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Music: styles & genres

Paperback. Leonard Meyer proposes a theory of style and style change that relates the choices made by composers to the constraints of psychology, cultural context, and musical traditions. The latter part of this book contains a sketch-history of 19th-century music. Num Pages: 376 pages, musical examples throughout. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226521527
ISBN
9780226521527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.16

Paperback. Meyer makes a valuable statement on aesthetics, criteria for assessing great works of music, compositional practices and theories of the present day, and predictions of the future of Western culture. His postlude, written for the book's twenty-fifth anniversary, looks back at his thoughts on the direction of music in 1967. Series: Centennial Publications of The University of Chicago Press. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACX; AVGC6; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
354
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226521435
ISBN
9780226521435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. .
Publisher
RANDOM HOUSE INTERNATIONAL
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780767931373
ISBN
9780767931373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.95

hardcover. Profusely illustrated. Reproductions of paintings and engravings in the period of a given opera's historical setting illuminate the author's interpretations. Num Pages: 256 pages, 375ill. BIC Classification: AKTA; AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 184 x 19. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780810829336
ISBN
9780810829336
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.28

Hardback. Profusely illustrated. Reproductions of paintings and engravings in the period of a given opera's historical setting illuminate the author's interpretations. Num Pages: 371 pages, 380ill. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 225 x 27. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
371
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810827431
ISBN
9780810827431
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.11

Paperback. Leo Black, a pupil of Rubbra in the 1950s, presents a full-scale study of his symphonies (the first for twenty years). A biographical sketch throws light on legends about the BBC and Rubbra; there are full programme notes on each symphony, with accounts of important non-symphonic works. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843839330
ISBN
9781843839330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.58

Hardcover. Studying the construction of Irish national identity from the early eighteenth until the mid-nineteenth centuries, this book focuses on how texts concerning Irish music, and the social settings within which those texts emerged, contributed to the imagining of Ireland as "the Land of Song." Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; AVGH; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268025779
ISBN
9780268025779
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.47

Paperback. Explores the allure of Cash's contradictory persona Series: Profiles in Popular Music. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGL; AVH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253220615
ISBN
9780253220615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.82

Paperback. This is the story of a cultural phenomenon which embraced Andy Warhol, Jim Morrison, Lou Reed, David Bowie, Patti Smith, The Sex Pistols, Iggy Pop, and more. Documenting a time of self-destruction and peverse innocence, this text has contributions from both stars and groupies. Num Pages: 544 pages, Section: 16, B&W. BIC Classification: AVGU; HBTD; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 37. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349108803
ISBN
9780349108803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Hardcover. A richly detailed portrait of the music and surrounding culture in one of history's most creative eras. Num Pages: 1152 pages, Illustrations and music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 188 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1836.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
1148
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393046083
ISBN
9780393046083
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.89
€ 85.55

Hardback. Series: Fallen Leaf Reference Books in Music. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780914913054
ISBN
9780914913054
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.79

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hal Leonard Corporation United States
Edition
Pap/Com
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9781458416452
ISBN
9781458416452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.31

Paperback. Bob Dylan's contribution to popular music is immeasurable. Venerated as rock's one true genius, Dylan is considered responsible for introducing a new range of topics and new lyrical complexity into popular music. Without Bob Dylan, rock critic Dave Marsh once claimed, there would be no popular music as we understand it today. Series: Polity Celebrities Series. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745636429
ISBN
9780745636429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.46

Paperback. .
Publisher
Sanctuary Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Book & CD
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860741388
ISBN
9781860741388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 254 pages, numerous halftones and musical examples. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVGC9; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195181968
ISBN
9780195181968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 88.87

Paperback. Presents an illustrated oral history of the Magnetic Fields' 1999 triple album, "69 Love Songs" - an album that was afforded "classic" status - as told by participants, fans and others. It also includes studio anecdotes, performance notes from the album shows in New York and London, rare and unpublished images, personal memorabilia, and others. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 160 pages, 45 illustrations (b & w). BIC Classification: AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 104 x 11. Weight in Grams: 166. Series: 33 1/3. 160 pages, 45 illustrations (b & w). Presents an illustrated oral history of the Magnetic Fields' 1999 triple album, "69 Love Songs" - an album that was afforded "classic" status - as told by participants, fans and others. It also includes studio anecdotes, performance notes from the album shows in New York and London, rare and unpublished images, personal memorabilia, and others. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGP. Dimension: 157 x 104 x 11. Weight: 164.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826419255
ISBN
9780826419255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.62

Paperback. Explores classical music's nature of subjectivity, the conquest of time and mortality, the harmonization of humanity and technology, the cultivation of attention, and the liberation of human energy. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520258037
ISBN
9780520258037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.01

Paperback. Shows how classical music can take on new meaning and new life when approached from postmodernist standpoints. This book provides an account of the postmodernist ethos, explains its relationship to music, and explores that relationship in a series of case studies ranging from Haydn and Mendelssohn to Ives and Ravel. Num Pages: 278 pages, 1 b&w illustration, 34 music examples. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520207004
ISBN
9780520207004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.19

Paperback. Expression and truth are traditional opposites in Western thought: expression supposedly refers to states of mind, truth to states of affairs. This title features five theses that connect expression to description, cognition, the presence and absence of speech, and the conjunction of address and reply. Num Pages: 184 pages, 7 music examples. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 11. Weight in Grams: 298. On the Music of Knowledge. 184 pages, illustrations. Expression and truth are traditional opposites in Western thought: expression supposedly refers to states of mind, truth to states of affairs. This title features five theses that connect expression to description, cognition, the presence and absence of speech, and the conjunction of address and reply. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 11. Weight: 298.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520273962
ISBN
9780520273962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. Offers a comprehensive essay on understanding musical meaning and performing music meaningfully - 'interpreting music' in both senses of the term. This book argues that music, far from being closed to interpretation, is ideally open to it, and that musical interpretation is the paradigm of interpretation in general. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 music examples. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520267060
ISBN
9780520267060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.24

Paperback. What, exactly, is knowledge of music? And what does it tell us about humanistic knowledge in general? In this book, the author assesses musical scholarship in the aftermath of critical musicology and musical hermeneutics and in view of concerns with embodiment, affect, and performance. Num Pages: 224 pages, 17 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC; DSA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520288805
ISBN
9780520288805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. The Creole Band, which existed from 1914-1918, was the first important jazz band, bringing jazz to the wider American public, from California to Massachusetts. This is the first history of the important group, written by a renowned scholar of early jazz. Num Pages: 400 pages, 47 halftones & line illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199732333
ISBN
9780199732333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.00

hardcover. Provides an overview of the current state of research on Machaut (ca. 1300-1377), a major figure in 14th century French music and poetry, with fair representation of the many areas of Machaut research that are pursued outside of music. The volume begins with a biography and a section covering his l Series: Composer Resource Manuals. Num Pages: 696 pages, maps, photographs, illustrations, glossary, indexes. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 140 x 43. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Routledge United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
696
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824023232
ISBN
9780824023232
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 247.14

Paperback. Features essays by scholars and organists that examine the music of Franck and other nineteenth-century French organist-composers through stylistic analysis, study of compositional process, and exploration of how ideas about organ technique and performance-practice traditions developed and became codified. Editor(s): Archbold, Lawrence; Peterson, William J. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 340 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; AVA; AVGC; AVRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 232 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
340
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580460712
ISBN
9781580460712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.94

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