Canciones y percusiones

In his latest book, Greil Marcus, arguably the most influential music critic of all time, offers his most impassioned and intense essay yet. Steering clear of official history--encyclopedia entries, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions, classic success stories--Marcus brings to the forefront 10 essential songs that, for their influence and how they have resonated throughout the decades, have surpassed a milestone of pop music. This book includes brief biographies of the songs' writers and performers and captures the essence of each pop entry--everlasting yet at the same time fleeting....

La música es un complemento indispensable de las imágenes, y, a menudo, se olvida. Este libro reivindica el papel de la música en el cine y destaca las principales aportaciones del lenguaje musical en el séptimo arte.

Cuando en los años setenta una disciplina con forma de objeto volante no identificado abre brecha en la escena musical británica, el universo del conservador medio recibe una patada en los morros. Surge así una nueva senda para la rebeldía, el arte, la moda y el hedonismo; el glam o glitter aterriza en el planeta Tierra. Artistas y agrupaciones con nombres que van de David Bowie a Gary Glitter o de T.Rex a The Sweet consiguen con sus letras pintar un retrato generacional poco visto y oído. En Glam rock. Sexo, purpurina y lápiz de labios, se analiza tanto el reinado del glam rock...

Choral Scores is an anthology of music exemplifying distinctive choral repertoire by the most noteworthy composers throughout the history of Western music. A companion volume to Denis Shrock's Choral Repertoire (Oxford 2009), it presents works of salient importance to the development of choral music in Western culture, representing the music of the composers, eras, and movements discussed most prominently in that volume. Including 132 compositions by 124 different composers, each presented unabridged and in full score, and spanning the entirety of Western music history, from the medieval era...