Rollos de Pianola

PIANOLA: PORTRAIT OF A MUSICAL WONDER   Its ancestors For centuries; the ability to enjoy music without the effort of learning the associated necessary techniques has been a chief motivation for many inventors, inspiring them to create different forms of music mechanization. The treatise La Tonotechnie ou l'art de noter les cylinders, written in 1775 by the Augustinian monk Domingo Engranelle, shows evidence of this motivation. His work served as a theoretical fundament for several subsequent inventions, including the mechanical instruments that preceded the pianola. Several of t...+ info

Julian Arcas

María Esther Guzmán, guitarra

AN EVENTFUL LIFE Julián Gabino Arcas Lacal was bo.rn in María (Almería) on 25th October 1832. His father, Pedro Arcas, was a good amateur guitarist who followed the work of Dionisio Aguado and his school. At an early age he was to start teaching his sons Julian and Manuel, both of whom immediately showed a natural affinity for the instrument. When Julián is 12, the Arcas family moves to a Malaga, perhaps attracted by the economic boom the city was then experiencing. Here, he is taught by José Asencio, Dionisio Aguado's favourite guitarrist, who was capitali...+ info

La generación Musical del 27

Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla

Conductor: Antoni Ros Marbá

En torno a 1920 se inicia en España un nuevo periodo musical, que protagoniza la denominada Generación del 27 o de la República. Esta generación tuvo como principales protagonistas a una serie de compositores, que, desde Madrid y Barcelona, y teniendo como mentores a Manuel de Falla y al gran crítico Adolfo Salazar, dieron nueva vida a la música española.Los músicos españoles contribuyeron, en compañía de los Lorca, dalí, La Argentina, La Argentinita, Buñuel, etc, a elevar la vida cultural español...+ info