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A diferencia de los enfoques habitualmente utilizados en las investigaciones de la historia de la música, esta monografía se propone estudiar el movimiento romántico desde su mismo centro. La intención básica del distinguido musicólogo Alfred Einstein (1880-1952) es mostrar cómo el movimiento romántico se manifestó en la música y cómo la música contribuyó a perfilar dicho movimiento. La primera parte de La música en la época romántica está dedicada al examen de las aspiraciones, las emociones y las ideas que suscitó esa compleja y poderosa corriente. La caracterización del...

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...

(Fast Track Music Instruction). Spanish edition of the popular drum method designed to get you playing today's music styles fast!

Piano students of Latin American heritage often do not relate to the folk tunes that most methods use because the majority of those melodies do not flow with the rhythm of the Spanish language. This method is based on melodies original to the Mexican culture. These children's songs flow more naturally with the language, and in accord with the Kodály method of music education, give a better foundation for teaching basic musical elements in a Spanish language culture. Coupled with constant work on sight-reading, this new method is a valuable tool for native Spanish speakers in learning to play ...