Ocho tocatas para violín y bajo

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...

Exploring the details of a popular instrument, this study offers a complete history of the piano along with the various theories and observations. Explorando los detalles de un instrumento popular, este estudio ofrece una historia completa del piano además de varias teorías y observaciones.

Trabajo que nace a partir de la tesis de Magíster en Artes de uno de los autores y que, gracias al apoyo del Fondart Regional de Valparaíso, devino en una investigación mayor para poder cumplir su principal objetivo: transformarse en registro escrito de una actividad musical que es patrimonio inmaterial y que, en la actualidad, es rescatado solamente para ser utilizado como telón de fondo de la ciudad puerto. Con este valioso aporte, el trabajo de Molina y Karmy logra resignificar una práctica musical que es, por sobre todo, el reflejo vivo de un tiempo y espacio específico, de un...

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...