Freak Scene: Los chalados e inconformistas que crearon la música independiente, 1975-2005

Este libro, como cualquier otro, comienza y acaba en el mundo, o mejor, en muchos mundos. En un cruce de dominios y saberes que no tienen nada que ver con la sabiduría, sino con tomar de aquí y de allá ideas, utilizando palabras y conceptos imprecisos para designar algo preciso: las relaciones entre el oído de una época y sus formas de escucha, la configuración histórica y cultural de los gustos musicales, los modos de percibir lo consonante y/o disonante, las relaciones entre el ojo y el oído musical, la música escrita y la improvisación musical. Los temas se cruzan con los saberes ...

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...

This book, both a guide and encyclopedia, is a crucial account of the musical journey that will awaken the imagination of the reader, awakening the curiosity of all those sacred, famous, and historic places that the author of this book has visited that have marked the history of rock. The exceptional narrative talent of the author and the evocation of the mythic locations of rock make this an excellent a travel through the threads of music history.

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.