La música latinoamericana

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...

Esta obra ofrece un análisis particularizado de un capítulo clave de la historia litúrgica peninsular, la transición del rito hispano al rito francorromano. El marco temporal comprendido entre los siglos IX-XII remite a un período de profunda transformación de las estructuras políticas, religiosas y socioculturales de la Península Ibérica, que coincide en el tiempo con la reforma litúrgica impulsada desde Roma y canalizada a través de una amplia red de centros del Imperio carolingio. Debido a esta renovación, el rito litúrgico-musical peninsular, que hasta entonces seguía la...

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...