Hugo Leonardo wrote:
John Fitzpatrick wrote:
MR was reluctant to comment on his actual composition practice. Do read his very first letter to us in PMS 1. It describes the composition of the Tripartita and is actually quite funny in its opacity. We know that he considered privacy and a degree of seclusion to be important. After 1953 he sought to work in his semi-isolated Italian retreat, far from the noise and "static" of Hollywood. However, the 1948 Sonata was indeed composed in Hollywood. It is one of the few major pieces he was able to complete during that busy decade, when he was working to establish a career and a family.

The most detailed commentary on the Piano Sonata is contained in Malcolm MacDonald's notes for the most recent (excellent) recording by Martin Perry (Bridge 9390). Christopher Palmer has some useful remarks in his 1975 book and elsewhere.

For serious musical analyses try searching the words "dissertation" and "thesis" in the Forum. There have been several such projects. The recent one on Rozsa's works for cello (Indiana University) seems to be very thorough and intelligent.

Best wishes for your project, Hugo.

Thanks for all the references, Mr. Fitzpatrick. I'm already reading the dissertation on cello works of Miklos Rosza. Can you tell me if I'll find the Christopher Palmer book in other places besides Amazon.com? They have only one exemplar, used. Thank you one more time.
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in wait of John, : if I dont mistake looking amazon.com are two the shops that have the book used for 50 dollars ( I see for example a bookshop no amazon that have this book signed by Rozsa for 250 dollars !) for me if john not have other ways, amazon.com seems to me the way