El mar de los deseos

Una conexión inspiradora entre personajes y eventos históricos con grandes artistas y canciones del rock ¿Qué sorprendente vínculo existe entre determinadas historias y algunas canciones y artistas muy populares como "Losing my Religion" de R.E.M. y el Nobel Gabriel García Márquez? ¿Y entre "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" de Bob Dylan y la crisis de los misiles de Cuba en 1962 o entre el tema "Lover, Lover, Lover" de Leonard Cohen y la guerra del Yom Kippur? Este libro podría considerarse casi un diario generacional que atraviesa los grandes cambios de todo tipo acontecidos en los...

From its origins in Ragtime and Blues, the passionate life and main themes of the greatest singers and musicians, this book discusses the history of one of America's greatest inventions, with chapters ranging from its historical beginnings to jazz in films.

Vladimir Jankélévitch argues that composer Franz Liszt was a leading champion of musical modernity who knew how to express the new aesthetic change of direction in 19th-century European music better than anyone, save Frédéric Chopin. This new style was the opposite of the abstract universality of the symphony and the totalitarianism of the Viennese conservatory. With the reinforcement of national and even provincial rights, the so-called savagery of rhapsody finally turned its back to solemn music, thus beginning the revolution of humility. Liszt gave voice to the land, much as Victor...

Year of Wonder introduces readers to one piece of music each day of the year, artfully selected from across genres, time periods, and composers. Burton-Hill offers short introductions to contextualize each piece, and makes the music come alive in modern and playful ways. A dazzling musical journey.