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Paperback. An ethnographic analysis of the Japanese embrace of dancehall reggae and other elements of Jamaican culture, including Rastafari, roots reggae, and dub music. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AVG; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460. Performing Dancehall, Roots Reggae, and Rastafari in Japan. 304 pages, 5 illustrations. Traces the history of the Japanese embrace of dancehall reggae and other elements of Jamaican culture, including Rastafari, roots reggae, and dub music. This title provides an ethnographic analysis of the ways that many Japanese involved in reggae as musicians and dancers, seek to reimagine their lives through Jamaican culture. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AVG; GTB; JHMP. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 19. Weight: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822347224
- ISBN
- 9780822347224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Hardback. An in-depth analysis of the creation of Child's opus, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKS; AVGC5; AVGH; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 168 x 28. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252035944
- ISBN
- 9780252035944
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.62
€ 49.62
Hardback. Offers a view of opera buffa in the theatrical world of late-eighteenth-century Vienna. This book attributes opera buffa's success to its ability to provide 'sheer' pleasure and hence explores how the genre functioned as entertainment. It shows how the arias and ensembles convey a multifaceted picture of the repertory's social values and habits. Series: Princeton Studies in Opera. Num Pages: 312 pages, 54 music examples. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 2ADT; AVGC4; AVGC9; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691058122
- ISBN
- 9780691058122
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.95€ 97.78
€ 128.95
€ 97.78
Hardcover. Details the beginnings of symphonic music in western culture Editor(s): Morrow, Mary Sue; Churgin, Bathia. Series: Symphonic Repertoire. Num Pages: 920 pages, 165 music exx. BIC Classification: AVGC3; AVGC4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 177 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Har/Com
- Number of pages
- 928
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253356406
- ISBN
- 9780253356406
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.15
€ 103.15
Paperback. The story of Pussy Riot, punk icons and Russian dissenters, and the untold story of their infamous trial and on-going global significance Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JMG; AVGU; AVH; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847089342
- ISBN
- 9781847089342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. Examines the important figures in the creation of modern jazz, detailing the emergence of bebop through the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Fats Navarro, Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk. Using this as its starting point, this title delves into the developments of jazz composition, modal jazz and free jazz. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 24. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Canongate U.S./Payback Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862418595
- ISBN
- 9780862418595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.26
€ 20.99
€ 15.26
Paperback. Matt Groening returns to his music journalism roots in the fourth volume of Da Capo's highly acclaimed series Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVG; DNF; GBCY. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
- Edition
- 2003 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306812361
- ISBN
- 9780306812361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.21
€ 25.99
€ 18.21
Paperback. In Somebody to Love, biographers Mark Langthorne and Matt Richards skilfully weave both Freddie Mercury's incredible pursuit of musical greatness with Queen, his upbringing and his endless search for love with the story of a terrible disease that swept across the world in the 1980s. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Bonnier Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911600046
- ISBN
- 9781911600046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.65
€ 13.00
€ 11.65
Paperback. Legendarily reticent, perverse and misleading, Prince is one of the few remaining 80s superstars who still, perhaps, remains unexplained. Now a firm fixture in the pop canon, where such classics as 'Purple Rain', 'Sign o' the Times' and 'Parade' regularly feature in Best Ever Album polls, Prince is still, as he ever was, an enigma. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 39. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571232482
- ISBN
- 9780571232482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 5.70
€ 16.99
€ 5.70
Paperback. In Musicians in Transit Matthew B. Karush examines the careers of seven major twentieth-century Argentine popular musicians in the transnational context to show how their engagement with foreign genres, ideologies, and audiences helped them create innovative new music and shape new Argentine cultural and national identities. Num Pages: 280 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; AVGW; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362364
- ISBN
- 9780822362364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Hardback. In Musicians in Transit Matthew B. Karush examines the careers of seven major twentieth-century Argentine popular musicians in the transnational context to show how their engagement with foreign genres, ideologies, and audiences helped them create innovative new music and shape new Argentine cultural and national identities. Num Pages: 280 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; AVGW; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822362166
- ISBN
- 9780822362166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.28
€ 110.28
Hardcover. Discusses Debussy's music in the context of pop culture Num Pages: 248 pages, 8 colour plates, 41 music excerpts. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253357168
- ISBN
- 9780253357168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.70
€ 38.70
Paperback. A text on dance culture. It examines the causes and contexts, ideologies and myths of Ecstasy culture, dramatizing its euphoric narrative from peak experience to comedown and aftermath, and shedding light on the social history of one of the most spectacular youth movement of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; JFCA; JMTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846687136
- ISBN
- 9781846687136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.27
€ 17.99
€ 13.27
Paperback. Thrilling reportage from raves, riots and rebellions documents how rebels with a cause use music as a force for change. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; JFCA; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 27. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782798316
- ISBN
- 9781782798316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.50
€ 17.99
€ 16.50
Hardback. How the public debate on jazz shaped French identity Num Pages: 312 pages, 23 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; AVGJ; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252035166
- ISBN
- 9780252035166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.53
€ 133.53
Paperback. How the public debate on jazz shaped French identity Num Pages: 312 pages, 23 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; AVGJ; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252077067
- ISBN
- 9780252077067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.40
€ 27.99
€ 26.40
Paperback. Explores a key hip hop album marking the cross over point where the streets and the charts collided. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AVGR; AVH; AVX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 122 x 7. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826429070
- ISBN
- 9780826429070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.72
€ 13.99
€ 11.72
Hardback. In the German states in the late eighteenth century, women flourished as musical performers and composers, their achievements measuring the progress of culture and society from barbarism to civilization. This title restores this earlier musical history and explores the role that women played in the development of classical music. Num Pages: 350 pages, 14 b/w photographs, 8 tables, 49 music examples. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; AVGC4; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 151 x 32. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273849
- ISBN
- 9780520273849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.99€ 65.15
€ 83.99
€ 65.15
Paperback. Focuses on the genius of Elliott Smith's 1998 debut that remains his defining album, "XO". This book provides a take on this widely beloved album, steering clear of the sensationalist suicide angles that have dogged most analysis of Smith's extraordinary work. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 122 x 8. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826429001
- ISBN
- 9780826429001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.69
€ 13.99
€ 11.69
Hardback. How and why do listeners come over time to 'feel the nation' through particular musical works? Series: Music in Society and Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 12 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3J; AVGC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 242 x 27. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783271429
- ISBN
- 9781783271429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.01
€ 40.99
€ 34.01
Paperback. Provides an overview of the artwork of the seminal Manchester-based Factory label, covering its iconic record sleeves, posters, ephemera, venues and packaging. This title discusses the label's role in bringing design to the mainstream. Num Pages: 224 pages, 400 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 248 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1404.
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500286364
- ISBN
- 9780500286364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.16
€ 37.99
€ 27.16
Paperback. "Daydream Nation" is the kind of gorgeous monstrosity that can crush the will of the most resilient, well-intentioned listener if the necessary preparations haven't been made. This book explores the album from a range of angles, with input from the band members themselves. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 121 x 9. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826417404
- ISBN
- 9780826417404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.72
€ 13.99
€ 11.72
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Minor Compositions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570273186
- ISBN
- 9781570273186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.24
€ 26.99
€ 20.24
Paperback. Larger than life, and a legend in his own lifetime - an incredible true story, told in this, the first full biography of Seasick Steve. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; AVGK; AVGL; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204. Larger than life, and a legend in his own lifetime - an incredible true story, told in this, the first full biography of Seasick Steve. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; AVGK; AVGL; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0004393
- ISBN
- 9781784189884
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99