El año viejo

This text presents beginning violin technique and basic music-reading fundamentals, with an emphasis on the use of melodies and classical pieces to teach each new concept. the 28 lessons include basic technique and reading skills, scales in the keys of A, D, G, and C as well as bowing techniques such as dynamic contrast, slurs, accents, and staccato bowing. There are 47 melodies presented including works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Handel, Mozart and other classical composers. the companion CD features all of the exercises and pieces recorded with solo violin and piano accompaniment.•

Although the music of Spain is diverse, profound, colorful and deserving of recognition, a collection of nineteenth century Spanish songs has never been available to singers in the United States. Until now, Spain has been neglected in the study of music history. Collections of zarzuela arias have been published, but art song composed prior to Turina, Granados, Obradors, de Falla, and Rodrigo have remained in the archives of Spanish libraries. This fascinating anthology, a collection of 23 songs composed by a variety of Spanish composers born in the nineteenth century, provides an exciting...

Si tuvieras que poner una banda sonora a las distintas situaciones de tu vida, ¿sabrías cuál es la mejor canción para cada momento? Tanto si sabes la respuesta como si no, aquí tienes Alimenta tus oídos, un libro diferente que, a modo de jukebox, te hará recordar que la vida es un puro pentagrama musical. Y es que José Luis Salas, consumado maestro del periodismo musical, premio Antena de Oro 2013, director y presentador en Onda Cero de No son horas, el magacín más trepidante de la radio española, colaborador del programa Herrera en la onda y cinéfilo sin remedio que ha presentado ...

Practica guia desde la Colonia hasta el presente siglo de la evolucion musical en Norteamerica. Pasan la etapa de puritanismo y la proscripcion del baile, la influencia del coral religioso, el nacionalismo, el exotismo, la aparicion y aportacion del jazz y la musica negra, la Gebrauchsmusik, los purismos, el mesianismo, el colectivismo y el individualismo.