Se dice que, mientras cumplía una condena de dos meses en la prisión de Holloway por arrojar piedras contra las ventanas de los políticos que se negaban a reconocer el derecho al voto de las mujeres, se pudo ver a Ethel Smyth dirigiendo a través de los barrotes de su celda, con el cepillo de dientes a modo de improvisada batuta, una interpretación de La marcha de las mujeres, el himno que poco antes había compuesto para el movimiento sufragista.
La imagen de un director de orquesta agitando sus brazos frenéticamente al son de la melodía probablemente sea, al tiempo que una de las expresiones más icónicas de la música clásica en el imaginario colectivo, la figura más enigmática e incomprendida de toda la vida concertística.
Probablemente casi todo el mundo haya escuchado, en una versión u otra, la cadencia plúmbea de los acordes que abren la célebre "Marcha fúnebre" de Chopin.
Pocos compositores han gozado de la aceptación crítica o la longevidad de Jean Sibelius, que murió en 1957, a los 91 años, después de haber puesto a Finlandia en el mapa de la cultura europea, por mucho que su figura superase con creces los límites nacionales para llegar a ser uno de los pilares centrales de la música clásica contemporánea.
Desde la importancia del papel jugado por la música en la Revolución francesa hasta la "Séptima sinfonía" de Shostakovich, la música clásica y el nacionalismo han mantenido a lo largo de la historia una relación simbiótica que ha definido buena parte de nuestro imaginario a través de la creación de comunidades nacionales y todo el andamiaje cultural que las sostiene, la puesta en valor de las tradiciones folclóricas, etc.
Folk Songs Hawaii Sings is a sparkling compilation of melodies from the islands of Polynesia together with a variety of folk songs that countless Asian people have brought with them to their new home in the Hawaiian Islands.
This book presents an introduction to more than a dozen different types of Balinese gamelan, each with its own established tradition, repertoire and social or religious context.
This interesting and authoritative book includes essential facts about the various forms of Japanese music and musical instruments and their place in the overall history of Japan.
This book presents an introduction to more than a dozen different types of Balinese gamelan, each with its own established tradition, repertoire and social or religious context.
This interesting and authoritative book includes essential facts about the various forms of Japanese music and musical instruments and their place in the overall history of Japan.
Folk Songs Hawaii Sings is a sparkling compilation of melodies from the islands of Polynesia together with a variety of folk songs that countless Asian people have brought with them to their new home in the Hawaiian Islands.
This is an edited volume of music histories—of peoples, places, and institutions—that refuses to shy away from the geopolitical realities of a global musicology.
This is an edited volume of music histories—of peoples, places, and institutions—that refuses to shy away from the geopolitical realities of a global musicology.
This volume provides a full and careful history of what sonata meant and how the word was used from its first appearance as an instrumental title in the sixteenth century to the near end of the thorough-bass practice around 1750.
Alex Ross's sweeping history of twentieth-century classical music, winner of the Guardian First Book Award, is a gripping account of a musical revolution.
The first in-depth study in almost half a century of Robert Schumann's multi-movement Leipzig chamber works, this book offers novel and diverse encounters with the three Op.
Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier forms part of the series American Bach Society Guides for the introduction of Johann Sebastian Bach's most important works and collections to a wider audience.
Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier forms part of the series American Bach Society Guides for the introduction of Johann Sebastian Bach's most important works and collections to a wider audience.
This three-volume work is the most comprehensive study ever undertaken, of the musical compositions of Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007), one of the major figures of Post-World War II classical music in Europe.
This three-volume work is the most comprehensive study ever undertaken, of the musical compositions of Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007), one of the major figures of Post-World War II classical music in Europe.
This three-volume work is the most comprehensive study ever undertaken, of the musical compositions of Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007), one of the major figures of Post-World War II classical music in Europe.
This three-volume work is the most comprehensive study ever undertaken, of the musical compositions of Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007), one of the major figures of Post-World War II classical music in Europe.
This three-volume work is the most comprehensive study ever undertaken, of the musical compositions of Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007), one of the major figures of Post-World War II classical music in Europe.
This three-volume work is the most comprehensive study ever undertaken, of the musical compositions of Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007), one of the major figures of Post-World War II classical music in Europe.
Experiencing Sound and Environment in the Works of Max Neuhaus offers the first comprehensive study of the life, work, and lasting impact of American sound artist and musician Max Neuhaus (1939-2009).
