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Paperback. Starting with the origins of jazz, this title traces the genre's history as it evolved from ragtime in the clubs of New Orleans. It includes chapters that covers an era in jazz history by focusing on the people who shaped the music, from Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, and others. Num Pages: 180 pages, Photos and Illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: AVGJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Centerstream Publishing United States
- Edition
- Pap/Cdr
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617742323
- ISBN
- 9781617742323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.11
€ 37.11
hardcover. The Harlem Renaissance was an unprecedented period of vitality in the American arts. Defined as the years between 1910 and 1927, it was the time when Harlem came alive with theater, drama, sports, dance and politics. This work discusses African-American theatre art in the US during those years. Num Pages: 382 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; 3JJF; AN; AVGC6; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 757.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Edition
- 2002nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312295905
- ISBN
- 9780312295905
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.93€ 49.16
€ 52.93
€ 49.16
Hardback. Provides a comprehensive listing of the 45s, 78s, LPs and CDs recorded by folk performer Pete Seeger as a solo artist and with the Almanac Singers, the Weavers and with other musicians and contributors. Series: American Folk Music and Musicians Series. Num Pages: 316 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVD; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810877184
- ISBN
- 9780810877184
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.08
€ 103.08
Hardback. This work brings to light nearly 100 'new' recordings, broadcasts, and films discovered since the last Benny Goodman bio-discography published in 1996. It also examines in detail all 182 shows of Goodman's 'Camel Caravan' radio series and nearly 400 collector-oriented LP, tape, and CD releases. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 225 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1239.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810876859
- ISBN
- 9780810876859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.38
€ 151.38
Paperback. This collection of 8 essays introduces literary and cultural theorists into the domain of operatic textual analysis, long the exclusive preserve of musicologists. The contributors include some of the most distinguished critics of the past 30 years, most of them writing about opera for the first time. Editor(s): Levin, David J. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 half-tones. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 165 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804722407
- ISBN
- 9780804722407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Explores the relationship between aesthetics and anti-Semitism in two controversial landmarks in German culture. This book argues that Richard Wagner's opera cycle "Der Ring des Nibelungen" and Fritz Lang's 1920s film "Die Nibelungen" exploits contrasts between good and bad aesthetics to address the question of what is German and what is not. Series: Princeton Studies in Opera. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; APFA; AVGC9; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691049717
- ISBN
- 9780691049717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.20
€ 52.99
€ 38.20
Paperback. Explores a variety of fields, considering questions of operatic textuality, dramaturgical practice, and performance theory. This book intends to initiate a dialogue between scholars of music, literature, and performance by addressing questions raised in each field in a manner that influences them all. Num Pages: 272 pages, 26 halftones, 11 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226475233
- ISBN
- 9780226475233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
hardcover. This collection of 8 essays introduces literary and cultural theorists into the domain of operatic textual analysis, long the exclusive preserve of musicologists. The contributors include some of the most distinguished critics of the past 30 years, most of them writing about opera for the first time. Editor(s): Levin, David J. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 half-tones. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 170 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804722391
- ISBN
- 9780804722391
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.96
€ 150.96
Paperback. This owner's manual, accompanied by a full-length audio CD, surveys all the major works with orchestra: symphonies, concertos, tone poems, operas, ballets, suites, and songs. Series: Unlocking the Masters Series. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Amadeus Press
- Edition
- Pap/Com
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574674422
- ISBN
- 9781574674422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.59
€ 42.59
Paperback. A comprehensive overview of the magnificent, but relatively unknown, body of music by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach which makes the case for regarding him as one of the major classical composers Series: Unlocking the Masters Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Amadeus Press
- Edition
- Pap/Com
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574674675
- ISBN
- 9781574674675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.11
€ 37.11
Hardback. How have Handel's 'lives' in biographies and histories moulded our understanding of the musician, the man and the icon? Series: Music in Britain, 1600-2000. Num Pages: 536 pages, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; AVGC3; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1128.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783270613
- ISBN
- 9781783270613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.57
€ 52.99
€ 44.57
Paperback. The Sixties ended a year late - on New Year's Eve 1970, when Paul McCartney initiated proceedings to wind up The Beatles. Music would never be the same again. By December rock had exploded into the mainstream. How did it happen? This book tells you how. It is the story of 1971, rock's golden year. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; AVGP; HBG; HBLW3; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 32. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784162061
- ISBN
- 9781784162061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.20
€ 13.99
€ 11.20
Paperback. An accessible and engaging second workbook on musical theatre, presenting students with the next steps for practising, developing and honing their performance skills. Packed with activities and examples, and offering expanded coverage of acting and dance, this text gives students the skills, rigour and independence to excel in this dynamic form. Num Pages: 8 pages, 12 black & white line drawings, 23 printed music items, 5 black & white tables. BIC Classification: AN; ASZ; AVGM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 192 x 246 x 14. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137605696
- ISBN
- 9781137605696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.05
€ 41.05
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Omnibus Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780711994324
- ISBN
- 9780711994324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.25
€ 19.99
€ 16.25
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Scratching Shed Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780957559363
- ISBN
- 9780957559363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.87
€ 19.87
Paperback. John Cage's disdain for records was legendary. He repeatedly spoke of the ways in which recorded music was antithetical to his work. In this book, the author argues that, following Cage, new genres in experimental and avant-garde music in the 1960s were particularly ill-suited to be represented in the form of a recording. Num Pages: 248 pages, 19 photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; AVGC6; AVH; AVX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822355908
- ISBN
- 9780822355908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Hardback. An important and oft-overlooked musician is the side-man in big bands of the 1930s and early 40s. David Griffiths has attempted to correct this oversight, by writing an interviewing many of the musicians of the age, including Lester Boone, Cliff Olson, Curtis Jones, Blanche Finlay, and Bill Dillard - in all, more than thirty musicians. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 272 pages, 18 photographs. BIC Classification: AVGJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810834156
- ISBN
- 9780810834156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.01
€ 122.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, Fully illustrated with more than 100 pictures. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AVGP; AVH; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 170. .
- Publisher
- Red Planet
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Ireland ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905959990
- ISBN
- 9781905959990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.29
€ 21.99
€ 20.29
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Alfred Music
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781576235621
- ISBN
- 9781576235621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.25
€ 14.99
€ 14.25
Paperback. Contains vignettes from both on and off the stage about the personalities of the Chicago blues scene in contemporary times. This book takes the readers on a tour of venues like East of Ryan and the Starlight Lounge; home to artists, such as Jumpin' Willie Cobbs, Willie D, and Harmonica Khan, and tells the stories behind the lives of past pioneers. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 344 pages, 40 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; AVGH; AVGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252073090
- ISBN
- 9780252073090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.52
€ 26.99
€ 25.52