Hidalgo y Musica

This classic supplement book for the saxophone has helped instrumentalists everywhere for over 30 years, and now it's available in a Spanish language translation. All the necessary skills needed to bring the player up from beginner to 'artist' are clearly stated by master saxophonist Larry Teal.

Maurice Ravel representa cabalmente una epoca que trataba de acercar el arte y la vida cotidiana: la ironia, el enmascaramiento de los sentimientos, la rigurosa economia de recursos musicales son rasgos que caracterizan una obra que busca introducir una cierta dosis de magia en el mundo y despojar a la musica del patetismo imperante en buena parte del siglo XIX. Junto a los capitulos mas biograficos, Theo Hirsbrunner analiza el estilo de Ravel vinculandolo a su compleja personalidad y a su ambiente intelectual y artistico.

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....

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."