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Un peculiar análisis histórico y estético del mejor grupo de la historia.
Álbumes, efemérides, cumpleaños o conciertos relacionados con los Beatles son motivo de íntimo júbilo y celebración casi cada día del año. Y de entre todos ellos destaca el acontecimiento más importante, el decisivo, el imprescindible, del que se ha celebrado hace poco su 60º aniversario. Y no es otro que el día en que se conocieron Paul McCartney y John Lennon...
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Mendelssohn is one of the world's best-loved composers. His greatest music-The Hebrides, the Violin Concerto, the 'Italian' Symphony-is a cornerstone of the classical repertoire, while the 'Wedding March' from his incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream has been the soundtrack to the happiest moments of millions of lives. The most astonishing child genius in the history of music, Mendelssohn was also an international celebrity, his company sought...
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Puccini is one of the most beloved of all opera composers — La Bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Turandot play to packed opera houses the world over. In his lifetime he achieved an international celebrity accorded to only a few, yet the critics were rarely impressed. He was nevertheless a creative artist of profound sensitivity and dramatic flair who developed a unique form of free-flowing opera while penning some of the greatest melodies of...
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Desde su muerte, Wagner ha sido objeto a partes iguales de veneración y animosidad, en ambos casos de manera apasionada, y si hay alguien en la actualidad que lo conoce como pocos ése es Christian Thielemann. En las páginas de este libro, no sólo cuenta cómo, de la mano del compositor, se ha ido configurando su trayectoria profesional, desde sus inicios en Berlín hasta Bayreuth, pasando por Venecia, Hamburgo o Chicago, sino que se convierte...
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Virtuoso pianist Franz Liszt was a key figure in the evolution of modern music. Most of his 700 compositions, which range from romantic impressionism to daring experimental pieces, were written for the piano. This survey by a well-known British composer and musicologist constitutes the most authoritative English-language study of Liszt's works. "Mr. Searle is himself a composer of progressive outlook and he thus speaks with authority. His book was...
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Manuel de Falla, born in Cádiz, Andalusia, was the founding father of twentieth-century Spanish music. Following the Romanticism of Albéniz and Granados, Falla came to be appreciated as a true representative of the modern age. His operas, ballets, orchestral music, songs and instrumental works have been acknowledged internationally as being among the greatest artistic contributions to Spanish culture. His creative genius profoundly influenced the...
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Sir Peter Maxwell Davies is one of the most exciting and provocative composers at work in the world today. His Eight Songs for a Mad King set the dizzying pace for Britain's 1960s avant-garde, and the recent Naxos Quartets bear witness to his continuing innovative spirit. Audio samples are contained in the text: just tap to listen while you read.
48) Gustav Mahler
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Conductor, composer, and writer Bruno Walter (1876–1962) worked closely with Gustav Mahler as the composer's assistant and protégé. His revealing recollections of Mahler were written in 1936, marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the composer's death. Walter first encountered Mahler more than 40 years earlier, when he served as the composer's assistant conductor in Hamburg. He worked with Mahler again at the Vienna Opera, and after the composer's...
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During his long, energetic life Ignaz Joseph Pleyel distinguished himself as a composer, publisher, and piano manufacturer. His distinctive musical language, combining Haydn's structural sophistication with the clarity, elegance, and lyricism of the Italian style he so admired, made him the most popular composer in Europe. Although many works eventually slipped into obscurity, successful revivals of his compositions in modern times have served to...
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ABOUT THIS BOOK 36 Song Arrangement Tips for the Small Recording Studio is a straight-to-the-point compilation of song arrangement techniques that will help you create great song productions. This book has similar content to the author's other book, Song Arrangement for the Small Recording Studio. However, 36 Song Arrangement Tips for the Small Recording Studio is formatted into an easy-to-read, tips-based book that is a perfect companion in the studio...
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David Bowie was a master of artifice and reinvention. In that same spirit, illustrator María Hesse and writer Fran Ruiz have created a vivid retelling of the life of David Robert Jones, from his working-class childhood to glam rock success to superstardom, concluding with the final recording sessions after his cancer diagnosis.Narrated from the rock star's point of view, Bowie colorfully renders both the personal and the professional turning points...
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Growing up as an outdoorsy, nature-loving child in Portland, Oregon, Robert Mann wanted to be a forest ranger, but it was violin lessons-and his parents' encouragement-that ultimately launched him on a remarkable journey that would span a lifetime and five continents as he pursued his passion for classical music as a violinist, composer, conductor, and teacher. In this fascinating and far-ranging memoir, he looks back at the struggles and triumphs...
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"Here we come. Walking down the street. We get the funniest looks from everyone we meet. Hey, hey, we're The Monkees!"
The idea of creating a tv series about a wacky rock group similar to The Beatles had been unsuccessfully kicked around Universal Pictures and Columbia Pictures since 1962, but by 1965, The Beatles were on their second tour, and their Help! album, single, and tour created a popularity wave called Beatlemania. The enormous success...
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Batá identifies both the two-headed, hourglass-shaped drum of the Yoruba people and the culture and style of drumming, singing, and dancing associated with it. This book recounts the life story of Carlos Aldama, one of the masters of the batá drum, and through that story traces the history of batá culture as it traveled from Africa to Cuba and then to the United States. For the enslaved Yoruba, batá rhythms helped sustain the religious and cultural...
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Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), el "padre de la sinfonía", es uno de los compositores clásicos más celebrados de la historia, y al mismo tiempo protagonista de una biografía casi desconocida para el lector en español.
La fama de Haydn fue tal que, ya en vida, tres escritores emprendieron la tarea de narrar su biografía. De ellos, fue Georg August Griesinger el que más se acercó al retrato total del artista y el hombre; en las breves páginas de...
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The Streets of Nashville (the little book) is Lee Clayton's compressed glimpse in prose, poetry and lyrics of over 40 years on Music Row in the Nashville music scene. As a singer / songwriter, Lee has had songs on over 23 million albums. He has also recorded 6 very well received albums of his own material. Today Lee is recognized internationally as a gifted poet, an outstanding singer / songwriter, and a dynamic live performer. The Streets of Nashville...
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George Harrison on George Harrison is an authoritative, chronologically arranged anthology of Harrison's most revealing and illuminating interviews, personal correspondence, and writings, spanning the years 1961 to 1997. Though known as "the Quiet Beatle," Harrison was arguably the most thoughtful and certainly the most outspoken of the famous four. This compendium of his words and ideas proves that point repeatedly, revealing his passion for music,...
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George Young wasn't so much on the charts for the best part of three decades: he and his musical partner Harry Vanda were the charts.
George's journey began with the trailblazing Easybeats and continued, alongside Harry, as producer/songwriter for hire with John Paul Young, The Angels, Rose Tattoo, Cheetah, Ted Mulry, Stevie Wright and, most crucially, AC/DC. George and Harry also struck gold with Flash and the Pan, almost by accident.
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59) Book of Life
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"A no-holds-barred memoir that charts the rise and fall - and rise - of one of Australia's most iconic music performers.
You think you know Deborah Conway? You think seeing her striding and scowling down Sydney's back streets in an oversize coat or galavanting around a golf course wearing a close approximation of plus fours means you know who Deborah Conway is? She figures you probably don't know the half of it. And there's a lot to know.
If you...
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The life, death and rock'n'roll rollercoaster career of AC/DC frontman Bon Scott.
Bon Scott was once asked if he was AC or DC. 'Neither,' he grinned, 'I'm the lightning flash in the middle.' And that's how he lived his life.
No one had the same skill with lyrics as Bon, who called his words 'toilet poetry', his 'dirty ditties'. He could also vividly depict life on the road, best heard in the AC/DC classics 'Long Way to the Top' and 'Highway to Hell'.
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