El pensamiento sinfónico en México

Although influenced by the impressionism of Debussy, Dukas, and Ravel, Manuel de Falla (1876–1946) remained distinctively Spanish, with roots that drew upon both Andalusian folk music and his country's classical traditions. With these two popular ballets, El Amor Brujo (Love, the Magician) and El Sombrero de Tres Picos (The Three-Cornered Hat), he brought the world's attention to the music of Spain. In El Amor Brujo, a gypsy lass is haunted by the ghost of a former swain until her new lover devises a plan to entice the spirit away. Each of the ballet's scenes evokes a different mood that is ...

RAP.25 AÑOS DE RIMAS es un libro sobre la trayectoria que ha vivido este tipo de música en España desde su nacimiento, allá por los años ochenta, hasta la fecha. Pero no es sólo una simple recopilación de datos, fechas y citas, ya que dos de sus propios protagonistas son quienes nos ofrecen un relato vivo y auténtico de este fenómeno del que tan activamente han formado parte y que se perfila como una de las manifestaciones culturales más influyentes en la juventud actual. El rap, que forma parte del gran universo del hip hop, es un estilo de vida que implica un posicionamiento ante...

Choral Scores is an anthology of music exemplifying distinctive choral repertoire by the most noteworthy composers throughout the history of Western music. A companion volume to Denis Shrock's Choral Repertoire (Oxford 2009), it presents works of salient importance to the development of choral music in Western culture, representing the music of the composers, eras, and movements discussed most prominently in that volume. Including 132 compositions by 124 different composers, each presented unabridged and in full score, and spanning the entirety of Western music history, from the medieval era...

A crossroads of old blues, gospel, rhythm and blues, and country gave life to the sound that revolutionized the youth s universe: the sound of rock 'n' roll. Rock 'n' roll was created and shaped by country boys moving to the city, young boys such as Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Buddy Holly, and the Burnette Brothers. This book is a comprehensive description of the key musicians that shaped rock 'n' roll s legend, as well as one of its main subgenres, rockabilly."