The First Book of Tenor Solos

La musica esta presente en nuestra vida desde el mismo instante en que nacemos (incluso antes). Con independencia de que nos dediquemos o no a ella de un modo profesional, influye de forma determinante en nuestro estado de animo, moldea de manera imperceptible nuestros sentimientos y emociones. Es por ello esencial conocer sus conceptos basicos, las reglas que la rigen. A ese proposito sirve este libro de Federico Abad, autor del exitoso Do, Re, Que. Un manual sencillo y llano pero altamente valioso para cualquiera, menor o adulto, que quiera adentrarse con paso firme en el fascinante...

Recognized as the most significant composer from New Spain in the early eighteenth century, Manuel de Sumaya (ca. 1678–1755) oversaw musical activity at Mexico City Cathedral during a time of stylistic change. Sumaya, who was locally born and ordained as a priest, wrote music that mixes the counterpoint and rhythmic vigor of seventeenth-century Hispanic music with more modern Italianate gestures prescient of international taste in the eighteenth century. This edition of all thirty-four villancicos with music by Sumaya conserved in the Estrada Collection at Mexico City Cathedral reveals the...

Piano students of Latin American heritage often do not relate to the folk tunes that most methods use because the majority of those melodies do not flow with the rhythm of the Spanish language. This method is based on melodies original to the Mexican culture. These children's songs flow more naturally with the language, and in accord with the Kodály method of music education, give a better foundation for teaching basic musical elements in a Spanish language culture. Coupled with constant work on sight-reading, this new method is a valuable tool for native Spanish speakers in learning to play ...

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