One of the few musician-scholars and known for his intellectual interpretations of works by Bach (he recorded the Goldberg Variations and The Art of Fugue), Beethoven, Chopin, Elliot Carter and Schoenberg (!!! what a combination, just goes to show his versatility), Charles Rosen passed on yesterday, succumbing to cancer.
“It was said of Mr. Rosen that when he practiced the piano, a discipline to which he hewed daily well into old age, he might choose to read something — not a musical score but an actual work of literature — at the same time.”
Read about it here.
Rest in peace, Dr Rosen.