Historias de terror

Gibbs ofrece una nueva visiin de Schubert, en especial del desarollo de su carrera profesional, de su relaciin con Beethoven, del crecimiento de su celebridad, de su imagen publica y demsu lado mas oscuro, le bebida, la depresiin y la ambiguedad sexual.

Para los que añoran otros tiempos, para los que se deleitan con las voces que saben seguir vivas y para los que quieren asomarse por primera vez al universo del tango.

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...

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....