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Music: styles & genres

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Music: styles & genres

Multiple-component retail product. Series: Quick Pro Guides. Num Pages: 192 pages, Black and White Illustrations Throughout. BIC Classification: AVGV; AVX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 218 x 11. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Hal Leonard Corporation United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Pap/DVD
Condition
New
SKU
V9781476806020
ISBN
9781476806020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.59

Paperback. In smoky rooms above pubs, bare rooms with battered stools and beer-stained tables, an acoustic revolution took place in Britain in the 1950s and '60s. This was the folk revival, where a generation of musicians, would rediscover the native songs of their own tradition. This book tells the story of this movement. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: AVGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 606.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571305452
ISBN
9780571305452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.51

Hardback. Argues that Brecht's simultaneous work on opera and Lehrstuck in the 1920s generated the concept of audience experience that would come to define epic theater, and that his revisions to the theory of Gestus in the mid-1930s are reminiscent of nineteenth-century opera performance practices of mimesis. Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 tables, 18 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520254824
ISBN
9780520254824
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.37
€ 64.45

Hardback. Investigates the meanings attached to the work as it circulated through Europe during the early Cold War in a kind of symbolic musical remigration, focusing on six case studies: West Germany, Austria, Norway, East Germany, Poland, and Czechoslovakia. Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 b/w illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1D; AVC; AVGC; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520281868
ISBN
9780520281868
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 46.76

Paperback. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628929768
ISBN
9781628929768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.72

Paperback. Focusing on popular huayno music and the ways it has been promoted to Peru's emerging middle class, the author tells a complex story of identity making and the marketing forces entangled with it, providing crucial insights into the dynamics among art, class, and ethnicity that reach far beyond the Andes. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 map, 18 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; AVGH; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226923963
ISBN
9780226923963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Hardback. Focusing on popular huayno music and the ways it has been promoted to Peru's emerging middle class, the author tells a complex story of identity making and the marketing forces entangled with it, providing crucial insights into the dynamics among art, class, and ethnicity that reach far beyond the Andes. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 map, 18 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; AVGH; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226923956
ISBN
9780226923956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.82
€ 82.26

Paperback. The soundtrack of Harrison's spiritual journey begins with the explosions of battle and ends with the harmonies of eternal peace. This work sheds light on the most mysterious of the Beatles, George Harrison, and provides a portrait of the man through his music and spiritual quest. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553817966
ISBN
9780553817966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.56

Paperback. Now in Paperback! J.J. Johnson, known as the spiritual father of modern trombone, has been a notable figure in the history of jazz. His career has embodied virtually every innovation and development in jazz over the past half-century. The first comprehensive biography, filmography, catalog of compositions, and discography of J.J. Johnson. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 496 pages, 25 b&w photographs, bibliography, indexes, filmography, discography. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810842472
ISBN
9780810842472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 104.15

Hardback. This book will be of interest to scholars of Anglophone literary modernism and to musicologists interested in how music was given new literary and cultural meaning during that complex interdisciplinary period. Series: Hopkins Studies in Modernism. Num Pages: 384 pages, 12, 3 black & white illustrations, 9 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC6; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421415239
ISBN
9781421415239
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.45
€ 51.80

Multiple-component retail product. Electronic Dance Music Grooves provides creative insights to help you understand how to build exciting, powerful, and compelling EDM grooves. Series: Quick Pro Guides. Num Pages: 180 pages, black and white. BIC Classification: AVGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 772.
Publisher
Hal Leonard Corporation
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Pap/Psc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781480393769
ISBN
9781480393769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.30

Paperback. A selection of the author's critical essays on music, which includes an analysis of Beethoven's obsession with the key of C minor, an account of William Byrd as a spokesman for the Elizabethan Catholic minority, and papers on the operas "Don Giovanni", "The Magic Flute" and "Tristan and Isolde". Num Pages: 359 pages, 80 music examples, 3 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
359
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520213777
ISBN
9780520213777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.91

Paperback. "A splendid read, at once disturbing and illuminating."-Gramophone Num Pages: 624 pages, 32 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 36. Weight in Grams: 944.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st ptg.
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393330557
ISBN
9780393330557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.93

Hardcover. A revelatory history of the operatic masterpiece that both made and destroyed Rouben Mamoulian, its director and unsung hero. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393240139
ISBN
9780393240139
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.76

Paperback. Here, 16 scholars from Europe and the USA offer essays on topics such as the "Child ballads" in their British and American forms; aspects of the oral literatures of France, Ireland, Scandinavia, ancient Greece, modern Egypt and medieval England as well as recent literary ballads and popular songs. Series: English Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; AVGH; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674060463
ISBN
9780674060463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 halftone illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; ASD; AVGR; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195334067
ISBN
9780195334067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.54

Paperback. First book on hip-hop sampling as a musical process, now with a new foreword and afterword Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: AVGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
University Press of New England
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780819574817
ISBN
9780819574817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.38

Paperback. Tracing Fred Astaire's life from his birth in Omaha to his death in his late eighties in Hollywood, this book discusses his early days with his talented and outspoken sister Adele, his gifts as a singer, and his many movie dance partners, among them Rita Hayworth, Eleanor Powell, Cyd Charisse, and Betty Hutton. Series: Icons of America. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASDT; AVGM; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300158441
ISBN
9780300158441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.40

Num Pages: 328 pages, 94 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white halftones, 18 tables. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442235946
ISBN
9781442235946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 150.14

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

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