Vida de Richard Strauss

Patterns is one of the most comprehensive drum methods available. Covering a wide range of materials, the books can be used in any order, or in any combination with one another. They are a must for developing the kinds of skills necessary for drumset performance. In Technique Patterns, the student is challenged with a variety of routines designed to increase technical facility in the hands and feet. Included are exercises on finger control, endurance, multiple-note playing, hand-foot combinations, and more.

La espiritualidad y las grandes religiones de la humanidad han influido en numerosos músicos a lo largo de la historia del rock. Entre ellos, destacan cuatro extraordinarios artistas que conforman los pilares sobre los que descansa este libro, y cuyas obras agrupan las cuatro grandes religiones: hinduismo —reflejado en la obra de George Harrison—, cristianismo-judaísmo —que forma el sustrato de numerosas canciones de Bob Dylan—, islam —representado por Cat Stevens, también conocido como Yusuf Islam tras su conversión a esta religión—, y budismo-zen —cuya influencia es...

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...

La America latina y el Caribe han cambiado totalmente el panorama musical del siglo XX. America latina es el crisol donde bulle una de las musicas populares mas ricas del mundo: no solo el tango argentino, nacido en los bajos fondos de Buenos Aires; la samba, autentico simbolo de Brasil; el reggae jamaicano de envolventes ritmos; sino tambien el biguine, el calipso, la bossa nova y la salsa.Sus representantes se llaman Carlos Gardel, Harry Belafonte, Celia Cruz, Bob Marley... Nacida del sincretismo entre ritmos africanos, europeos y amerindios, la musica latinoamericana sigue siendo una...