El libro escuela de la canción y del poema

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...

These easy-to-read, progressive exercises by Joanne Martin develop a student's reading skills one stage at a time, with many repetitions at each stage. I Can Read Music is designed as a first note-reading book for students of string instruments who have learned to play using an aural approach such as the Suzuki Method®, or for traditionally taught students who need extra note reading practice. Its presentation of new ideas is clear enough that it can be used daily at home by quite young children and their parents, with the teacher checking progress every week or two.

Estas "divagaciones" recogen las reflexiones heterogéneas de un músico que se encontró casualmente con la obra de Rossini, y quedó tan fascinado por ella que decidió dedicarle gran parte de su energía y de su vida. No es una biografía, ni un análisis técnico-artístico de la producción rossiniana: es un relato escrito por un entusiasta de su obra, y el fruto de una larga experiencia. Músicos, musicólogos, cantantes, directores de orquesta, oyentes y aficionados encontrarán aquí sugerencias, consejos y reflexiones útiles para profundizar en el repertorio de este compositor, tan...

This collection is an inexpensive, words-only edition of favorite hymns and songs from El Himnario, together with translations of other hymns that are familiar to Hispanic congregations. The full-music edition of El Himnario was an ecumenical project sponsored by the Episcopal Church and several other mainline denominations. It is available for use by musicians who accompany worship.