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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...

Twenty-six songs illustrate the growth and diversity of tango canción, from its Argentine roots to its dissemination throughout Europe and into the Middle East and beyond. These songs are represented both in print - with melody lines, chord boxes and lyrics in their original language and in English - and through classic recordings by the original artists on the accompanying CD. Tango Voices is not only the perfect introduction to one of World Music's most expressive and seductive genres, but also a valuable resource for all existing tango lovers.

Historias de la música Chilena Dulce Patria -el programa- fue primero un espacio radial dedicado a la política que acabó pronto y cuyo nombre bautizó, años después, al programa destinado a la música chilena de radio Cooperativa. Dulce Patria: Historias de la música chilena -el libro- pone por escrito ese mismo ánimo integrador con el que el periodista Mauricio Jürgensen trajina en el pasado y celebra el presente de los más importantes exponentes de la Nueva Ola y el Canto Nuevo, el hip hop y la cumbia casera, la Nueva Canción Chilena, el Nuevo Pop, el punk, la balada, la cueca#...

Drawing on the work of leading experts from around the globe, Musicology and Sister Disciplines provides the definitive, authoritative statement on the scope of musicology today and its relationship to other fields of academic endeavour, including philosophy and aesthetics, literary studies, art history, mathematics, computer science, historiography, and sociology. These groundbreaking papers represent the outcome of a major musicological conference in 1997, and include contributions from the philosopher Bernard Williams and world-famous mathematician Roger Penrose.