El análisis musical actual

Drawing on the work of leading experts from around the globe, Musicology and Sister Disciplines provides the definitive, authoritative statement on the scope of musicology today and its relationship to other fields of academic endeavour, including philosophy and aesthetics, literary studies, art history, mathematics, computer science, historiography, and sociology. These groundbreaking papers represent the outcome of a major musicological conference in 1997, and include contributions from the philosopher Bernard Williams and world-famous mathematician Roger Penrose.

La obra supone una importante aportación a los estudios sobre el teatro de vanguardia en Hispanoamérica, habida cuenta de la escasa bibliografía especializada sobre el tema. Analiza obras de Huidobro, Vallejo, Asturias, etc.

Esta antología de canciones chilenas de raíz folclórica popularizadas entre 1960 y 1973 incluye dos estudios que abordan aspectos históricos, sociológicos, estéticos y técnicos de nuestra música popular. Se consideran las corrientes de música típica, proyección folclórica, neofolclor y nueva canción, en un intento inédito de entregar una mirada globalizadora de la música chilena de raíz folclórica. Cada una de las 70 canciones antologadas incluye su texto completo y su transcripción en partitura para voces y diversos instrumentos acompañantes, con énfasis en la guitarra.

In his latest book, Greil Marcus, arguably the most influential music critic of all time, offers his most impassioned and intense essay yet. Steering clear of official history--encyclopedia entries, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions, classic success stories--Marcus brings to the forefront 10 essential songs that, for their influence and how they have resonated throughout the decades, have surpassed a milestone of pop music. This book includes brief biographies of the songs' writers and performers and captures the essence of each pop entry--everlasting yet at the same time fleeting....