Primeros ejercicios musicales

Roberto Alejandro Schumann, músico alemán, compuso bellísimos lieder o canciones íntimas inspirándose en nobles poetas como Goethe, Byron y Richter. Su "Album de la juventud" que juntamente con las Kinders cenen o Escenas para niños, son deliciosas composiciones de una inspiración sublime. Pequeñas son estas piecesitas. Parecen las flores que en jardines han recogido manitas. Son alegres y tristes. Tienen todos los colores de la primavera y de la pasión. Saben que durarán solo instantes de vida y dirán la canción de la tierra que es savia del mundo y la oración de la ternura que...

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.

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...

Titles include: All the Livelong Day * Brother Trucker * Cleanin' Women * Fathers and Sons * If I Could've Been * It's an Art * Joe * Just a Housewife * Lovin' All * The Mason * Millwork * Neat to Be a Newsboy * Something to Point Out, and others.