Guía de las obras maestras corales

The “Bolero” has been part of the sentimental education, not only to inhabitants of Cuba (where the music evolved), or Mexicans (where it became a national art form), but to countless persons around the world, in a study that features “Bésame mucho” and hundreds of additional songs.

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...

Estamos ante un libro que, a pesar de lo que pueda parecer, resulta realmente novedoso, con un espléndido despliegue de datos perfectamente engarzados que permitirán al lector aprender –y disfrutar– sobre cómo se formó la música que terminaría siendo el mayor exponente de cultura popular de la segunda mitad del siglo XX. Su importancia reside en que tiene muy en cuenta que el rock ‘n’ roll no nace de un día para otro ni en el vacío, en medio de la nada, sino que se trata de un proceso de muchísimos años en el que se ven implicados diversos elementos y agentes sonoros, así...

Fire; I don't live today; Red house; Stone free; Are you experienced; Little wing; Voodoo child; Bleeding heart; Hey Joe; Wild thing; Hear my train a comin'; Foxey Lady