Julio S Sagreras Guitar Lessons Book 1-3

The Guitar Lessons of Julio Sagreras are among the most universally used collections of guitar music and represent a milestone in guitar didactic literature.The original six lesson books, along with the book Advanced Technique, were an immediate success on their introduction and remain so today. This edition brings together under one cover Lesson Books Four, Five, and Six as well as Sagreras's Advanced Technique volume. the studies in each book are carefully fingered and graded. They are charming, melodious and extremely effective in the classroom. They are also an ideal introduction to...

Choral Scores is an anthology of music exemplifying distinctive choral repertoire by the most noteworthy composers throughout the history of Western music. A companion volume to Denis Shrock's Choral Repertoire (Oxford 2009), it presents works of salient importance to the development of choral music in Western culture, representing the music of the composers, eras, and movements discussed most prominently in that volume. Including 132 compositions by 124 different composers, each presented unabridged and in full score, and spanning the entirety of Western music history, from the medieval era...

Cuando Los Beatles se separaron para siempre, en la primavera británica de 1970, Paul McCartney tenía, apenas, 27 años. Era demasiado temprano para iniciar una vida de celebridad en estado de retiro. Lo acosaba la sombra de la inmensa transformación estética y cultural que él mismo había contribuido a forjar. Ante esa encrucijada, McCartney desplegó -en el acierto y el error- diferentes estrategias para renovarse. Como nadie antes, el periodista, músico e investigador Julio Martínez nos presenta ese recorrido sin eludir claroscuros. Con las contradicciones propias de toda...

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.

El interés por la música electrónica ha crecido exponencialmente a lo largo de estos últimos años a nivel mundial. Palabras como House, EDM, Techno o Rave son conceptos ya familiares para muchas personas. Sin embargo, aun existen bastantes dudas, tabúes, reduccionismos conceptuales y malinterpretaciones de lo que verdaderamente representa la música electrónica. A primera instancia tenemos la confusión generalizada de que toda la música electrónica es EDM, o sea, «la que toca un DJ, la que tocan en festivales, la que se toca en los clubes o antros», como he llegado a escuchar...