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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...

J. S. Bach. Una estructura del dolor es el fruto de una larga y continua reflexión sobre el sentido último de la obra del genial compositor alemán. Un acercamiento a la inmensa obra bachiana como el que nos propone Soler es sólo posible cuando se parte de una honda reflexión acerca de su significado, que va más allá del análisis puramente musical -aunque éste ocupa un lugar central en el libro- hasta alcanzar una dimensión religiosa, existencial y metafísica que abre nuevas vías de comprensión de un universo cuya riqueza se revela como inagotable. Soler nos conduce hasta el...

El Conservatorio Nacional de Msica debe tener una actitud fuerte y vigorosa en todo el pas en lo que respecta a la enseanza de la msica, danza y teatro. Esta accin se logra slo modificando la estructura pedaggica y estableciendo nuevas carreras que, sin ser tan completas como las de concertistas, sin embargo, vengan a satisfacer las exigencias primarias de la educacin musical de nuestro pueblo. Dr. Adalberto Garca de Mendoza

All seven volumes of Mel Bay's original, internationally acclaimed Modern Guitar Method series are included in this single, huge master compilation. This edition also includes additional outstanding plectrum guitar solo arrangements not found in the original volumes. As Mr. Bay perceived the need for a guitar method that would effectively teach beginning guitarists to read music, this method is intentionally written in standard notation only. Although fingerstyle technique, this book is tailored specifically for the plectrum-style player, beginner through advanced levels.