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Con la globalización, las músicas que hasta hace poco sólo eran posibles en un sitio en concreto, en un ámbito social y circunstancias singulares, están disponibles para todos, en cualquier momento y lugar. Y junto a ellas, el particular color sonoro de los instrumentos que las producen. En la torre de Babel de sus nombres encontramos todas las variantes linguisticas para una huella acustica caracteristica. Por ello, este glosario pretende ser una guia para quien desee internarse por caminos musicales poco conocidos. Un mapa del tesoro (con mas de 20.000 entradas) para descubrir la forma, el tono y la intencion de unas herramientas que han labrado ya los oidos de todo el planeta.

A memoir by the 2019 Wellcome Prize winner Will Eaves that looks at the creation of eight piano pieces A wonderfully sensitive and probing meditation on the writing of words and music Rolf Hind composer and pianistWhat lies behind the creation of a piece of music Does it spring fully formed from a composer s mind or take shape in the recesses of the brain revealing itself in stages over time Is the creative act deliberate or happenstance An inspired vision or the result of practice Will Eaves author and musician shares his experience of writing eight new piano pieces after many years away from the keyboard Some of the music is found in old notebooks and teenage enthusiasms some of it is caught on the wing a response to the resurgence of the natural world during COVID lockdown None of it is what he is meant to be doing But then not all artistic interests are primary or professional interests Sometimes it s the second string activities the diversions that bring work and life into focus The Point of Distraction is a unique account of music making that embraces Bach film jazz literature neuroscience and the mystery of will power in its search for meaning At its heart is a love of skill an openness to self doubt and a belief that we are all mo

Just as a cello s voice is divided across four strings each with its own colour and character this is a journey in four parts in search of four players and their instruments In Cello Kate Kennedy weaves together the lives of four remarkable cellists who suffered various forms of persecution injury and misfortune The Hungarian Jewish cellist and composer P¡l Hermann managed to keep one step ahead of the Gestapo for much of the Second World War but was eventually captured and murdered Lise Cristiani the first female professional cello soloist undertook an epic and ultimately fatal concert tour of Siberia in the 1850s taking with her one of the world s greatest Stradivari cellos Anita Lasker Wallfisch was incarcerated in both Auschwitz and Bergen Belsen camps only surviving because she was the cellist in the Auschwitz Birkenau women s orchestra Amedeo Baldovino of the Trieste Piano Trio was forced to jump from a burning ship with his Mara Stradivari losing the cello and nearly losing his own life when the boat was shipwrecked near Buenos Aires Counterpointing the themes raised by these extraordinary stories are a sequence of interludes that draw together the author s reflections on the nature and history of the cello and her many interviews and

A fascinating celebration of the piano, including tales of its masters from Mozart and Beethoven to Oscar Peterson and Jerry Lee Lewis, told with the expertise of composer and author of Temperament, Stuart Isacoff.This history takes us back to the piano''s humble genesis as a simple keyboard, and shows how everyone from Ferdinando de Medici to Herbie Hancock affected its evolution of sound and influence in popular music. Presenting the instrument that has been at the core of musical development over the centuries in all its beauty and complexity, this explores the pianos capabilities and the range of emotional expression it conveys in different artists hands. A Natural History of the Piano is fast-paced and intriguing, with beautiful illustrations and photos, a must-read for music lovers and pianists of every level.