¿Hubo influencia del cristianismo del traductor? De acuerdo con la página web Arqueología mexicana, el Popol Vuh es la obra maya más importante que ha llegado a nuestros días y, por su contenido, se puede colocar al lado de obras clásicas como el Ramayana o La Odisea. Efectivamente, el Popol Vuh es una obra que […]
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En el inmenso reino de la música, el órgano se erige como un monarca indiscutible, «desde siempre y con razón, se considera el rey de los instrumentos musicales» (1). Su presencia imponente y su versatilidad lo posicionan como el epicentro de la música, tanto clásica como contemporánea. Hasta la revolución industrial era la máquina más
This essay was originally a journal for the elective ART! Art as a Legionary Apostolate. Some editions were made in order to publish on this blog. Sacred architecture was one of my main interests that led me to study an elective course of art as apostolate. If the goal is to use art as a
A comparison between art and music I chose Verdi’s Dies Irae and Martin’s The Great Day of His Wrath for this comparative essay. I shall focus on only two movements of the Requiem: Dies Irae and Tuba Mirum, which are both at the very beginning of the sequence. This Mass was composed in memory of
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Rafael Chávez Torres’ Duelo de la Patria and Theodor Axentowicz’s Under the Burden of Adversity: a comparison between art and music Duelo de la Patria is one of Costa Rica’s most important musical works. It is a funeral march composed by Rafael Chávez Torres, director of the country’s military bands, from 1882 on the occasion
