DE MÚSICA Y DE MÚSICOS / Volumen III

An indispensable tool for conservatory and university students and for anyone that practices music, this book proposes an approach to the structures of music theory from the first years of study. Over 11 subjects, the authors present and review fundamental elements such as rhythm, melody, intervals, chords, and scales. This book is necessary for anyone interested in playing music intelligently and with complete expertise.

In this book, twenty-four scholars investigate the relationship between music and dictatorship in twentieth-century Europe and Latin America. The music is explored as a political phenomenon in fifteen nations under totalitarian regimes: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, France, Greece, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Spain, and Hungary. Historical and aesthetical articles face both individual people (for instance, Chavez, Ligeti, Massarani or Villa-Lobos) as well whole generations of composers operating under dictatorship (for example, in the communist regimes of...

La música del compositor mexicano Manuel María Ponce (1882 – 1948) constituye una de las voces más reconocidas y significativas de la música americana del siglo XX. Autor de un catálogo amplio de géneros y estilos, su música transita desde sus famosos arreglos de canciones mexicanas hasta algunas de las obras de cámara y sinfónicas más importantes del repertorio del pasado siglo. Ampliamente conocido por sus páginas para guitarra –que fueron alentadas por Andrés Segovia-, por su canción Estrellita –que Jascha Heifetz convirtió en una encore de rigueur para los violinistas...

This illustrated biography shows how four friends from Liverpool became the most popular musical group in history: The Beatles! Each book comes with a complimentary poster of the band. It also includes a prologue by Jordi Sierra i Fabra.