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• An introduction to the extraordinary life of John Cage, composer, writer, and artist.
• Cage is most widely known for his 1952 composition 4'33, whose three movements...
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Satie redefined the composer’s art, devising new methods of artistic expression that melded ordinary and rarified elements of words, visual art, and music.
Davis argues that...
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El oro del Rin. La Walkyria. Sifrido. El Ocaso de los Dioses.
Why produce a new translation in Spanish of The ring of the Nibelung? There are several reasons: the importance of the work and the fact that it is always in vogue; the...
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Like any art world, the word of dance is full of fascinating figures and anecdotes that sometimes go unnoticed by the public at large. The critic, conductor and pianist,...
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This book is a detailed study of the great Canadian pianist, broadcaster, writer, and composer Glenn Gould (1932-82). While looking primarily on his performances, it also...
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El arte amordazado por la autoridad
No 20th century composer’s work has been affected by political circumstances to such an extent as the work of Russian composer Dimitri Shostakovich. Without Stalinism, he...
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Retrato de un romántico
Walter Aaron Clark here presents, for the first time in English, a detailed and accurate account of one of the most intriguing figures in the Romantic period. Isaac Albeniz (1...
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"Porque le puso letra a nuestras emociones, porque musicó nuestro fracaso, porque supo vengarnos de los malos amores, por Chavela Vargas, por Lola Beltrán, por Vicente...
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This book was unique in its time, and is still unique today, ten years after its first publication. It is a critical survey, full of personal reflections by the writer, who wa...
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