Best Selling Books by Charles Rosen

A few years ago, I suddenly realized that the men in my life had each written his memoirs. My father, my brother, and my husband were each very different, with completely distinct backgrounds. Their memoirs were a unique gift to me, and now, dear reader, a gift to you. My father, Charles Rosen, was born and raised in Harlem in New York City and, after his father was killed leaving his mother with 6 sons, had to start work to survive. He finally became a printer but, then in World War I, he fought at the front in France. His memoirs are very vivid memories of that war. After being wounded in battle, he returned home where he became a master printer. His memoirs of his love for his wife and family are only surpassed by his love of his country. My brother, Hank Rowan, began to draw and paint at a very early age. After WWII he pursued his career as an artist and professor of art which took him all over this country as well as the world. His memoirs are filled with that pursuit of Art which defines his life. My husband, Jim Cooke, not an artist, but a man who pursued truth, and had the ability to recognize it throughout his life, but especially during WWII where he fought in Europe. His memories are filled with events that needed to be documented, never to be forgotten, from Normandy to Buchenwald to Berlin. I am blessed to have been an important part of the lives of my father, my brother, and my husband, and best of all to be able to document those lives!

Né le 11 décembre 1908 à New York, Elliott Carter doit sa vocation musicale à son intérêt pour la musique moderne dans les années vingt, lié à une immense curiosité pour toutes les manifestations artistiques nouvelles. Sa rencontre avec Charles Ives en 1925 fut décisive. Dans les années trente, sous la pression des événements politiques et sous l''influence de l''enseignement de Nadia Boulanger, Carter se rapprocha du style néo-classique. Ce n''est qu''à la fin des années quarante qu''il développa.

"Quiconque s''empare d''un livre sur la forme sonate pense probablement en connaître le sujet. Depuis que la forme sonate a été définie par des théoriciens du XIXe siècle sur les bases des pratiques en cours à la fin du XVIIIe siècle, elle constitue la forme musicale la plus prestigieuse. ( ... ) J''imagine que " les mélomanes " aimeraient qu''un livre sur la forme sonate leur révèle ce qu''elle était vraiment et quelle a été son histoire - son origine, son développement, son destin. ( ... ) Ces questions supposent que l''on puisse définir la forme sonate comme un reflet précis des œuvres de l''ensemble du XVIIIe siècle, alors qu''il semble difficile de définir une forme sonate unique qui en couvrirait simplement la dernière décennie. Elles supposent qu''une forme a une histoire : mais si une forme " change " on ne sait pas clairement jusqu''à quel moment elle reste la même forme ni à partir de quand il faut la considérer comme une forme nouvelle."