Hidalgo y Musica

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."

Greil Marcus, author of Mystery Train, widely acclaimed as the best book ever written about America as seen through its music, began work on this new book out of a fascination with the Sex Pistols: that scandalous antimusical group that sparked the emergence of the culture called punk.

Ramon Gener, director y conductor del exitoso programa de televisión This is Opera, nos sorprende con un libro imaginativo y distinto, un apasionante viaje por las emociones a través de la música repleto de historias inspiradoras que se convierten en lecciones de vida. «Mi padre murió dos veces. La primera, una mañana soleada en la que el Alzheimer nubló su mente y me olvidó. La segunda, tres días antes de Navidad, cuando, convertido en el Bolero de Ravel, dejó de respirar. »Aislado del mundo entre sentimientos de culpa y alivio, no podía dejar de llorar y soñar con él. Perdido...

Contains 142 pieces by the masters of piano literature, from the second half of the 17th century to the present day. For easy-to-intermediate players.