Cancionero musical infantil de Toledo

La música del Caribe contiene una historia de conquista, esclavitud, defensa de identidades y luchas libertarias. Nos encontramos “ante un lenguaje compartido, o ante los restos de un género común dispersado, estallando en un inmenso continente cultural cuya coherencia suele pasar muchas veces desapercibida”. Por citar algunos ejemplos: punto guajiro cubano, galerón del Oriente Venezolano, guajira andaluza, zapateado jarocho, punto canario o la mejorana panameña.

En la década de 1920, el compositor mexicano Julián Carrillo (1875-1965) desarrolló un sistema de música microtonal al que llamó Sonido 13. Aunque su papel como uno de los pioneros del microtonalismo en la música docta occidental llevó a Carrillo a ser considerado un ícono por la vanguardia europea entre los años 1960 y 1970, su música y su legado han permanecido mayormente desconocidos entre músicos, académicos, críticos y público en general.

Based primarily on previously unpublished documents, the studies assembled here in this first selection by Frank D'Accone set the background for the musical efflorescence that occurred in Florence in the later 15th century and for the emergence in the early 16th century of a new Florentine school of composers. He traces the origins and development of musical chapels at the Cathedral and Baptistery, and the growth of musical establishments at several other churches such as the Santissima Annunziata, Santa Trinita and San Lorenzo.

The legend states that “Nothing is truth, everything is permitted” were the last words of Hassan-I Sabbah, the mythical leader of the ancient and obscure sector of the Murderers. Writer William Burroughs became obsessed with this phrase, claiming it was a magic password. In the beginning of the 20th century, Burroughs continued viewing Sabbah as one of his mentors. His scandalous life and radical work had become a symbol for rebels and anarchists, eventually becoming one of the most ideological precursors in the punk movement. Then, the world surrendered before Nirvana, considering them...