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Music: styles & genres

Paperback. Kyra Vayne was born in Petrograd in 1916. Her White Russian parents fled to London when she was a small child, amid scenes of great chaos. She became a singer and at the height of her career Kyra appeared with some of the greats of the era including Gigli, Gobbi, Bergonzi and the young Janet Baker. Num Pages: 189 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC9; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Arcadia Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KRA0010848
ISBN
9781900850278
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A collection of articles that enlighten readers about the recording and song writing techniques that helped create 50 great albums, spanning as far back as 1967 and as recent as 2011, revealing the methodology of numerous talented artists, producers, and engineers. Editor(s): Swenson Gordon, Kylee. Series: Electronic Musician Presents. Num Pages: 242 pages, Black and White Photos throughout. BIC Classification: AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402. Series: Electronic Musician Presents. 242 pages, Black and White Photos throughout. Editor(s): Swenson Gordon, Kylee. A collection of articles that enlighten readers about the recording and song writing techniques that helped create 50 great albums, spanning as far back as 1967 and as recent as 2011, revealing the methodology of numerous talented artists, producers, and engineers. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGP. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hal Leonard Corporation United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9781617130410
ISBN
9781617130410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. First performed at the midpoint of the twentieth century, John Cage's 4'33", a composition conceived of without a single musical note, is among the most celebrated and ballyhooed cultural gestures in the history of modern music. This title offers the reader both an expert's analysis and highly personal interpretation of Cage's most divisive work. Series: Icons of America. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC6; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300171297
ISBN
9780300171297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.93

Paperback. A bold innovator who redefined contemporary opera Series: American Composers. Num Pages: 184 pages, 12 b&w photographs, 4 charts, discography. BIC Classification: AVGC9; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252078873
ISBN
9780252078873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Paperback. Presents the author's diaries, which were found after his death in 1994. This title provides an account of the rise and fall of a great popular artist and icon. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustration. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 271 x 213 x 28. Weight in Grams: 866.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141011462
ISBN
9780141011462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.82

Hardback. Chronicles the life of this singular jazz clarinetist, and a detailed discography contains exhaustive data unavailable elsewhere. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 262 pages, 33ill. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVGK; AVRN; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810825383
ISBN
9780810825383
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.43

Hardcover. Num Pages: 832 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 151 x 33. Weight in Grams: 862.
Publisher
powerHouse Books,U.S. United States
Number of pages
648
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781576874974
ISBN
9781576874974
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 27.88

Hardback. Explores the female roles in Mozart's four most frequently performed operas, "Le nozze di Figaro", "Don Giovanni", "Cosi fan tutte", and "Die Zauberflote". Each chapter looks at the music, libretto text, literary sources, and historical factors that give shape to a character, re-evaluating common assumptions and proposing fresh interpretations. Num Pages: 352 pages, 37 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
341
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520248021
ISBN
9780520248021
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.70
€ 64.45

Hardcover. The first in-depth biography of one of music's most fascinating, colourful and innovative characters. The definitive history of the last of the black music pioneers. Num Pages: 376 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: AVGQ; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 34. Weight in Grams: 772.
Publisher
Omnibus Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783051540
ISBN
9781783051540
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.55

Paperback. Employing modes of criticism and theory that have transformed study in the humanities, this title addresses questions seldom if ever raised in jazz writing: What are the implications of building jazz history around the medium of the phonograph record? Why did jazz writers first make the claim that jazz is an art? Editor(s): Gabbard, Krin. Num Pages: 304 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
2nd ed.
SKU
V9780822315964
ISBN
9780822315964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Paperback. Arguing that jazz films create images of racial and sexual identity, many of which have become inseparable from popular notions of the music itself, this study explores the fundamental obsessions that American culture has brought to jazz in the cinema. Num Pages: 362 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; AVGJ; AVGK; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
y First edition
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226277899
ISBN
9780226277899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.66

Hardback. Charles Mingus is one of the most important - and most mythologized-composers and performers in jazz history. Classically trained and of mixed race, he was an outspoken innovator as well as a bandleader, composer, producer, and record-label owner. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 336 pages, 13 b/w. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 27. Weight in Grams: 592.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520260375
ISBN
9780520260375
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. The Grateful Dead are perhaps the most legendary American rock band of all time. For thirty years, beginning in the hippie scene of San Francisco in 1965, they were a musical institution, the original jam band that broke new ground in so many ways. Num Pages: 400 pages, 30 black and white photograph, 16 page colour photograph insert. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 226 x 43. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Griffin Publishing United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781250034007
ISBN
9781250034007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGU; HBJK; JFCA; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837621228
ISBN
9783837621228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 36.07

Paperback. This is the first fully documented biography of the Italian composer Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857-1919), the beloved and popular composer of the opera Pagliacci. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVH; BGF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810858732
ISBN
9780810858732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 113.02

Hardback. This is the first fully documented biography of the Italian composer Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857-1919), the beloved and popular composer of the opera Pagliacci. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVH; BGF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810858800
ISBN
9780810858800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.94

Paperback. The African Imagination in Music offers a fresh introduction to the vast and complex world of Sub-Saharan African music. Through close readings of traditional music and references to popular music, Agawu considers topics including the place of music in society, musical instruments, language and music, and appropriations of African music. Num Pages: 388 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; AVGW; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 236 x 37. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190263218
ISBN
9780190263218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.70

Hardback. The prevailing essentialist assumptions about 'Jewish music,' maintain that ethnic groups, nations, or religious communities possess an essence that must manifest itself in art created by members of that group. This book scrutinizes concepts of Jewish identity and reorders ideas about twentieth-century 'Jewish music' in three case studies. Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 468 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 3 tables, 115 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC6; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 749.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
468
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520250888
ISBN
9780520250888
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.70
€ 64.45

Paperback. An exploration of the stories behind the extraordinary success of Michael Jackson Num Pages: 400 pages, black and white images throughout. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Hal Leonard Corporation United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781480371064
ISBN
9781480371064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.74

hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AVG; JFC; JFFJ; JPFQ. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813574714
ISBN
9780813574714
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.45

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813574707
ISBN
9780813574707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.03

Paperback. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGP; AVGR; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 168 x 9. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781623565428
ISBN
9781623565428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Hardcover. This is the first study of Wilson to eschew chronology for a topical organization that allows discussion of lyrical themes and musical motifs outside of any prejudicial presumptions about their place in the trajectory of his career. Series: Icons of Pop Music. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 black and white photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781908049919
ISBN
9781908049919
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.56

Paperback. This is the first study of Brian Wilson to eschew chronology in favor of a topical organization that allows discussion of lyrical themes and musical motifs outside of any prejudicial presumptions about their place in the trajectory of his career. Series: Icons of Pop Music. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 black and white photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845536633
ISBN
9781845536633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.74

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