Masterful essays honoring the great pianist and critic Charles Rosen, on masterpieces from Bach and Beethoven to Chopin, Verdi, and Stockhausen.

Fugue and Its Discontents - Joseph KermanFugues, Form, and Fingering: Sonata Style in Bach's Preludes and Fugues - David SchulenbergNotational Irregularities as Attributes of a New Style: The Case of Haydn's "Sun" Quartet in F Minor, Op. 20, no. 5 - Laszlo SomfaiThe Fugal Moment: On a Few Bars in Mozart's Quintet in C Major, K. 515 - Richard KramerA Tale of Two Quintets: Mozart's K. 452 and Beethoven's Opus 16 - William KindermanVestas Feuer: Beethoven on the Path to Leonore - Lewis LockwoodSonority and Structure: Observations on Beethoven's Early and Middle-Period Piano Compositions - Robert L. MarshallRecomposing the Grosse Fuge: Beethoven and Opus 134 - Prof. Robert WinterSchubert, the Tarantella, and the Quartettsatz, D. 703 - Julian RushtonOn the Scherzando Nocturne - Jeffrey KallbergChopin's Modular Forms - Robert P. MorganThe Hot and the Cold: Verdi Writes to Antonio Somma about Re Lear - Philip GossettThe Ironic German: Schoenberg and the Serenade, Op. 24 - Walter FrischWords for the Surface: Boulez, Stockhausen, and "Allover" Painting - David GableRosen's Modernist Haydn - James WebsterFacile Metaphors, Hidden Gaps, Short Circuits: Should We Adore Adorno? - Leo TreitlerThe Music of a Classical Style - Scott BurnhamMontaigne hors de son propos - Charles RosenTribute: Une culture vraiment intimidante - Pierre BoulezTribute: Charles Rosen for His Eightieth Birthday - Elliott CarterTribute: Charles Rosen: A Personal Appreciation by a Contemporary - Charles MackerrasAppendix 1: A Discography of the Recordings of Charles Rosen - David GableAppendix 2: A Bibliography of the Writings of Charles Rosen - Robert Curry