Diccionario Akal/Grove de la Música

Their rhythms have influenced how we walk on the street, how we look in a mirror, and how we confront the world around us. Pop music has influenced our morals and customs; it has transformed our attitude towards race, gender, religion, and politics. In a revolutionary and ambition book, Peter Doggett shares the history of pop music from Bob Dylan and the Beatles to the stars of the 21st century and how technological advances (Spotify and other streaming services) have made pop music the vital blood of the modern world.

En este libro se encontraran los amantes de la musica caribeña una serie de analisis y de reseñas de la labor musical de figuras como Beny More y Celina y Reutilio, asi como una singular entrevista a Rafael Cueto, uno de los integrantes del famoso trio Matamoros.

Este libro surge como una consecuencia directa de la presencia del jazz en Colombia y de su desarrollo en diferentes ámbitos musicales del país. Enrique Mendoza y Jorge Sepúlveda recopilaron en él cincuenta partituras que componen un amplio repertorio grabado por jazzistas colombianos, en el que se puede apreciar de manera única la trayectoria y el desarrollo de este género en el país desde la segunda mitad del siglo XX hasta hoy. Las partituras que aquí se reproducen dan cuenta de los diferentes acercamientos y de las vinculaciones estéticas y estilísticas que ha tenido el músico...

Those that Fly without Wings is a study concentrating on the practice of music and dance within a Chilean immigrant community in Oslo. It is a qualitative and interpretive account of how music activity plays a part in the negotiation and construction of immigrant identity, as well as how it gives a voice to tensions and contradictions within an immigrant group in an urban landscape. The study concerns a community with a considerable musical activity of various Latin American genres, taking place in public as well as private arenas. By engaging with both historical and present discourses in...