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Hardback. Deals with classical issues in the philosophy of music, including metaphysics and ontology. This book argues that music is not a hieroglyph, nor a language or sign system. It argues that music is 'ineffable', because it cannot be pinned down, and has a capacity to engender limitless resonance in several domains. Translator(s): Abbate, Carolyn. Num Pages: 200 pages, 7 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVA; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691090474
ISBN
9780691090474
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 46.46

Paperback. Why does music have such an effect on our minds and bodies? It is the most mysterious and most intangible of all forms of art. Anthony Storr believes that music today is a significant experience for a greater number of people than ever before, and in this book he explores why this should be so. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
HarperCollins
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006861867
ISBN
9780006861867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.45

Hardcover. A radical re-assessment of the post-modern study of music Series: Musical Meaning & Interpretation. Num Pages: 248 pages, 21 music exx. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 169 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253357038
ISBN
9780253357038
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.70

paperback. Representing a broad range of academic disciplines and geographic regions, this work examines how the imagination of race has influenced musical production, reception, and scholarly analysis. It reviews the history of race in European and American, non-Western and global music. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 720 pages, 36 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: AV; JFCX; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 40. Weight in Grams: 930.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
720
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226702001
ISBN
9780226702001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.16

Paperback. The music, religion, and relationships of the exceptional Wesley family Editor(s): Temperley, Nicholas; Banfield, Stephen. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 black and white photographs, 47 musical examples, 12 tables. BIC Classification: AVGD; HRCC95. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252077678
ISBN
9780252077678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Hardback. The music, religion, and relationships of the exceptional Wesley family Editor(s): Temperley, Nicholas; Banfield, Stephen. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 black and white photographs, 47 musical examples, 12 tables. BIC Classification: AVGD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252035814
ISBN
9780252035814
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.34

Paperback. Translator(s): Biebuyck, B. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: AVA; JFC; JHM; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226730066
ISBN
9780226730066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.87
€ 43.98

Hardback. Exploring the ideas of consensus, resistance and rupture, this book contributes an important and nuanced reflection to the current debate on modernism in music. Series: Music in Society and Culture. Num Pages: 269 pages, 37, 4 black & white illustrations, 33 black & white line drawings, 4 black and white, 33. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; 3JJG; AVGC6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838104
ISBN
9781843838104
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 50.62

Paperback. Voice and piano. Commissioning organisation: Words and Music by Robert Sayers. 4 p. 32 cm. 4 page song sheet. Good dulled and previously folded copy. Scores bright and clean. Keywords: Subjects
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
People's Songs
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1938
SKU
KEX0101732
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 90.73
€ 4.99

paperback. This book offers a groundbreaking account of how music interacts with young people's everyday lives. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748623815
ISBN
9780748623815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 35.15

Hardcover. Previous owner's signature on ffep
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Columbia University, New York New Jersey
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1905
SKU
KNH0008698
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. How are conductors' silent gestures magicked into sound by a group of more than a hundred brilliant but belligerent musicians? From London to Budapest, Bamberg to Vienna, this title recreates great orchestral concerts as a collection of countless human and musical stories. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC; AVH; AVRB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571240487
ISBN
9780571240487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.50

Hardcover. Why do human beings find some tone combinations consonant and others dissonant? Why do we make music using only a small number of scales out the billions that are possible? Dale Purves shows that rethinking music theory in biological terms offers a new approach to centuries-long debates about the organization and impact of music. Num Pages: 164 pages, 44 color illustrations, 2 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: AV; PSAJ; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 244 x 20. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674545151
ISBN
9780674545151
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.07

Paperback. People around the world and throughout history have used music to express their inner emotions, reach out to the divine, woo lovers, celebrate weddings, inspire political movements, and lull babies to sleep. This title explores why it is that music and dance are so often at the center of our profound personal and social experiences. Num Pages: 280 pages, 6 halftones, 2 tables, 1 compact disc. BIC Classification: AV; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Pap/Com
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226816982
ISBN
9780226816982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691168050
ISBN
9780691168050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.86

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472455987
ISBN
9781472455987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.30

Paperback. Music at German Courts serves to illustrate the extraordinary diversity of eighteenth-century German court music establishments without losing sight of what these Kapellen had in common. Editor(s): Owens, Samantha; Reul, Barbara M.; Stockigt, Janice B. Num Pages: 504 pages, 20 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; AVGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 31. Weight in Grams: 746.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783270583
ISBN
9781783270583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.74

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
506
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843835981
ISBN
9781843835981
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.63

Paperback. With a foreword by Daniel Barenboim Music at the Limits is the first book to bring together three decades of Edward Said's essays and articles on music. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: AVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284. 352 pages. With a foreword by Daniel Barenboim Music at the Limits is the first book to bring together three decades of Edward Said's essays and articles on music. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVC. Dimension: 199 x 127 x 23. Weight: 250.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747598749
ISBN
9780747598749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.30

Hardcover. The internment diary of Austrian composer Hans Gal (1890-1987) with a biographical study of his life and career. Includes a CD of first recordings of three of his works from the period. Translator(s): Fox, Anthony; Fox-Gal, Eva. Num Pages: 244 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; AVH; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Toccata Press United Kingdom
Edition
Har/Com
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907689751
ISBN
9780907689751
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.96

Paperback. Start your music career off right with this fun guide to the music industry Music Business For Dummies explains the ins and outs of the music industry for artists and business people just starting out. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AV; KNTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 189 x 25. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119049654
ISBN
9781119049654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 21.91

Paperback. Written and designed specifically as a practical reference book for students taking the GCSE exam, "Music Dictionary" also provides a valuable reference for all music students. 3500 entries provide information on musical works, technical and foreign music terms, musical forms and more. Num Pages: 414 pages, 2 colour book. BIC Classification: 4KHT; YQB. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 209 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
SKU
KCG0004046
ISBN
9780521569309
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. One of Broadway's foremost music directors emerges from the orchestra pit to tell how the music is put into a musical show. Part descriptive account, part instruction manual, this book offers a unique and invaluable look behind the scenes, from the point of view of the musical chief of staff, the music director. Num Pages: 416 pages, 73 music examples and 31 photographs. BIC Classification: ANF; AVGC9; AVGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 179 x 24. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199993413
ISBN
9780199993413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.84

Hardback. Explores how political pressures affected musical life on both sides of the iron curtain during the early years of the cold war. This study illuminates the pervasive political anxieties of the day through attention to artistic, music-theoretical, and propagandistic responses to the music of Hungary's renowned 20th-century composer, Bela Bartok. Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 250 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 12 music examples. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 1DVU; 3JJPG; AVGC6; AVH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520249653
ISBN
9780520249653
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.99
€ 64.94

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