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Music: styles & genres

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Music: styles & genres

Hardback. Includes behind-the-scenes, intimate, and unguarded shots that have been unearthed after spending 45 years in a duffel bag of The Beatles and Rolling Stones' former tour manager, Bob Bonis. This collection captured a pivotal time in the bands' career. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AJC; AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 264 x 24. Weight in Grams: 998.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061960789
ISBN
9780061960789
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.90

Hardcover. The definitive history of the Broadway musical: the shows, the stars, the movers, and the shakers. Num Pages: 848 pages, 16 pages of four-color; 105 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AVGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1240.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
832
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393067156
ISBN
9780393067156
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 43.94

Paperback. A definitive, accessible, and comprehensive history of the Broadway musical. Num Pages: 848 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1090.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
College ed
Number of pages
848
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393929065
ISBN
9780393929065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.70

Hardcover. Num Pages: 504 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 3JF; AN; AVGC9; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 34. Weight in Grams: 856.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804795777
ISBN
9780804795777
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.36

Paperback. Presents a study of Haydn's keyboard sonatas. This title deals with Haydn's keyboard instruments and their development. It discusses performance practice and style, explains the peculiarities of Haydn's manuscripts in the context of 18th-century notation, and provides specific suggestions for playing ornaments, improvising, slurring, and dynamics. Translator(s): Greenspan, Charlotte. Num Pages: 416 pages, 220 musical examples & figures. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVH; AVRG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 169 x 22. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226768137
ISBN
9780226768137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.94
€ 50.25

Paperback. The Sacred Harp choral singing tradition originated in the American South in the mid-nineteenth century, spread widely across the country, and continues to thrive this day. This title offers a portrait of several Sacred Harp groups and an insightful exploration of how they manage to maintain a sense of community. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC8; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226109596
ISBN
9780226109596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. A detailed portrait of one of rock's most recognisable stars. Num Pages: 256 pages, Section: 8. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Piatkus
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749909765
ISBN
9780749909765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. Explodes the myths surrounding the death of Brian Jones, founder of the Rolling Stones Num Pages: 304 pages, Section: 8, b/w colour photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749941536
ISBN
9780749941536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. The Eagles have enjoyed colossal success spanning three decades. They are a remarkable mesh of lyrical and musical talent, twined with an explosive blend of personalities. This book follows their fascinating story from the early '70s, through their career and personal highs and lows, to their break up in 1982 and their eventual reform in 1994. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2x4 colour plates. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749951139
ISBN
9780749951139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.78

Paperback. A biography of rock legend Freddie Mercury. Num Pages: 288 pages, Section: 8, b/w photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Revised, Updated ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749956080
ISBN
9780749956080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.58

Paperback. The definitive biography of one of the world's most loved rock stars - now updated. Num Pages: 272 pages, Section: 8, colour photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Portrait
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749950231
ISBN
9780749950231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Neil Diamond has been responsible for writing some of the most memorable songs in pop music history and he has sold in excess of 120 million albums. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Piatkus Books
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749950767
ISBN
9780749950767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.75

Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVG; HBJD; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801432330
ISBN
9780801432330
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.88

Paperback. In this new interpretation of the music of J.S. Bach, we gain a striking picture of the composer as a unique critic of his age. By reading Bach's music 'against the grain' of contemporaries such as Vivaldi and Telemann, Dreyfus explains how Bach's approach to musical invention in a variety of genres. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 halftones, 5 line illustrations, 73 musical examples, 15 tables. BIC Classification: AVGC3; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 175 x 18. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674013568
ISBN
9780674013568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVH; BGFA; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609804244
ISBN
9781609804244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.67

Paperback. If I had not kissed anyone, or danced with anyone, or had a reason to cry, the music made me feel as if I had gone through all that anyway. This book tells the story of the adventures that music leads us into: getting drunk, falling in love, dying of boredom, cutting our hair, terrifying our parents, wanting to change the world. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 169.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571332274
ISBN
9780571332274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. Features essays by scholars and organists that examine the music of Franck and other nineteenth-century French organist-composers through stylistic analysis, study of compositional process, and exploration of how ideas about organ technique and performance-practice traditions developed and became codified. Editor(s): Archbold, Lawrence; Peterson, William J. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 340 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; AVA; AVGC; AVRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 232 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
340
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580460712
ISBN
9781580460712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.94

hardcover. Provides an overview of the current state of research on Machaut (ca. 1300-1377), a major figure in 14th century French music and poetry, with fair representation of the many areas of Machaut research that are pursued outside of music. The volume begins with a biography and a section covering his l Series: Composer Resource Manuals. Num Pages: 696 pages, maps, photographs, illustrations, glossary, indexes. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 140 x 43. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Routledge United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
696
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824023232
ISBN
9780824023232
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 249.53

Paperback. The Creole Band, which existed from 1914-1918, was the first important jazz band, bringing jazz to the wider American public, from California to Massachusetts. This is the first history of the important group, written by a renowned scholar of early jazz. Num Pages: 400 pages, 47 halftones & line illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199732333
ISBN
9780199732333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.00

Paperback. What, exactly, is knowledge of music? And what does it tell us about humanistic knowledge in general? In this book, the author assesses musical scholarship in the aftermath of critical musicology and musical hermeneutics and in view of concerns with embodiment, affect, and performance. Num Pages: 224 pages, 17 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC; DSA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520288805
ISBN
9780520288805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. Offers a comprehensive essay on understanding musical meaning and performing music meaningfully - 'interpreting music' in both senses of the term. This book argues that music, far from being closed to interpretation, is ideally open to it, and that musical interpretation is the paradigm of interpretation in general. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 music examples. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520267060
ISBN
9780520267060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.24

Paperback. Expression and truth are traditional opposites in Western thought: expression supposedly refers to states of mind, truth to states of affairs. This title features five theses that connect expression to description, cognition, the presence and absence of speech, and the conjunction of address and reply. Num Pages: 184 pages, 7 music examples. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 11. Weight in Grams: 298. On the Music of Knowledge. 184 pages, illustrations. Expression and truth are traditional opposites in Western thought: expression supposedly refers to states of mind, truth to states of affairs. This title features five theses that connect expression to description, cognition, the presence and absence of speech, and the conjunction of address and reply. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 11. Weight: 298.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520273962
ISBN
9780520273962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. Shows how classical music can take on new meaning and new life when approached from postmodernist standpoints. This book provides an account of the postmodernist ethos, explains its relationship to music, and explores that relationship in a series of case studies ranging from Haydn and Mendelssohn to Ives and Ravel. Num Pages: 278 pages, 1 b&w illustration, 34 music examples. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520207004
ISBN
9780520207004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.19

Paperback. Explores classical music's nature of subjectivity, the conquest of time and mortality, the harmonization of humanity and technology, the cultivation of attention, and the liberation of human energy. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520258037
ISBN
9780520258037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.01

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