Latin American Songs for the Piano

William S. Burroughs's fiction and essays are legendary, but his influence on music's counterculture has been less well documented—until now. Examining how one of America's most controversial literary figures altered the destinies of many notable and varied musicians, William S. Burroughs and the Cult of Rock 'n' Roll reveals the transformations in music history that can be traced to Burroughs. A heroin addict and a gay man, Burroughs rose to notoriety outside the conventional literary world; his masterpiece, Naked Lunch, was banned on the grounds of obscenity, but its nonlinear structure...

Práctica y completa introducción a las principales formas musicales, que incluye partituras completas o reducciones de cada una de las piezas analizadas, así como dos discos compactos con grabaciones de las mismas.

Professor Snow's auspicious debut in musicology came in 1958 as the author of the chapter on Old Roman chant in Willi Apel's Gregorian Chant. He completed his doctorate at the University of Illinois in 1968, and his major faculty appointments have been at the University of Pittsburgh, University of Illinois, and University of Texas. His publications range from the medieval era to the baroque, most of them dealing with sacred music in Spain, Portugal, the Hispanic New World, and eastern Europe. Encomium Musicae will present over 40 articles by scholars from seven different countries, most of...

Una de las óperas más aclamadas del compositor italiano Giacomo Puccini: Madame Butterfly, nos cuenta en este libro de amor y desengaño, de esperanzas y decepciones, de morir y trascender, temas que los niños interpretarán de acuerdo a sus conocimientos y sentimientos. El testimonio de Verónica Villarroel, cantante lírica chilena, nos habla de la puesta en escena de esta ópera y de la interpretación de su personaje principal.