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Paperback. Addressing a diverse set of improvised art and music forms-from jazz and cinema to dance and literature-this volume traces how the social, political, and the aesthetic relate within the context of improvisation. Editor(s): Born, Georgina; Lewis, Eric; Straw, Will. Series: Improvisation, Community, and Social Practice. Num Pages: 360 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; AVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822361947
ISBN
9780822361947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Microgroove continues John Corbett's exploration of diverse musics, with essays, interviews, and musician profiles that focus on jazz, improvised music, contemporary classical, rock, folk, blues, post-punk, and cartoon music, as well as painting, design, dance, and poetry. Num Pages: 496 pages, 60 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ5; AVC; AVGJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 31. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822358701
ISBN
9780822358701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.92

Hardback. Addressing a diverse set of improvised art and music forms-from jazz and cinema to dance and literature-this volume traces how the social, political, and the aesthetic relate within the context of improvisation. Editor(s): Born, Georgina; Lewis, Eric; Straw, Will. Series: Improvisation, Community, and Social Practice. Num Pages: 360 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; AVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822361787
ISBN
9780822361787
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.19

Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 b&w illus., 31 music exx. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; AVC; AVGC5; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1900
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253021991
ISBN
9780253021991
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.34

Paperback. Jazz is born of collaboration, improvisation, and listening. This book weaves an argument about how individuals can preserve and improve civic life in a democratic culture. It will appeal to scholars across disciplines as diverse as political science, performance studies, musicology, and literary criticism. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVC; AVGJ; CFG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226218212
ISBN
9780226218212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.85

Paperback. Series: Ethnomusicology Multimedia. Num Pages: 360 pages, 91 music exx., 27 b&w illus., 2 maps, 33 video, 30 audio. BIC Classification: AVA; AVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253019455
ISBN
9780253019455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.32

Multiple-component retail product. A "you are there" guide to masterpieces of Western music. Num Pages: 624 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: AVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 277 x 214 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393929881
ISBN
9780393929881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 131.56
€ 125.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; AVC; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816669844
ISBN
9780816669844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. In Terminated for Reasons of Taste, veteran rock critic Chuck Eddy brings lost, ignored, and maligned pop music to the fore, considering marginalized styles and artists right alongside pop music's heavyweights like Bruce Springsteen, the Beastie Boys, and Taylor Swift. Num Pages: 344 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AVC; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362258
ISBN
9780822362258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. This book is the first truly comprehensive critique of organology (the study of musical instruments as related to the human body). Translator(s): Bishop, Will. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: AVC; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 254 x 23. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823267064
ISBN
9780823267064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: AVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226448558
ISBN
9780226448558
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.82
€ 79.04

Hardback. Series: Beethoven Sketchbook Series. Num Pages: 144 pages, 8 black and white photographs, 8 musical examples, 1 table, 78 color plates. BIC Classification: AVC; AVGC4; AVH; AVQ; AVRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 396 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252039706
ISBN
9780252039706
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.33

paperback. Editor(s): Hellier, Ruth. Num Pages: 264 pages, 17 black and white photographs, 2 charts, 1 music example. BIC Classification: AVC; AVH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780252081804
ISBN
9780252081804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.59

Hardback. Series: Publications of the Early Music Institute. Num Pages: 320 pages, 84 b&w illus., 76 music exx., 42 tables. BIC Classification: AVC; AVRL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 613.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253021236
ISBN
9780253021236
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.58

Hardback. Num Pages: 180 pages, 150 color + b/w illus. BIC Classification: AGHF; AVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 235. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Yale University Press France
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780300230093
ISBN
9780300230093
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.89

Hardback. With roots in popular music traditions, improvisation, and the avant-garde, this book provides a lens through which we can better understand the meaning and creation of the counterculture community. It examines the wider significance and impact of its politics of improvisation. Editor(s): Meriwether, Nicholas. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; AVC; AVGP; AVH; HBLX; HPCF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520286641
ISBN
9780520286641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.82
€ 72.77

Hardback. The "Treatise on Musical Objects" by Pierre Schaeffer is regarded as his most important work on music and its relationship with technology. Drawing on acoustics, physics, and physiology, but also philosophy and the relationship between subject and object, this book summarizes his theoretical and practical work in music composition. Translator(s): North, Christine; Dack, John. Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 543 pages, 6 music ex, 7 b/w halftones, 55 line art. BIC Classification: AVC; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
543
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520294295
ISBN
9780520294295
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.82
€ 72.70

Paperback. Editor(s): Kearney, Leslie. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVC; AVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691602639
ISBN
9780691602639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 50.82

Hardback. Placing the body at the center of critical improvisation studies, the contributors to Negotiated Moments explore the challenges of negotiating subjectivity through improvisation in various forms-from jazz, Japanese taiko drumming, and Iranian classical music to sound walking and political street theater. Editor(s): Siddall, Gillian; Waterman, Ellen. Series: Improvisation, Community, and Social Practice. Num Pages: 376 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVC; AVGJ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 682.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822360827
ISBN
9780822360827
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.80

Hardback. In Terminated for Reasons of Taste, veteran rock critic Chuck Eddy brings lost, ignored, and maligned pop music to the fore, considering marginalized styles and artists right alongside pop music's heavyweights like Bruce Springsteen, the Beastie Boys, and Taylor Swift. Num Pages: 344 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AVC; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822361893
ISBN
9780822361893
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.33

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