings of William Cowper by James King, Charles Ryskamp, and William Cowper
    2. William Cowper: Selected Letters by James King, Charles Ryskamp, and William Cowper
    3. The Poetical Works of Christopher Smart by Marcus Walsh and Christopher Smart
    The New York Review of Books, October 22, 1992, pp. 33-39
  57. Mallarme the Magnificent
    Charles Rosen
    The New York Review of Books, May 20, 1999, pp. 42-46
  58. [+]
    A Master Musicologist (Review)
    Charles Rosen
    Essays on Music in the Western World, by W. Oliver Strunk
    1. Essays on Music in the Western World by W. Oliver Strunk
    The New York Review of Books, February 6, 1975, pp. 32-33
  59. A Mile Above the Rim (1976)
    Charles Rosen
  60. [+]
    The Miraculous Mandarin (2 Reviews)
    Charles Rosen
    Essays on Renaissance Literature, Vol. I, by William Empson and John Haffenden
    1. Essays on Renaissance Literature, Vol. I by William Empson and John Haffenden
    2. Argufying: Essays on Literature and Culture by William Empson and John Haffenden
    The New York Review of Books, October 21, 1993, pp. 72-77
  61. [+]
    Mozart at 250 (4 Reviews)
    Charles Rosen
    Mozart, by Julian Rushton
    1. Mozart by Julian Rushton
    2. Mozart and His Operas by David Cairns
    3. The Faber Pocket Guide to Mozart by Nicholas Kenyon
    4. The Cambridge Mozart Encyclopedia by Cliff Eisen and Simon P. Keefe
    The New York Review of Books, May 25, 2006, pp. 20-22
  62. [+]
    Music a la Mode (9 Reviews)
    Charles Rosen
    Beethoven: Studies in the Creative Processes, by Lewis Lockwood
    1. Beethoven: Studies in the Creative Processes by Lewis Lockwood
    2. Haydn and the Classical Variation by Elaine R. Sisman
    3. Haydn's 'Farewell' Symphony and the Idea of Classical Style by James Webster
    4. Georges Bizet: 'Carmen' by Susan McClary
    5. Feminine Endings by Susan McClary
    6. Music and Society by Richard Leppert and Susan McClary
    7. Musicology and Difference by Ruth A. Solie
    8. Music and Text by Steven Paul Scher
    9. Queering the Pitch by Philip Brett, Elizabeth Wood, and Gary C. Thomas, ...
    The New York Review of Books, June 23, 1994, pp. 55-61
  63. [+]
    Music to Compose By (Review)
    Charles Rosen
    Boulez on Music Today, by Pierre Boulez
    1. Boulez on Music Today by Pierre Boulez
    The New York Review of Books, February 10, 1972, pp. 31-32
  64. [+]
    The Musicological Marvel (Review)
    Charles Rosen
    The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, by Stanley Sadie
    1. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians by Stanley Sadie
    The New York Review of Books, May 28, 1981, pp. 26-37
  65. [+]
    The New Sound of Liszt (Review)
    Charles Rosen
    Franz Liszt: The Virtuoso Years, 1811-1847, by Alan Walker
    1. Franz Liszt: The Virtuoso Years, 1811-1847 by Alan Walker
    The New York Review of Books, April 12, 1984, pp. 17-20
  66. [+]
    Now, Voyager (Review)
    Charles Rosen
    Voyage Into Substance, by Barbara Maria Stafford
    1. Voyage Into Substance by Barbara Maria Stafford
    The New York Review of Books, November 6, 1986, pp. 55-59
  67. On Isaiah Berlin
    Charles Rosen
    Gossip
    The New York Review of Books, February 25, 2010, p. 27
  68. On Playing the Piano
    Charles Rosen
    The New York Review of Books, October 21, 1999, pp. 49-54
  69. One Easy Piece
    Charles Rosen
    The New York Review of Books, February 22, 1973, pp. 25-28
  70. [+]
    Opera: Follow the Music (Review)
    Charles Rosen
    Divas and Scholars, by Philip Gossett
    1. Divas and Scholars by Philip Gossett
    The New York Review of Books, October 5, 2006, pp. 36-38
  71. [+]
    The Origins of Walter Benjamin (Review)
    Charles Rosen
    The Origin of German Tragic Drama, by Walter Benjamin
    1. The Origin of German Tragic Drama by Walter Benjamin
    The New York Review of Books, November 10, 1977, pp. 30-37
  72. [+]
    The Permanent Revolution (Review)
    Charles Rosen and Henri Zerner
    Romanticism, by Hugh Honour
    1. Romanticism by Hugh Honour
    The New York Review of Books, November 22, 1979, pp. 23-30
  73. Private Property
    Charles Rosen
    The New York Review of Books, December 12, 1974, p. 29
  74. [+]
    Proto-Photo (Review)
    Charles Rosen and Henri Zerner
    Before Photography, by Peter Galassi
    1. Before Photography by Peter Galassi
    The New York Review of Books, December 3, 1981, p. 31
  75. [+]
    Radical, Conventional Mozart (3 Reviews)
    Charles Rosen
    Mozart Speaks, by Robert L. Marshall
    1. Mozart Speaks by Robert L. Marshall
    2. Autonomy and Mercy by Ivan Nagel
    3. Mozart's Operas by Daniel Heartz
    The New York Review of Books, December 19, 1991, pp. 51-58
  76. 'Radical, Conventional Mozart'
    Leo Treitler and Charles Rosen
    An Exchange
    The New York Review of Books, April 9, 1992, p. 54
  77. [+]
    Radical, Modern Hofmannsthal (Review)
    Charles Rosen
    The Whole Difference, by Hugo von Hofmannsthal and J.D. McClatchy
    1. The Whole Difference by Hugo von Hofmannsthal and J.D. McClatchy
    The New York Review of Books, April 8, 2010, pp. 84-87
  78. [+]
    Rediscovering Haydn (Review)
    Charles Rosen
    Haydn: Chronicle and Works, by H.C. Robbins Landon
    1. Haydn: Chronicle and Works by H.C. Robbins Landon
    The New York Review of Books, June 14, 1979, pp. 8-14
  79. [+]
    The Revival of Official Art (3 Reviews)
    Charles Rosen and Henri Zerner
    The Absolute Bourgeois, by T.J. Clark
    1. The Absolute Bourgeois by T.J. Clark
    2. Image of the People by T.J. Clark
    3. The Academy and French Painting in the 19th Century by Albert Boime
    The New York Review of Books, March 18, 1976, pp. 32-39
  80. [+]
    The Ridiculous & Sublime (2 Reviews)
    Charles Rosen
    The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, by Stanley Sadie
    1. The New Grove Dictionary of Opera by Stanley Sadie
    2. The Queen's Throat by Wayne Koestenbaum
    The New York Review of Books, April 22, 1993, pp. 10-14
  81. [+]
    Romantic Documents (2 Reviews)
    Charles Rosen
    Flaubert: Correspondence, by Jean Bruneau and Gustave Flaubert
    1. Flaubert: Correspondence by Jean Bruneau and Gustave Flaubert
    2. Byron's Letters and Journals by Leslie A. Marchand and George Gordon Byron
    The New York Review of Books, May 15, 1975, pp. 15-28
  82. The Romantic Generation (1995)
    Charles Rosen
    4 Reviews
  83. [+]
    Romantic Originals (3 Reviews)
    Charles Rosen
    Honore de Balzac, by Honore de Balzac
    1. Honore de Balzac by Honore de Balzac
    2. The Complete Poetical Works by George Gordon Lord Byron and Jerome J. McGann, ...
    3. The Complete Poetical Works by William Wordsworth
    The New York Review of Books, December 17, 1987, pp. 22-31
  84. 'Romantic Originals'
    Hugh Amory and Charles Rosen
    An Exchange
    The New York Review of Books, April 14, 1988, p. 43
  85. Romanticism and Realism (1984)
    Charles Rosen and Henri Zerner
    The Mythology of Nineteenth-Century Art
    1 Review
  86. [+]
    The Ruins of Walter Benjamin (Review)
    Charles Rosen
    The Origin of German Tragic Drama, by Walter Benjamin
    1. The Origin of German Tragic Drama by Walter Benjamin
    The New York Review of Books, October 27, 1977, pp. 31-39
  87. [+]
    The Scandal of the Classics (Review)
    Charles Rosen
    The Anatomy of Melancholy, by Robert Burton
    1. The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
    The New York Review of Books, May 9, 1996, pp. 27-31
  88. [+]
    Scenes from the American Dream (Review)
    Charles Rosen and Henri Zerner
    Norman Rockwell: Pictures for the American People, by Judy L. Larson and Maureen Hart H...
    1. Norman Rockwell: Pictures for the American People by Judy L. Larson and Maureen Hart Hennessey
    The New York Review of Books, August 10, 2000, pp. 16-19
  89. [+]
    The Shock of the Old (Review)
    Charles Rosen
    Authenticity and Early Music, by Nicholas Kenyon
    1. Authenticity and Early Music by Nicholas Kenyon
    The New York Review of Books, July 19, 1990, pp. 46-51
  90. Sonata Forms (1980)
    Charles Rosen
    1 Review
  91. 'The Supreme Court Phalanx'
    Charles Rosen and Robert L. Marshall
    An Exchange
    The New York Review of Books, December 6, 2007, p. 76
  92. [+]
    A Tone-deaf Musical Dictionary (Review)
    Charles Rosen
    The Harvard Dictionary of Music, by Willi Apel
    1. The Harvard Dictionary of Music by Willi Apel
    The New York Review of Books, February 26, 1970, pp. 11-14
  93. [+]
    Too Much Opera? (2 Reviews)
    Charles Rosen
    The Operas of Alessandro Scarlatti, by Alessandro Scarlatti and Donald Jay Grout
    1. The Operas of Alessandro Scarlatti by Alessandro Scarlatti and Donald Jay Grout
    2. Italian Opera 1640-1770 by Howard M. Brown
    The New York Review of Books, May 31, 1979, pp. 14-20
  94. [+]
    TV Guide (Review)
    Charles Rosen
    Civilisation: A Personal View, by Kenneth Clark
    1. Civilisation: A Personal View by Kenneth Clark
    The New York Review of Books, May 7, 1970, pp. 27-28
  95. [+]
    The Unhappy Medium (Review)
    Charles Rosen and Henri Zerner
    Thomas Couture and the Eclectic Vision, by Albert Boime
    1. Thomas Couture and the Eclectic Vision by Albert Boime
    The New York Review of Books, May 27, 1982, pp. 49-53
  96. "The Unhappy Medium"
    Albert Boime, Charles Rosen, and Henri Zerner
    An Exchange
    The New York Review of Books, October 21, 1982, pp. 49-50
  97. [+]
    Verdi Victorious (Review)
    Charles Rosen
    Rigoletto, by Martin Chusid and Giuseppe Verdi
    1. Rigoletto by Martin Chusid and Giuseppe Verdi
    The New York Review of Books, October 27, 1983, pp. 33-40
  98. [+]
    What Did the Romantics Mean? (2 Reviews)
    Charles Rosen
    Caspar David Friedrich, 1774-1840, by William Vaughan, Helmut Borsch-Supan, and Hans Jo...
    1. Caspar David Friedrich, 1774-1840 by William Vaughan, Helmut Borsch-Supan, and Hans Joachim Neidhardt, ...
    2. Robert Schumann by Alan Walker
    The New York Review of Books, November 1, 1973, pp. 12-17
  99. [+]
    What Happened to Wystan Auden? (2 Reviews)
    Charles Rosen
    The Complete Works of W. H. Auden, by Edward Mendelson and W.H. Auden
    1. The Complete Works of W. H. Auden by Edward Mendelson and W.H. Auden
    2. Randall Jarrell on W.H. Auden by Stephen Burt, Hannah Brooks-Motl, and Randall Jarrell, ...
    The New York Review of Books, November 20, 2008, pp. 82-84
  100. [+]
    What Is, and Is Not, Realism? (Review)
    Charles Rosen and Henri Zerner
    The Realist Tradition, by Gabriel P. Weisberg
    1. The Realist Tradition by Gabriel P. Weisberg
    The New York Review of Books, February 18, 1982, pp. 21-26
  101. 'Who's Afraid of the Avant-Garde?'
    Ivan Hewett, Jessica Krash, and Charles Rosen
    An Exchange
    The New York Review of Books, June 25, 1998, p. 65
  102. Who's Afraid of the Avant-Garde?
    Charles Rosen
    The New York Review of Books, May 14, 1998, pp. 20-24
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