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

Un ensayo fascinante y revelador que explica cómo se hacen los grandes éxitos que suenan en las radios de todo el mundo: La fábrica de canciones cambiará el modo en que escuchas música. En las dos últimas décadas ha nacido un nuevo tipo de canción. Los hits actuales están repletos de hooks, anzuelos musicales diseñados para engancharse a tu oreja cada siete segundos. Sus compositores han dedicado centenares de horas en inventarlos, en lograr que la melodía, el ritmo y la repetición se incrusten en el cerebro humano. Y los han pensado para que la experiencia de escucharlos funcione ...

Musical language has been developed through the use and needs of composers to express their auditory ideas in visual form. In this book, Josep Jofre combines a historical perspective with a detailed and clear explanation of the foundations of modern musical notation. This book provides useful guidelines for gradual learning geared toward music students, lovers and enthusiasts. It provides teachers with invaluable teaching tips for making musical learning a more engaging experience."

This book, both a guide and encyclopedia, is a crucial account of the musical journey that will awaken the imagination of the reader, awakening the curiosity of all those sacred, famous, and historic places that the author of this book has visited that have marked the history of rock. The exceptional narrative talent of the author and the evocation of the mythic locations of rock make this an excellent a travel through the threads of music history.

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...