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Paperback. Written with the assistance, of those involved, including Bryan Ferry, Brian Eno, Andy Mackay and Phil Manzanera, this book gives an account of how pop art, the avant garde underground of the 1960s, and the heady slipstream of London in the sixties was transformed into the fashion cults of revivalism, nostalgia and pop futurism in the early 1970s. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; ACXJ1; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571229864
- ISBN
- 9780571229864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.35
€ 18.99
€ 13.35
hardcover. Seeks to understand the composer as he exists in the American imagination and explores how Beethoven became a cultural icon Num Pages: 418 pages, 61 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC4; AVH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 237 x 36. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 418
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253357045
- ISBN
- 9780253357045
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.25
€ 47.25
Book. .
- Publisher
- Omnibus Press United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847729361
- ISBN
- 9781847729361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.29
€ 30.99
€ 26.29
Hardback. The New York loft jazz scene of the 1970s was a pivotal period for uncompromising, artist-produced work. Faced with a flagging jazz economy, a group of young avant-garde improvisers chose to eschew the commercial sphere and develop alternative venues in the abandoned factories and warehouses of Lower Manhattan. This is a study of this period. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 music ex; 21 HTs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPL; AVGJ; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285408
- ISBN
- 9780520285408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.64€ 72.77
€ 94.64
€ 72.77
Paperback. The New York loft jazz scene of the 1970s was a pivotal period for uncompromising, artist-produced work. This book-length study of this period, traces its history amid a series of overlapping discourses surrounding collectivism, urban renewal, experimentalist aesthetics, underground archives, and the radical politics of self-determination. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 music ex; 21 HTs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPL; AVGJ; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285415
- ISBN
- 9780520285415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.92
€ 33.99
€ 24.92
Paperback. A biography of George Szell, one of the greatest orchestra and opera conductors of the twentieth century. It also lists Szell's conducting repertoire and includes a comprehensive discography. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 464 pages, 34 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: AVGC4; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252080036
- ISBN
- 9780252080036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.29
€ 27.99
€ 26.29
Hardback. The Other Classical Musics offers challenging new perspectives on classical music by presenting the history of fifteen parallel traditions. Editor(s): Church, Michael. Num Pages: 426 pages, 45 black & white illustrations, 130 colour illustrations, 24 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AVGE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 181 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1288.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843837268
- ISBN
- 9781843837268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.43
€ 52.99
€ 44.43
Hardcover. Editor(s): Dervan, Michael. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: AVG; AVGC6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 251 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1220.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848405745
- ISBN
- 9781848405745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. Very good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Editor(s): Dervan, Michael. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: AVG; AVGC6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 251 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1220. Good copy with some minor shelf wear, dustwrapper with minor edge wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0007836
- ISBN
- 9781848405745
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Looks at the actual contribution of Jewish composers in Germany and Austria before 1933, at their increasingly precarious position between then and 1939, at the forced emigration of composers and performers before and during the war, and at the emaciated post-war musical life of Germany and Austria. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; AVGC6; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 217 x 30. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300205350
- ISBN
- 9780300205350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.51
€ 26.99
€ 20.51
Hardback. Insights into an opera stage director's work from an internationally acclaimed director and teacher. Num Pages: 197 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ANF; AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783270972
- ISBN
- 9781783270972
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.76
€ 33.99
€ 28.76
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252078965
- ISBN
- 9780252078965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.40
€ 27.99
€ 26.40
Paperback. Opera is quin-tessentially an art of love and desire, of loss and suffering, of disease and death. This title offers an understanding of both content and context. Editor(s): Gilman, Sander L. Series: Texts and Contexts. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVGC6; AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803273184
- ISBN
- 9780803273184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.93
€ 20.99
€ 20.93
Hardback. The author, a former BBC radio producer, conducted interviews with many leading British composers of the day, and his account provides for a unique insight into this often overlooked genre. Num Pages: 325 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 33 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; AVGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 227 x 23. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783270125
- ISBN
- 9781783270125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.70
€ 62.70
Paperback. Presents the life of Michael Jackson.This title chronicles his humble beginnings in the Midwest, his early days with the Jackson 5, and his unprecedented solo success. It includes rare photographs from Jackson family albums and Michael's personal photographic archives, as well as a drawing done by Michael exclusively for the book. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 137 x 24. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099547952
- ISBN
- 9780099547952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.81
€ 13.00
€ 11.81
Explaining the bias of union members - most of whom were classical or jazz music performers - against rock music and musicians, this book addresses issues of race and class; questions of what qualified someone as a "skilled" or professional musician. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVG; HBTB; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 20. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822354635
- ISBN
- 9780822354635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 110.55
€ 110.55
Paperback. Michael Friedmann's Ear Training for Twentieth-Century Music is a skills text; using non-tonal materials, students are asked to improvise at the keyboard, sing at sight, take dictation, memorize melodies by rote, and identify selected set classes by eye and ear. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300045376
- ISBN
- 9780300045376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.36
€ 30.99
€ 22.36
Paperback. On the afternoon of August 15, 1969, Richie Havens took the stage at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair, welcoming a crowd of several hundred thousand to the green fields of Max Yasgur's farm. Havens was the first act - the legendary festival, years in the making, was finally beginning. This title tells the story from inspiration to celebration. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Ecco
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061576584
- ISBN
- 9780061576584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.09
€ 18.09
Paperback. Examines art music by Haitian and African American composers who were inspired by Haiti's history as a nation created by slave revolt. This title also highlights the contributions of many Haitian and African American composers who wrote music that brought rhythms and melodies of the Vodou ceremony to local and international audiences. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 280 pages, 5 halftones, 28 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1KJH; AVGW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 181 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Enlarged edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226468655
- ISBN
- 9780226468655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.52
€ 40.99
€ 31.52
Paperback. An illustrated celebration of the Best Beatles songs, ranked from 1 to 100. Each selected song is explained with an expert commentary, historical context, interview material and fascinating facts and trivia. Like all "best of" lists, the book's opinionated stance generates animated discussion. Num Pages: 320 pages, 150 b&w photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 203 x 21. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Publisher
- Black Dog & Leventhal
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781579128425
- ISBN
- 9781579128425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
€ 17.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 314 pages, 70 b/w photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Music Mentor Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956267979
- ISBN
- 9780956267979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.35
€ 31.99
€ 21.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: AVGC; AVGT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Publisher
- Feral House
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780922915941
- ISBN
- 9780922915941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.15
€ 27.99
€ 21.15
Paperback. Composer Michael Nyman's classic 1974 account of the postwar experimental tradition in music. Series: Music in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 218 pages, 67 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; AVGC6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 176 x 11. Weight in Grams: 386. Cage and Beyond. Series: Music in the Twentieth Century. 216 pages, 67 b/w illus. Composer Michael Nyman's classic 1974 account of the postwar experimental tradition in music. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; AVGC6. Dimension: 246 x 176 x 11. Weight: 430.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521653831
- ISBN
- 9780521653831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.54
€ 31.99
€ 30.54
Book. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 304 x 226 x 10. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Music Sales Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780711932784
- ISBN
- 9780711932784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.62
€ 26.99
€ 23.62