Musicoterapia

This unique book states reasons for the belief that there was a cultural regression after 1898, but represents evidence that Puerto Rico retained both its Hispanic character and culture.

Bachata—a guitar-based romantic music that debuted in Santo Domingo’s urban shantytowns in the 1960s—is today one of the hottest Latin genres. Still, fans and musicians have not forgotten the social stigma the genre carried for decades. This book interweaves bachata’s history and development with the socio-political context of Dominican identity. The author argues that its early disfavor resulted from the political climate of its origins and ties between class and race, and proposes that its ultimate acceptance as a symbol of Dominican identity arose from its innovations, the growth...

Pop music has changed the way we walk down the street, see ourselves, and interact with the world around us. It's influenced our values, social customs, and attitudes about race, gender, religion, and politics. This book tells the history of pop music from the first recording in the late 1800s to today's world of Spotify with a focus on technological changes. Sus ritmos han influenciado la manera cómo caminamos por la calle, cómo nos vemos a nosotros mismos en el espejo, y cómo nos manejamos en el mundo que nos rodea. Ha influenciado nuestros valores y costumbres sociales; ha transformado...

Escuchar a la raz n revela el rol esencial de la m sica en los debates cerca de la sociedad, la identidad y la cultura de la modernidad europea del siglo XIX. Michael Steinberg parte de la consideraci n de la m sica "como un g nero clave en la historia de la forma cultural y est tica, y como un significativo componente existencial de la historia de la vida cultural". As , en este ensayo acerca de la historia cultural de la m sica plantea un recorrido que va desde Mozart a Mahler, de la m sica sacra a la secular, incluyendo la pera tanto como la obra sinf nica y la instrumental solista.