Extremoduro

A fundamental guide to understanding rap in all its complexities by one of the most relevant writers of the 20th century and his lucid college friend. This provocative and entertaining essay collection attempts to scrutinize the genre through the lens of sociology, economics, philosophy, and law by means of a back-and-forth exchange between the authors. A fundamental guide to understanding rap in all its complexities by one of the most relevant writers of the 20th century and his lucid college friend. This provocative and entertaining essay collection attempts to scrutinize the genre through...

Although influenced by the impressionism of Debussy, Dukas, and Ravel, Manuel de Falla (1876–1946) remained distinctively Spanish, with roots that drew upon both Andalusian folk music and his country's classical traditions. With these two popular ballets, El Amor Brujo (Love, the Magician) and El Sombrero de Tres Picos (The Three-Cornered Hat), he brought the world's attention to the music of Spain. In El Amor Brujo, a gypsy lass is haunted by the ghost of a former swain until her new lover devises a plan to entice the spirit away. Each of the ballet's scenes evokes a different mood that is ...

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.

¿Tocar el piano es tu asignatura pendiente? Este libro te lo enseña de un modo tan fácil y divertido que tus dedos dominarán el teclado casi sin que te des cuenta. Si no sabes leer música, el método Para Dummies te explica la teoría musical con un lenguaje claro y directo y te enseña a aplicarla a la interpretación de piano. Y si ya tienes alguna idea de piano, o tomaste clases cuando eras pequeño pero no has vuelto a abrir la tapa, también encontrarás ejercicios y consejos para refrescar tu memoria o mejorar tu ejecución. • El dichoso Para Elisa de las llamadas en espera —...