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Paperback. The story of post-punk indie rock in America and the bands whose do-it-yourself ethic paved the way for the grunge phenomenon of the 1990s. Beginning with the pioneering and notorious punk band, Black Flag, the story continues with Husker Du, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr and others. Num Pages: 528 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 36. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
Little, Brown US
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316787536
ISBN
9780316787536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Oneworld Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847495563
ISBN
9781847495563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC9; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cornell University Press New York
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801485893
ISBN
9780801485893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 648 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 215 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
648
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691027074
ISBN
9780691027074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 108.84
€ 82.84

Paperback. The biography of The Specials' Neville Staple. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: AVGU; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Quarto Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845135423
ISBN
9781845135423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.96

Paperback. A romantic account of the several years that the author spent working behind the counter at Bristol's Revolver Records - a business run from the heart rather than the head. It evokes a golden moment in British cultural history, and celebrates the magical abandon that music offers us. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWS; 3JJPN; AVGP; BM; KNTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571311804
ISBN
9780571311804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

Hardcover. An examination of the ultimate power opera grants to singing: the reversal of death. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 b&w illus. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935408062
ISBN
9781935408062
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.52

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

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

€ 150.11

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
€ 34.17

Hardback. This study seeks to explore universal issues relating to the production of opera, based on the very specific example of Opera North. Containing extensive archival materials, it is a resource for opera scholars, opera workers and opera lovers, which examines the fields of opera studies through history, ethnography, and production analysis. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEY; AVGC9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 301 x 219 x 30. Weight in Grams: 2308.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783505012
ISBN
9781783505012
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.75

Hardcover. This sixth volume in the series centres on the sociological and critical aspects of opera in Italy, considering the art in the context of an Italian literary and cultural canon rarely revealed in English and American studies. Editor(s): Bianconi, Lorenzo; Pestelli, Giorgio. Translator(s): Chalmers, Kenneth. Series: History of Italian Opera, Part 2 - Systems. Num Pages: 504 pages, 48 halftones, 4 musical examples, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 167 x 38. Weight in Grams: 832.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226045924
ISBN
9780226045924
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.37
€ 82.90

Paperback. Shows how opera took root in the social and economic environment of seventeenth-century Venice and there developed the stylistic and aesthetic characteristics we recognize as opera. This book examines critically the literary and musical documentation left by the Venetian makers of opera. It explains the mechanics of the proliferation of opera. Num Pages: 710 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; AVGC9; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 174 x 253 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1220.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
710
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520254268
ISBN
9780520254268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.97
€ 45.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571224944
ISBN
9780571224944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.22

Hardcover. Celebrating one of the world's finest opera programs Editor(s): Calder, George; Higgins, C. David; Guyer, Nancy Jeanne; Levy, Maria. Num Pages: 496 pages, 154 color illus., 160 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBND; AN; AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 7112 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2019.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253353405
ISBN
9780253353405
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.51

Sheet music. A collection of 35 classic opera choruses, arranged as separate concert works, with English singing translations and practical keyboard reductions. Editor(s): Rutter, John. Series: Oxford Choral Classics Collections. Num Pages: 384 pages, music. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 273 x 193 x 22. Weight in Grams: 732.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780193436930
ISBN
9780193436930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.86

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803297654
ISBN
9780803297654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Hardcover. This handy reference guide from Classic FM covers the major milestones and composers in the history of opera, featuring some of the greatest works ever written, to help you discover the extraordinary world of opera. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 111 x 14. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Elliott & Thompson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783960484
ISBN
9781783960484
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

Paperback. Presents the world of rhythm and blues from the perspective of an insider. This book features anecdotes about such R&B legends as Otis Redding, Curtis Mayfield, and Dionne Warwick. It chronicles the 'Iceman's' journey from rural Mississippi to Chicago and the founding and eventual breakup of the legendary Impressions vocal group. Series: Black Music and Expressive Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 41 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGK; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253217042
ISBN
9780253217042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. An autobiography - combining song lyrics and memories - of Ireland's greatest musical icon and national hero. Num Pages: 576 pages, integrated b/w pics throughout. BIC Classification: AVGH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340830734
ISBN
9780340830734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Explores the full range of popular music from show tunes to Latin in a wide variety of television programs, and shows how the standards of presentation and performance developed Series: Console-ing Passions. Num Pages: 424 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APT; AVGN; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 584. Popular Music on Early Television. Series: Console-ing Passions. 424 pages, 29 illustrations. Explores the full range of popular music from show tunes to Latin in a wide variety of television programs, and shows how the standards of presentation and performance developed. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APT; AVGN; JFD. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 25. Weight: 584.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350118
ISBN
9780822350118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Hardback. This volume collects one hundred of the most important and beloved Late Antique and Medieval Latin hymns from Western Europe. Ranging from Ambrose in the late fourth century to Bonaventure in the thirteenth, the authors meditate on the ineffable, from Passion to Paradise, and cover a broad gamut of poetic forms and meters. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 3F; 3H; AVGC2; AVGD; HRCL2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 208 x 31. Weight in Grams: 646.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
544
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Sew
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057739
ISBN
9780674057739
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.93

Paperback. Tony struggles to have a hit somewhere, anywhere, in the world, changing acts and styles with a bewildering lack of integrity. He travels the globe in search of that elusive hit. But, it's only after a chance encounter with Norman Wisdom that things get really strange. Is it really possible that together they could storm the Albanian charts? Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 15. Weight in Grams: 240. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New Ed
Publisher
Ebury Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KEX0248375
ISBN
9780091882105
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. An extraordinary, original and irresistibly joyous celebration of love, friendship and music. Winner of 8 Tony Awards in 2012, including Best New Musical. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: AVGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 6. Weight in Grams: 100.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
New ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848423107
ISBN
9781848423107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.29

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