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From its origins in Ragtime and Blues, the passionate life and main themes of the greatest singers and musicians, this book discusses the history of one of America's greatest inventions, with chapters ranging from its historical beginnings to jazz in films.

El desarrollo de las conversaciones de Alfred Brendel con Hans Mayer da forma a un libro revelador, no sólo para los admiradores del gran pianista moravo, sino para todos aquellos a los que les interese entrar en los aspectos técnicos y emocionales de la interpretación musical. Hombre de singular cultura, Brendel no sólo habla de las obras más importantes del tesoro pianístico del período clásico y romántico –de las cuales ha realizado interpretaciones memorables– sino de la música del siglo xx, con una especial atención por Arnold Schoenberg. El resultado de todo ello es un...

In this book, twenty-four scholars investigate the relationship between music and dictatorship in twentieth-century Europe and Latin America. The music is explored as a political phenomenon in fifteen nations under totalitarian regimes: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, France, Greece, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Spain, and Hungary. Historical and aesthetical articles face both individual people (for instance, Chavez, Ligeti, Massarani or Villa-Lobos) as well whole generations of composers operating under dictatorship (for example, in the communist regimes of...