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Music: styles & genres

hardcover. An illustrated history of musical thought in the nineteenth century and its relationship to the Romantic movement. Num Pages: 371 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 168 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1947
Publisher
W W Norton & Co Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
Later Printing
SKU
V9780393097337
ISBN
9780393097337
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.41
€ 50.45

Paperback. Renaissance music in its cultural, social, and intellectual contexts. Series Editor(s): Frisch, Walter. Series: Western Music in Context: A Norton History. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393929164
ISBN
9780393929164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.49

paperback. Nineteenth-century music in its cultural, social, and intellectual contexts. Series Editor(s): Frisch, Walter. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, maps, music. BIC Classification: AVGC5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393929195
ISBN
9780393929195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.24

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393929188
ISBN
9780393929188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.25

paperback. Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most unfathomable composers in the history of music. How can such sublime work have been produced by a man who seems so ordinary, so opaque - and occasionally so intemperate? This book distills the fruits of a lifetime's immersion as one of Bach's greatest living interpreters. Num Pages: 672 pages, 24pp colour. BIC Classification: AVGC3; AVGD; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141977591
ISBN
9780141977591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 396 pages, 4 black & white tables, 81 black & white halftones, 202 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AVGC3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 203 x 31. Weight in Grams: 804.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415842761
ISBN
9780415842761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 81.45

paperback. Baroque music in its cultural, social, and intellectual contexts. Series Editor(s): Frisch, Walter. Series: Western Music in Context: A Norton History. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393929171
ISBN
9780393929171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.50

Hardcover. A richly detailed portrait of the music and surrounding culture in one of history's most creative eras. Num Pages: 1152 pages, Illustrations and music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 188 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1836.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
1148
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393046083
ISBN
9780393046083
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.73
€ 86.22

Paperback. This title provides an overview of the many styles of North Indian music, from the chants of the ancient Vedas to modern devotional singing; from the serious and meditative rendering of raga to the concert-hall excitement of the modern sitar, sarod and tabla. Series: Global Music. Num Pages: 112 pages, numerous halftones and 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AVGE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 7. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Number of pages
100
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
PAP/COM
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195139938
ISBN
9780195139938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 125.59

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253006684
ISBN
9780253006684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 47 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 2ACG; AVGC; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783272006
ISBN
9781783272006
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.88

Paperback. A guide to the musical discourse of ten of the most important German philosophers, from Kant to Adorno. Each chapter consists of a short biographical sketch of the philosopher concerned, a summary of his writings on aesthetics, and finally a detailed exploration of his thoughts on music. Editor(s): Sorgner, Stefan Lorenz; Furbeth, Oliver. Translator(s): Gillespie, Susan H. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AVG; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226768380
ISBN
9780226768380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.27

Hardback. Using archival documents and newly collected oral histories, this book shows that musical diplomacy had vastly different meanings for its various participants, including government officials, musicians, concert promoters, and audiences. Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 352 pages, 15 b/w photos, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; AVG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520284135
ISBN
9780520284135
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 51.02

Hardback. No one composer is at the centre of this fascinating story, but a larger picture emerges of a shift in musical scenery, from the world of the innocent Romanticism of Berlioz and Schumann to the more potent musical politics of Wagner, and of his antidote (as many saw him), Brahms. Num Pages: 224 pages, 64, 55 black and white, 9 line drawing. BIC Classification: AVGC5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 640. The Biography of a Year. 224 pages, 64, 55 black and white, 9 line drawing. No one composer is at the centre of this fascinating story, but a larger picture emerges of a shift in musical scenery, from the world of the innocent Romanticism of Berlioz and Schumann to the more potent musical politics of Wagner, and of his antidote (as many saw him), Brahms. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AVGC5. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 21. Weight: 666.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843837183
ISBN
9781843837183
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.95

Paperback. A factional novella: a place where fictional characters rub shoulders with real people, and where actual documented events thread their way through the text alongside imagined scenarios. Through the eyes of 23-year-old Greg Keltner, drug dealer, wannabe musician, and hanger-on, here, we witness the gestation and birth of an entertaining album. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 121 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146. Series: 33 1/3. 160 pages. A factional novella: a place where fictional characters rub shoulders with real people, and where actual documented events thread their way through the text alongside imagined scenarios. Through the eyes of 23-year-old Greg Keltner, drug dealer, wannabe musician, and hanger-on, here, we witness the gestation and birth of an entertaining album. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGP. Dimension: 163 x 121 x 12. Weight: 166.
Publisher
Continuum
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826417718
ISBN
9780826417718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. Leads the reader through the personal, political, and professional events that shaped the music composer Dmitri Shostakovich's singular, emblematic twentieth-century life. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 black-&-white illustration. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300181593
ISBN
9780300181593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.11

Hardcover. What were the methods and educational philosophies of music teachers in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance? What did students study? What were the motivations of teacher and student? This title addresses these topics and others to understand the identities of music teachers and students from 650 to 1650 in Western Europe. Series: Publications of the Early Music Institute. Num Pages: 424 pages, 41 b&w illus., 14 music exx. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; 3JB; AVGC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 724.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253354860
ISBN
9780253354860
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.63

Hardback. Parisian theatrical, artistic, social, and political life is explored in this history of the Paris Odeon, an opera house that flourished during the Bourbon Restoration. The book traces the complete arc of the Odeon's short but highly successful life from ascent to triumph, decline, and closure. Num Pages: 348 pages, 28 b/w photographs, 11 tables, 13 music examples. BIC Classification: 3JH; AVGC9; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520234451
ISBN
9780520234451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.99
€ 64.66

Hardback. Explores how political pressures affected musical life on both sides of the iron curtain during the early years of the cold war. This study illuminates the pervasive political anxieties of the day through attention to artistic, music-theoretical, and propagandistic responses to the music of Hungary's renowned 20th-century composer, Bela Bartok. Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 250 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 12 music examples. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 1DVU; 3JJPG; AVGC6; AVH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520249653
ISBN
9780520249653
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.99
€ 64.94

Paperback. One of Broadway's foremost music directors emerges from the orchestra pit to tell how the music is put into a musical show. Part descriptive account, part instruction manual, this book offers a unique and invaluable look behind the scenes, from the point of view of the musical chief of staff, the music director. Num Pages: 416 pages, 73 music examples and 31 photographs. BIC Classification: ANF; AVGC9; AVGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 179 x 24. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199993413
ISBN
9780199993413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.84

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