Music: styles & genres
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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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 43.99
€ 36.94