Un par de alas

La obra de Rousseau ha sido objeto de numerosas traducciones, sin embargo no existían hasta ahora ediciones accesibles al lector en castellano de los textos sobre música. Dichos textos, una importante selección de los cuales se recogen en este volumen, no sólo son significativos desde el punto de vista de la teoría o filosofía musical sino que constituyen la primera producción literaria teórica del Romanticismo. En ellos Rousseau polemiza con Rameau -que sostuvo que el propósito de la música no era sólo agradar al oído, sino también el facilitar el conocimiento de la realidad- y...

BILINGUAL ENGLISH/SPANISH EDITION This charming, gift-worthy 6 x 6-inch paperback presents a wide selection of beautifully tinted photographic postcards of and by Argentine cowboys, or gauchos, in the early 1900s. Often reproduced with stamps, postmarks and handwriting perfectly preserved, these fascinating relics depict life on the Argentine prairie with documentary candor as well as romantic aplomb. Here we find many photographs of the gauchos with their horses, at their ranches, playing their guitars and courting their wives. Cows are quartered, houses are raised, rivers forged and duels...

"A richly illustrated pamphlet details life and accomplishments of one of Argentina's first collectors of European art. Del Valle (1845-96) had comprehensive tastes and his collection ran the gamut from Renaissance Spanish portraits to an 'arlequin dansant' by Degas"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

The O'Sullivan twins make two new friends at school, Mirabel and Gladys. Together they have many adventures and discover the power of friendship.