Música Andalusí

Monografía exhaustiva sobre la música del periodo Andalusí, tanto desde la vertiente sociohistórica, orígenes y desarrollo, como desde sus aspectos técnicos: ritmos, melodía, armonía, formas musicales, literarias, y elementos estéticos, sin olvidar el baile y las diferentes escuelas. Abarcando un periodo aproximado desde los siglos previos a la invasión africana del siglo VII hasta el siglo XVII. En esta obra se ha tratado de cubrir un vacío, tanto editorial como de investigación, ya que son escasos los estudios sobre esta música donde se abarquen todos sus aspectos de forma...

You Can Teach Yourself Piano is a revolutionary concept in piano instruction. No other method comes close to matching this book's scope in teaching not only basic music reading skills, but also the essential technique and theory for playing in all contemporary keyboard styles. Central to the philosophy of the You Can Teach Yourself series, this beginner's book is written to give the serious adult student a solid foundation while studying on their own without the advantage of having a private teacher; it will show you all you need to know to get an authoritative start on the instrument,...

Un insólito relato de la vida real de un niño huérfano que, al alcanzar la mayoría de edad, partió de Uruguay para recorrer mundo, llevando como equipaje una guitarra unida a un corazón melancólico y épico. Su periplo, que recuerda en ciertos pasajes a las desventuras del Quijote, está cargado de ingenio, humor, reflexiones, invenciones, aventuras, poesías, investigaciones musicales inéditas y un relato cinematográfico que abarca, desde una vida de nómada cantando en autobuses y durmiendo en bancos de las plazas, hasta ser huésped distinguido de la realeza europea. Aquel joven...

This book, both a guide and encyclopedia, is a crucial account of the musical journey that will awaken the imagination of the reader, awakening the curiosity of all those sacred, famous, and historic places that the author of this book has visited that have marked the history of rock. The exceptional narrative talent of the author and the evocation of the mythic locations of rock make this an excellent a travel through the threads of music history.

On October 15, 1967, bass player Steve Boone took the Ed Sullivan Show stage for the final time, with his band The Lovin' Spoonful. Since forming in a Greenwich Village hotel in early 1965, Boone and his bandmates had released an astounding nine Top 20 singles, the first seven of which hit the Billboard Top 10, including the iconic Boone co-writes "Summer in the City" and "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice." Little did Steve Boone know that the path of his life and career would soon take a turn for the bizarre, one that would eventually find him looking at the world through the bars of a jail...