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Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Examines the effect of fundamental political upheaval on the music of Béla Bartók, Dmitri Shostakovich and Witold Lutosławski. All three composers actively embraced the climate change in Eastern Europe and, despite adverse pressures, found a way to develop their own musical language in works of triumphant originality and power.
4) Colour
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Painting and poetry developed a more abstract style during the latter part of the 19th century, and music was quick to follow. Sir Rattle looks at the shift away from the melody towards an emphasis on tone color or "timbre."
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Español
Formats
Description
La historia de un hombre que soñó un país unido por la música y enloqueció queriendo escribir un libro perfecto que lo contara Toño Azpilcueta pasa sus días entre su trabajo en un colegio, su familia y su gran pasión, la música criolla, sobre la que lleva investigando desde su juventud.
"Toño Azpilcueta, experto en música criolla, descubre a un guitarrista virtuoso, Lalo Molfino, cuyo talento parece confirmar todas sus intuiciones:...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ren MacCormack moves from Boston to the small town of Bomont, where he experiences a heavy dose of culture shock. A few years prior, the community was rocked by a tragic accident that killed five teenagers after a night out. Bomont's councilmen and the beloved Reverend Shaw Moore responded by invoking ordinances that prohibit loud music and dancing. Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ban, revitalizes the town, and falls in love with...
11) Pitch perfect
Language
English
Description
Arriving at her new college, Beca finds herself not right for any clique but somehow is muscled into one that she never would have picked on her own: alongside mean girls, sweet girls and weird girls whose only thing in common is how good they sound when they sing together. When Beca leads this a cappella singing group out of their traditional arrangements and perfect harmonies into all-new mash-ups, they fight to climb their way to the top of college...
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Behind the music of Nashville lies a web of betrayal, heartbreak, and rivalry second to none. Rayna James is the Queen of Country, but there's a new 'royal' on the rise. Meet Juliette Barnes, a hot, young diva poised to knock Rayna off her throne, both on the charts and in the heart of Rayna's lead guitarist and former lover, Deacon Claybourne. All twenty-one riveting episodes from the first season and never-before-seen bonus features.
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
In the 20th century, music in the West freed itself from the dominance of melody and explored the richness of musical pulse for its own sake. Starting with the driving power of Stravinsky's Sacre du printemps, Sir Simon Rattle takes viewers on a vibrant sensory journey.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Español
Description
Andina represents the full-blooded, upbeat spirit of the music of the Peruvian Andes in a mesmerising collection of hard to find tracks from a unique decade. Psychedelic big bands, rhythmic folk and Peruvian cumbia rub shoulders with Andean huayno rhythms and electric instrumentation for the very first time into what became a vibrant music scene.
15) La revolución
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Español
Description
Wisin & Yandel's seventh studio album consists of 17 musical subjects with a fusion of sorts and integrated styles as they do best. The duo's opening of Women in the Club soars with participation of hip-hop superstar 50 Cent.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Optimistic high school teacher Will Schuester tries to refuel his own passion while reinventing McKinley High's Glee Club and challenging a group of outcasts to realize their star potential. Going up against McKinley's cruel high school caste system and facing harsh criticism from everyone around him, Will becomes determined to prove them all wrong.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Tom Hanks' extended cut.
Language
English
Description
Working in his family appliance story, jazz aficionado Guy Patterson is recruited into the band The Wonders. After Guy injects a Merseybeat rhythm into lead singer Jimmy's ballad, the song's undeniable pop power flings the group into a brief whirlwind of success.
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