Las Claves del Blues

Year of Wonder introduces readers to one piece of music each day of the year, artfully selected from across genres, time periods, and composers. Burton-Hill offers short introductions to contextualize each piece, and makes the music come alive in modern and playful ways. A dazzling musical journey.

The study of musical composition has, in the main, been informed by anecdotal after-the-event accounts or post hoc analyses of composition. This book presents the first coherent exploration around this unique aspect of human creative activity. The central threads, or key themes - compositional process, creative thinking and problem-solving - are integrated by the combination of theoretical understandings of creativity with innovative empirical work.

Claude Debussy (1862-1918), uno de los compositores más importantes de finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX, fue el fundador de la escuela impresionista en música y precursor de gran parte de los movimientos modernos. Roger Nichols nos sumerge en la vida y la obra de este genial compositor, esbozando tumultuosos hechos de la época en los que otros humanos se hubieran visto atrapados sin remedio. A pesar de ello, Debussy tenía una gran capacidad tanto para la amistad, como lo demuestra su extraordinaria relación con Paul Dukas y André Caplet, como para el amor, colmado profundamente ...

Piano students of Latin American heritage often do not relate to the folk tunes that most methods use because the majority of those melodies do not flow with the rhythm of the Spanish language. This method is based on melodies original to the Mexican culture. These children's songs flow more naturally with the language, and in accord with the Kodály method of music education, give a better foundation for teaching basic musical elements in a Spanish language culture. Coupled with constant work on sight-reading, this new method is a valuable tool for native Spanish speakers in learning to play ...