La música latinoamericana

This introductory piano method is a long overdue musical text for those interested in encouraging bilingualism in children and adults. Many of the selected tunes are gems that most Latin American children grow up hearing as part of their idiomatic folklore. Also presented are some award winning originals by the author herself. Songs include Senora Santana, Ojos Azules, Mama yo quiero, Mi gallo and many others. Songs are chosen from many hispanic countries and they can be played as piano solos as well as played and sung simultaneously. Includes guitar/piano for those wishing to add in harmony...

This collection of rounds and canons develops sight reading and ensemble skills. Every teacher and student will find benefit in this clever mix of original material, folk songs and classical pieces, including works by Mozart, Beethoven, Purcell, Schumann, Tallis, and Haydn. Two-part to six-part, with the majority being four-part, most of these rounds and canons are not technically difficult, and may be performed by players of different skill levels. This volume can be used by several students at one, two or more pianos, or in combination with violin, viola and/or cello, since a cross...

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...

Bendita locura es la crónica de la música exquisita que se oculta bajo una piel amarga. Un viaje con muchos invitados: el surf, el hippismo, las adolescentes asesinas de Charles Manson, el Maharishi y docenas de notables habitantes de Los Ángeles, la ciudad de Hollywood y la falsedad. El grupo de rock protagonista de este libro es el más blanco y, al tiempo, el más negro. Los Beach Boys, geógrafos de California, una tierra que escenificaron como la Arcadia pop (camaradería, atardeceres eternos, gasolina barata y «dos chicos para cada chica»), han transitado, durante cuarenta años,...