Guía del flamenco

Un libro de culto para entender el fenómeno ricotero. Esta nueva edición ampliada suma testimonios de los fans, la crónica de los recitales más emblemáticos y trata de desentrañar por qué una banda que no se presenta en vivo desde hace más de una década sigue todavía tan vigente.

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...

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...

Cayetano (o Gaetano) Brunetti es uno de los compositores más importantes de la segunda mitad del siglo XVIII en España. Su obra comprende abundante música de cámara (sonatas para violín solo, dúos, tríos, cuartetos, quintetos, sextetos) y música sinfónica. Trabajó para las más importantes casas nobiliarias españolas (los duques de Osuna y los duques de Alba). Compuso sobre todo para el Príncipe de Asturias, futuro Carlos IV, siendo su maestro de violín, músico de su cámara y, finalmente, director de la orquesta de la Real Cámara. La sinfonía en mi bemol mayor L 309 fue...