El jazz en México

Piano students of Latin American heritage often do not relate to the folk tunes that most methods use because the majority of those melodies do not flow with the rhythm of the Spanish language. This method is based on melodies original to the Mexican culture. These children's songs flow more naturally with the language, and in accord with the Kodály method of music education, give a better foundation for teaching basic musical elements in a Spanish language culture. Coupled with constant work on sight-reading, this new method is a valuable tool for native Spanish speakers in learning to play ...

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 relación de Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) con la pintura, el cine y la literatura ha sido objeto de numerosos estudios y es profusamente referenciada. Pero no puede decirse lo mismo acerca de sus vínculos y múltiples conexiones con la música, un territorio muy inexplorado en el que por fin, Karles Torra se aventura. Entre la larga lista de estrellas que brillan en el firmamento sónico Daliniano, encontramos a colosos del jazz como Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins, astros del rock como Elvis o Lennon, nombres míticos de la psicodelia californiana (Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane),...

En este libro te cuento de que se trata este género con una amplia selección de bandas, artistas y obras de todo el mundo y Argentina, los últimos tiempos.