Música Andalusí

Monografía exhaustiva sobre la música del periodo Andalusí, tanto desde la vertiente sociohistórica, orígenes y desarrollo, como desde sus aspectos técnicos: ritmos, melodía, armonía, formas musicales, literarias, y elementos estéticos, sin olvidar el baile y las diferentes escuelas. Abarcando un periodo aproximado desde los siglos previos a la invasión africana del siglo VII hasta el siglo XVII. En esta obra se ha tratado de cubrir un vacío, tanto editorial como de investigación, ya que son escasos los estudios sobre esta música donde se abarquen todos sus aspectos de forma...

These easy-to-read, progressive exercises by Joanne Martin develop a student's reading skills one stage at a time, with many repetitions at each stage. I Can Read Music is designed as a first note-reading book for students of string instruments who have learned to play using an aural approach such as the Suzuki Method®, or for traditionally taught students who need extra note reading practice. Its presentation of new ideas is clear enough that it can be used daily at home by quite young children and their parents, with the teacher checking progress every week or two.

Con esta publicación, dedicada al charango, se ofrece a la musicología continental una obra llena de peculiaridades conceptuales. Un libro y una idea llevados a cabo por el Julio Mendívil, etnomusicologo peruano residente en Austria, quien, además de notable intelectual, especialista en música andina y profesor universitario, es él mismo interprete del charango. El libro contiene artículos de 19 autores, provenientes de países diversos, desde grandes pioneros de la musicología continental como el argentino Carlos Vega y el narrador y antropólogo peruano Jose María Arguedas, figura...

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....

In 2008, Dr. Eben Alexander's brain was severely damaged by a devastating case of bacterial meningitis, and he fell into a weeklong coma. During those 7 days in coma, he was plunged into the deepest realms of consciousness and came to understand profound truths about the universe we inhabit.