Musicology and Sister Disciplines

El presente diccionario/enciclopedia de bolsillo (tres volúmenes, con un total de 10.000 artículos) constituye una obra de consulta indispensable para todos los aficionados a la música, y extremadamente útil para los estudiantes y profesionales. Su autor, catedrático de Historia de la música e investigador, se ha propuesto tres objetivos fundamentales: ante todo, lograr un máximo acopio de datos en un mínimo espacio. después, equilibrar los tratamientos relativos a la música y los músicos del pasado con la debida atención a las contribuciones contemporáneas. finalmente,...

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The “Bolero” has been part of the sentimental education, not only to inhabitants of Cuba (where the music evolved), or Mexicans (where it became a national art form), but to countless persons around the world, in a study that features “Bésame mucho” and hundreds of additional songs.

Bachata—a guitar-based romantic music that debuted in Santo Domingo’s urban shantytowns in the 1960s—is today one of the hottest Latin genres. Still, fans and musicians have not forgotten the social stigma the genre carried for decades. This book interweaves bachata’s history and development with the socio-political context of Dominican identity. The author argues that its early disfavor resulted from the political climate of its origins and ties between class and race, and proposes that its ultimate acceptance as a symbol of Dominican identity arose from its innovations, the growth...