Historia del Jazz

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...

"Brief study describes traditional instruments of indigenous and creole derivation; includes drawings, pictures, and photographs"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

(Fast Track Music Instruction). You don't even need drums for this method just two hands and an attitude! You'll learn music notation, beats and fills, syncopation and improvisation, and rock, blues and funk styles. Includes over 75 songs and examples. The online audio includes every music example so you can hear how it sounds and play along when you're ready. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and includes PLAYBACK+ features such as tempo adjustment and looping capabilities.

Compilación de entrevistas y artículos sobre músicos cubanos y personalidades vinculadas a la música. La selección está dotada de originalidad y avalada por musicólogos y periodistas de la cultura (Leonardo Padura, Radamés Giro, Helio Orovio, Leonardo Acosta, etc.)