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Recognized as the most significant composer from New Spain in the early eighteenth century, Manuel de Sumaya (ca. 1678–1755) oversaw musical activity at Mexico City Cathedral during a time of stylistic change. Sumaya, who was locally born and ordained as a priest, wrote music that mixes the counterpoint and rhythmic vigor of seventeenth-century Hispanic music with more modern Italianate gestures prescient of international taste in the eighteenth century. This edition of all thirty-four villancicos with music by Sumaya conserved in the Estrada Collection at Mexico City Cathedral reveals the...

En este volumen se reúnen tres de las conferencias sobre música que Lorca escribe: Arquitectura del cante jondo ; Canciones de cuna españolas ; y Juego y teoría del duende . En ellas el artista granadino despliega su prosa radicalmente poética, todo su vigor expresivo en forma de exuberantes metáforas, imágenes arrancadas del fértil suelo del folclore y el flamenco, manifestaciones en las que escucha el dolor de un pueblo perseguido. Alumno y amigo de Manuel de Falla, pianista y cantante además de escritor, el artista granadino se revela como el gran conocedor que fue de la música...

Following the River A Vision for Corporate Worship. Using a sound Scriptural foundation, the author paints a vivid picture of what corporate worship can become. Get a glimpse of where God is taking us. There is a sweep-you-off-your-feet depth to the river of God's delights that is more than possible, it is inevitable! Fasten your seatbelt! This book may wound a few sacred cows, but it will clarify your vision for the powerful potential of corporate worship.

In his latest book, Greil Marcus, arguably the most influential music critic of all time, offers his most impassioned and intense essay yet. Steering clear of official history--encyclopedia entries, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions, classic success stories--Marcus brings to the forefront 10 essential songs that, for their influence and how they have resonated throughout the decades, have surpassed a milestone of pop music. This book includes brief biographies of the songs' writers and performers and captures the essence of each pop entry--everlasting yet at the same time fleeting....