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This is a book of stories. What all of them have in common is that all are about music. Some of them are from well known musicians and key moments of their lifes and other of people who live loving music, as simple as that.

From its origins in Ragtime and Blues, the passionate life and main themes of the greatest singers and musicians, this book discusses the history of one of America's greatest inventions, with chapters ranging from its historical beginnings to jazz in films.

Una conexión inspiradora entre personajes y eventos históricos con grandes artistas y canciones del rock ¿Qué sorprendente vínculo existe entre determinadas historias y algunas canciones y artistas muy populares como "Losing my Religion" de R.E.M. y el Nobel Gabriel García Márquez? ¿Y entre "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" de Bob Dylan y la crisis de los misiles de Cuba en 1962 o entre el tema "Lover, Lover, Lover" de Leonard Cohen y la guerra del Yom Kippur? Este libro podría considerarse casi un diario generacional que atraviesa los grandes cambios de todo tipo acontecidos en los...

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...