
El mundo en el oído. El nacimiento de la música en la cultura
Acantilado, 2008 | The World in the Ear: The Birth of Music in Culture
Press
“This book stands as clear proof that the best way to look at music is to take an unorthodox approach, thereby showing how it overlaps with the other domains of culture. Ramón Andrés’ book is a fine illustration of what binds music and religion, or music and culture.” Eugenio Trías, El Mundo
“Nearly 500 unputdownable pages for all those in thrall to the art of Euterpe. An intense, beautifully informed way of satisfying their cravings. Music, in essence, seen and heard in the words of a man who is not only a great connoisseur and lover of the art, but also a man who cultivates everything music has meant and continues to mean as an aesthetic pleasure, as well as a work rooted in the most exacting of scholarship.” Enrique Badosa, ABC
“Ramón Andrés has the disposition of a Renaissance figure. A man in possession of a rich intellectual universe. The world in the ear is his most ambitious work.” Ana María Dávila, El Mundo
“Ramón Andrés, a one-off on our shores, is the author of highly readable, erudite essays.” Carles Barba, La Vanguardia
“A towering work. A book no lover of music will want to go without.” Andrés Ibáñez, ABC
“The world in the ear is a concerto grosso that wants for nothing. Its pages are home to history, philosophy, astronomy, mythology, mathematics and musical theory, disciplines that form the cornerstones of this solid essay.” Rosa Massagué, El Periódico
“A journey recounted with taste and skill, with an erudition worn lightly that makes for a thrilling read”. Reforma (México)
Synopsis
(The world in the ear: the birth of music in culture) When did music begin? This question guides Ramón Andrés as he travels from man’s first encounter with sound right up to the present day composers, from China to Mesopotamia, via India, Egypt, Greece and Rome, before ending up in the modern West, drawing on magic, medicine, mathematics and astronomy. The world in the ear is an extraordinarily well-documented study, as well as a thrilling journey through an art that, century after century, has proven to be an unparalleled source of learning and delight.
- Claudio Monteverdi, ‘Lamento della Ninfa’
- Pensar y no caer
- Poesía reunida / Aforismos
- Semper dolens. Historia del suicidio en Occidente
- El luthier de Delft. Música, pintura y ciencia en tiempos de Vermeer y Spinoza
- Diccionario de música, mitología, magia y religión
- No sufrir compañía. Escritos místicos sobre el silencio
- La comba mágica
- Diccionario de instrumentos musicales
- El oyente infinito. Reflexiones y sentencias sobre música de Nietzsche a nuestros días
- Johan Sebastian Bach. Los días, las ideas y los libros
MB Authors
- Pepa AGUAR
- Pablo ARANDA
- Juan Luis ARSUAGA
- Manuel ASTUR
- Flavita BANANA
- Joan BARRIL
- Nuria BARRIOS
- María BASTARÓS
- Felipe BENÍTEZ REYES
- Joan-Daniel BEZSONOFF
- BLACKIE BOOKS
- Joana BONET
- Juan BONILLA
- Emilio BUESO
- Leonardo CANO
- Pablo CARBONELL
- Martín CASARIEGO
- Nicolás CASARIEGO
- Paula CIFUENTES
- Juan CUADRA
- Mario CUENCA SANDOVAL
- Malén DENÍS
- Elizabeth DUVAL
- Maria ESCALAS
- Cristina FALLARÁS
- Eneko FERNÁNDEZ
- Laura FERRERO
- Josep Maria FONALLERAS
- Albert FORNS CANAL
- Miguel GALLARDO
- Olivia GALLO
- Xenia GARCÍA
- Ignacio GARCÍA-VALIÑO
- José A. GARRIGA VELA
- David B. GIL
- Santi GIMÉNEZ
- Marcos GIRALT TORRENTE
- Enric GONZÁLEZ
- Ismael GRASA
- Luci GUTIÉRREZ
- Javier GUTIÉRREZ
- Najat El HACHMI
- Alicia KOPF
- Use LAHOZ
- Lucía LIJTMAER
- Shaina Joy MACHLUS
- Ignacio MARTÍNEZ DE PISóN
- Ramon MAS
- Ana MERINO
- Luna MIGUEL
- Amarna MILLER
- Miquel OBIOLS
- Bruno ORO
- Miqui OTERO
- Anna PACHECO
- Vicenç PAGÈS JORDÀ
- Enric PARDO
- Concepción PEREA
- Juan Manuel DE PRADA
- Jordi PUNTÍ
- Llucia RAMIS
- Antonio J. RODRÍGUEZ
- Félix ROMEO
- Carmen ROMERO
- Xavier RUBERT DE VENTÓS
- Gemma RUIZ
- Juanjo SÁEZ
- Gabriel SALVADÓ
- Màrius SERRA
- Rubén SERRANO
- Ramon SOLSONA
- José Miguel TOMASENA
- David TRUEBA
- Juan VICO
- Enrique VILA-MATAS
- Rosario VILLAJOS
- Rolando VILLAZÓN
- Pedro ZARRALUKI