Music Composition For Dummies

Recognized as the most significant composer from New Spain in the early eighteenth century, Manuel de Sumaya (ca. 1678–1755) oversaw musical activity at Mexico City Cathedral during a time of stylistic change. Sumaya, who was locally born and ordained as a priest, wrote music that mixes the counterpoint and rhythmic vigor of seventeenth-century Hispanic music with more modern Italianate gestures prescient of international taste in the eighteenth century. This edition of all thirty-four villancicos with music by Sumaya conserved in the Estrada Collection at Mexico City Cathedral reveals the...

El Conservatorio Nacional de Msica debe tener una actitud fuerte y vigorosa en todo el pas en lo que respecta a la enseanza de la msica, danza y teatro. Esta accin se logra slo modificando la estructura pedaggica y estableciendo nuevas carreras que, sin ser tan completas como las de concertistas, sin embargo, vengan a satisfacer las exigencias primarias de la educacin musical de nuestro pueblo. Dr. Adalberto Garca de Mendoza

This approach to woodwind instruments is centered on effectiveness, helping each musician maximize the time they invest in study in order to reach the technical level where they can easily express themselves through the instrument. The primary goal of this approach is to encourage reflection about what a musician wants from their instrument, what their aspirations are, and the best way to achieve them.

Year of Wonder introduces readers to one piece of music each day of the year, artfully selected from across genres, time periods, and composers. Burton-Hill offers short introductions to contextualize each piece, and makes the music come alive in modern and playful ways. A dazzling musical journey.