Un Ano Para Maravillarse

"A work ... founded on the system of Zarlino; indeed there is some reason to believe that it is a mere redaction of a work with the same title which Zarlino speaks of as having completed in ms., but which has totally disappeared." -Grove, Dict. of music.

Cuando en las casas de Chile no había computadores, contestadoras telefónicas ni cocinas microondas, sí había discos long play. Vinilo chileno recorre un buen tramo del siglo XX de la mano de la música chilena, con discos que por sobre sus propias limitaciones «eran cultura» en el amplio sentido del concepto. Entre las carátulas recopiladas encontramos clásicos de siempre, rarezas, legítimas obras de arte e inclasificables engendros visuales. No hay discriminación por estilos ni gustos, sino una generosa selección de elepés –y algunos singles– que permite hacer el viaje...

There is a woman who appears and disappears in the life of this almost 60-year-old musician, like an angel or demon, and removes everything. So much so that this confessional story begins that has the intensity with which a stranger is spoken to a stranger in a bar. Deeply traversed by music, history covers the character's relationship with alcohol, with women, with children, with the passage of time, but also with his artistic decisions and the role of his generation in culture and society. The songs are entangled in the discourse as in life, that echo in the wood that becomes lyrics and...

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....