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Music: styles & genres

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Music: styles & genres

Paperback. Dean Duncan provides a critical survey of the aesthetics of classical music in film. Exploring tensions between high art and commercial culture, he examines how directors quote themes and classical passages in genres ranging from the Soviet avant garde to Hollywood romances. Series: Communications & Media Studies. Num Pages: 211 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; AVGC4; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 17. Weight in Grams: 341.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823222803
ISBN
9780823222803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.60

Paperback. Victorian-era divas who were better paid than some corporate chairmen, the boy soprano who grew up to give Bing Crosby a run for his money, music directors who were literally killed by the job-the plot of a Broadway show or a dime-store novel? No, the unique and colorful history of St. Patrick's Cathedral. Series: Empire State Editions. Num Pages: 366 pages, 36 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; AVGD; HBJK; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823231881
ISBN
9780823231881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. Presents a study of the songs of the Baul - a Bengali religious sect, widely beloved for its enchanting music. This title describes the role Baul song plays in the lives of the Bauls themselves and in the experience and imagination of their fellow Bengalis. Num Pages: 242 pages, 43 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AVGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
Edition
Pap/Com
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857420046
ISBN
9780857420046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.26

Paperback. Our Musicals, Ourselves is the first full-scale social history of the American musical theatre from the imported Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas of the late nineteenth century to such recent musicals as "The Producers" and "Urinetown". John Bush Jones uses musicals as a way of illuminating broader social and cultural themes of the times. Num Pages: 426 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 26. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Edition
2nd Printing
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874519044
ISBN
9780874519044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 227 pages. BIC Classification: AVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 177 x 13. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875805429
ISBN
9780875805429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 40.65

Hardback. Writings, Prints and Drawings. 242 pages, 100, 100 line drawing. Hans Keller's text and Milein Cosman's vibrant illustrations combine to produce a unique and enlightening book on Stravinsky. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 23. Weight: 712.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Toccata Press
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
SKU
V9780907689690
ISBN
9780907689690
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.30

Hardcover. The first English language discussion of the life and music of this twentieth century Norwegian composer. Translator(s): Foster, Beryl. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNN; AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 996.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Toccata Press United Kingdom
Edition
Har/Com
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907689737
ISBN
9780907689737
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.74

Paperback. Nestled at southern end of California's San Joaquin Valley, the city of Bakersfield is best known for farming, oil fields, and a brand of country music called Bakersfield Sound. This title offers an exploration of what social and economic factors led to this country music hotbed and looks at the stars who rose to fame with roots in Bakersfield. Num Pages: 96 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGL; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 277 x 8. Weight in Grams: 494. Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, and California Country. 96 pages, col. Illustrations. Nestled at southern end of California's San Joaquin Valley, the city of Bakersfield is best known for farming, oil fields, and a brand of country music called Bakersfield Sound. This title offers an exploration of what social and economic factors led to this country music hotbed and looks at the stars who rose to fame with roots in Bakersfield. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGL; BGF. Dimension: 215 x 277 x 8. Weight: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Country Music Hall of Fame
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780915608065
ISBN
9780915608065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.87

Hardcover. Editor(s): Brinkmann, Reinhold; Wolff, Christoph. Series: Harvard Publications in Music. Num Pages: 200 pages, 5 halftones, 10 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AVGC6; AVH; AVRD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 237 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University, Department of Music,U.S. United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780964031715
ISBN
9780964031715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.53

Hardcover. Editor(s): Berger, Karol; Newcomb, Anthony. Series: Harvard Publications in Music. Num Pages: 400 pages, 13 halftones, 28 line drawings & 54 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 32. Weight in Grams: 806.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard University, Department of Music,U.S. United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780964031722
ISBN
9780964031722
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.07

Paperback. A collection of ten essays that constitutes the proceedings of a two-day conference which focused on three medieval manuscripts of Ambrosian chant owned by Houghton Library. It explores the manuscripts as physical objects and places them in their urban and historical contexts. Editor(s): Kelly, Professor Thomas Forrest; Mugmon, Matthew. Series: Houghton Library Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, 120 color illustrations, 100 halftones. BIC Classification: AVGD; HRCL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 13. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780981885803
ISBN
9780981885803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.07

Paperback. Presents a collection of lyrical poems, carols, and traditional British ballads written in between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries, together with some twentieth-century American versions of them. This title introduces readers to the rich variety of Middle English poetry. Editor(s): Hirsh, John C. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3H; AVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405114820
ISBN
9781405114820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99

Paperback. Hit the lights and jump in the fire, you're about to enter the School of Rock! Today's lecture will be a crash course in brain surgery. This hard and fast lesson is taught by instructors who graduated from the old school-they actually paid $5. 98 for The $5. 98 EP. Editor(s): Irwin, William. Series: The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405163484
ISBN
9781405163484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.15

Hardback. Filled with memorable photographs, Rock Star will appeal to anyone interested in modern American popular culture or music history. Num Pages: 264 pages, 26, 26 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: AVGP; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421413921
ISBN
9781421413921
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.42

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

€ 56.25
€ 51.80

Paperback. Latino music as an amalgam of American cultures Num Pages: 238 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KL; AVG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439900901
ISBN
9781439900901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.66

Hardback. Trumpeter Joe Wilder is distinguished for his achievements in both the jazz and classical worlds. He was a founding member of the Symphony of the New World, where he played first trumpet, and he performed as lead trumpet and soloist with Lionel Hampton, Jimmy Lunceford, Dizzy Gillespie, and Count Basie. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; AVRN; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439911273
ISBN
9781439911273
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.58

Paperback. A practitioner of sacred drumming for almost his entire life, Felipe practiced his trade in Cuba both before and after the Revolution and brought it with him to New York. This book focuses on three periods of Felipe's life, each marked by changes in his personal life and by important historical events. Series: Studies in Latin American and Caribbean Music Series. Num Pages: 210 pages, 1 figure, 27 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJ; AVGD; AVGE; AVH; BGF; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566397315
ISBN
9781566397315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Musician, political critic, and hedonist, international superstar Fela Anikulapo-Kuti created a sensation throughout his career. His music offers a perspective on race, class, and nation on both sides of the Atlantic and he synthesized a musical language while also clearing a space for political dissent and a type of counter-cultural expression. Num Pages: 352 pages, 36 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 3JJP; AVG; AVH; BGF; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 173 x 27. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566397650
ISBN
9781566397650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.75

Hardcover. The Differentiation of Modernism analyzes the phenomenon of intermediality in German radio plays, film music, and electronic music of the late modernist period (1945-1980). Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; AP; AVGC6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135728
ISBN
9781571135728
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.09

Hardcover. A new and wide-ranging view of the confluence, since the 1990s, of the fields of contemporary literature and popular music in Germany. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 282 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; 3JJPR; 3JM; AVGN; DSBH; DSK; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Camden House
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571139184
ISBN
9781571139184
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.09

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
442
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580463492
ISBN
9781580463492
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.69

Hardcover. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 612 pages, 36, 36 black and white. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVGC6; AVH; AVRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1172.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
612
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580463690
ISBN
9781580463690
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.21

Hardcover. The first extended study of seven beloved French symphonic masterpieces, from Saint-Saens and Franck to d'Indy and Dukas. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJC; AVGC5; AVGC6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580463829
ISBN
9781580463829
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.88

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