Orpheus in musica. Estudis sobre la tradició clàssica en la música occidental

Professor Snow's auspicious debut in musicology came in 1958 as the author of the chapter on Old Roman chant in Willi Apel's Gregorian Chant. He completed his doctorate at the University of Illinois in 1968, and his major faculty appointments have been at the University of Pittsburgh, University of Illinois, and University of Texas. His publications range from the medieval era to the baroque, most of them dealing with sacred music in Spain, Portugal, the Hispanic New World, and eastern Europe. Encomium Musicae will present over 40 articles by scholars from seven different countries, most of...

“Lam es el cronista definitivo de la música. Es un trabajador infatigable. A sus pasmosos conocimientos sobre la música popular y la historia de la bohemia habanera, donde une la pequeña historia, esa que a veces no se escribe pero que se trasmite a voces, en la tradición oral. Las rescata de la memoria de la gente y las apresa en sus cuartillas apresuradas. Lam ayuda a que esa pequeña historia perviva para la posteridad. Él se define como un cronista de lo urbano, tanto de la música como de la ciudad bohemia y mágica. Lam ayuda a que todo eso perviva para la posteridad” (Ciro...

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...

L’obra arquitectònica de Lluís Domènech i Montaner culmina al Palau de la Música Catalana, joia modernista i centre musical de Barcelona des de 1908. Si la seva façana sorprèn, la sala de concerts, amb la seva curiosa estructura de temple i teatre, és una de les més belles del món.