Música y neurociencia

How do we develop musical creativity? How is musical creativity nurtured in collaborative improvisation? How is it used as a communicative tool in music therapy? This comprehensive volume offers new research on these questions by an international team of experts from the fields of music education, music psychology and music therapy. The book celebrates the rich diversity of ways in which learners of all ages develop and use musical creativity. Contributions focus broadly on the composition/improvisation process, considering its conceptualization and practices in a number of contexts. The...

Las ocho sonatas de violín y bajo de José Herrando que aquí se publican originalmente se encontraban en el Palacio de Liria, propiedad de los Duques de Alba, copiadas en un manuscrito del siglo XVIII que tenía por título Doce tocatas a solo de violín y bajo para el Ex[elentísi]mo S[eño]r Duque de Huéscar. Lamentablemente, este manuscrito, junto a otras composiciones de Herrando, se destruyó en un incendio ocurrido en 1936, durante la Guerra Civil. Por fortuna, en 1928 el musicólogo José Subirá, que había estudiado los documentos musicales que se conservaban en el Palacio de...

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 ...

Compilación de entrevistas y artículos sobre músicos cubanos y personalidades vinculadas a la música. La selección está dotada de originalidad y avalada por musicólogos y periodistas de la cultura (Leonardo Padura, Radamés Giro, Helio Orovio, Leonardo Acosta, etc.).