Las mujeres y la ópera

Una última palabra: ¿cómo, en definitiva, bautizar esta música? Personalmente estaríamos mucho más a favor de la adopción, desemplvada y redefinida a partir de sus fuentes, de la expresión música concreta. Primeramente porque nos une a un punto de parida histórica y conceptualmente fuerte. Y segundo, porque hemos podido constatar que es todavaía muy conocida en el mundo, aunque no se sepa bien lo que esconde, y en consecuendia no hay que darla a conocer partiendo de cero. Muchos de nuestros colegas objetan que en Francia, música concreta se ha convertido en sinónimo de...

Quinto volumen de nuestra Historia de la Música, que explora los orígenes y el desarrollo del Romanticismo, guiando al lector a través del complejo conglomerado de géneros y genios que –de Beethoven a Strauss- proliferan en el siglo XIX: la música instrumental, la música vocal y el fascinante mundo de la ópera, analizados con rigor y brillantez en sus formas y escuelas nacionales

Although influenced by the impressionism of Debussy, Dukas, and Ravel, Manuel de Falla (1876–1946) remained distinctively Spanish, with roots that drew upon both Andalusian folk music and his country's classical traditions. With these two popular ballets, El Amor Brujo (Love, the Magician) and El Sombrero de Tres Picos (The Three-Cornered Hat), he brought the world's attention to the music of Spain. In El Amor Brujo, a gypsy lass is haunted by the ghost of a former swain until her new lover devises a plan to entice the spirit away. Each of the ballet's scenes evokes a different mood that is ...

The Guitar Lessons of Julio Sagreras are among the most universally used collections of guitar music and represent a milestone in guitar didactic literature.The original six lesson books, along with the book Advanced Technique, were an immediate success on their introduction and remain so today. This edition brings together under one cover Lesson Books Four, Five, and Six as well as Sagreras's Advanced Technique volume. the studies in each book are carefully fingered and graded. They are charming, melodious and extremely effective in the classroom. They are also an ideal introduction to...