Los 5 Secretos del Exito...en el negocio de la Música

Bachata—a guitar-based romantic music that debuted in Santo Domingo’s urban shantytowns in the 1960s—is today one of the hottest Latin genres. Still, fans and musicians have not forgotten the social stigma the genre carried for decades. This book interweaves bachata’s history and development with the socio-political context of Dominican identity. The author argues that its early disfavor resulted from the political climate of its origins and ties between class and race, and proposes that its ultimate acceptance as a symbol of Dominican identity arose from its innovations, the growth...

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...

Comprises instrumental and vocal music dated 1787-1958, principally printed, collected by the Spanish music publisher Canuto Berea, with an emphasis on Galician composers. Publishers represented are principally Spanish, French, Italian, and German.

La presente obra, la sexta entrega dentro de los Escritos musicales publicados en la presente colección, Adorno presenta su análisis crítico de las interpretaciones y la producción escrita relativas al campo musical de las que ha sido testigo y lector. La obra se divide en cinco partes: la primera y la segunda recogen sus comentarios a conciertos operísticos; la tercera, está dedicada a las composiciones musicales; la cuarta agrupa las recensiones de numerosos libros sobre este campo y la quinta y última, compila varios ensayos sobre la praxis de la vida musical. Cierra el presente...