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Music: styles & genres

Paperback. Meyer makes a valuable statement on aesthetics, criteria for assessing great works of music, compositional practices and theories of the present day, and predictions of the future of Western culture. His postlude, written for the book's twenty-fifth anniversary, looks back at his thoughts on the direction of music in 1967. Series: Centennial Publications of The University of Chicago Press. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACX; AVGC6; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
354
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226521435
ISBN
9780226521435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. In his timely book Music, Style, and Aging, cultural sociologist Andy Bennett explains how people move on from youth and effectively grow older with popular music. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: AVGN; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439908082
ISBN
9781439908082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.53

Hardback. Explains how Mozart's music for Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni and Cosi Fan Tutte 'sounds' the intentions of Da Ponte's characters and their relationships with one another. Num Pages: 350 pages, Includes 7 b&w illustrations and 134 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 241 x 28. Weight in Grams: 814.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780754668893
ISBN
9780754668893
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.64
€ 50.42

Hardcover. Studying the construction of Irish national identity from the early eighteenth until the mid-nineteenth centuries, this book focuses on how texts concerning Irish music, and the social settings within which those texts emerged, contributed to the imagining of Ireland as "the Land of Song." Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; AVGH; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268025779
ISBN
9780268025779
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.47

Paperback. This volume brings together eight of Blacking's most important theoretical papers which reveal his theoretical themes such as the innateness of musical ability and the properties of music as a symbolic or quasi-linguistic system. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 288 pages, music. BIC Classification: 1H; AVGH; DNF; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 239 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226088303
ISBN
9780226088303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.06

Hardback. What do we mean when we identify a composer as the creator of a piece of music? Does a printed piece of music embody the work, even if the composer is not the person who puts the work on paper? In this cultural history of Western music's adaptation to print, this title looks at how the concept of musical authorship took root. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 8 tables, 4 music examples. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3JB; AVGC2; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276505
ISBN
9780520276505
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.43
€ 46.32

Paperback. The American-born Winnaretta Singer (1865-1943) was a millionaire at the age of eighteen, due to her inheriting a substantial part of the Singer Sewing Machine fortune. Her 1893 marriage to Prince Edmond de Polignac, an amateur composer, brought her into contact with the most elite strata of French society. This book presents her biography. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 572 pages, 29, 29 black and white. BIC Classification: ABQ; AVGC6; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 34. Weight in Grams: 824. A Life of Winnaretta Singer, Princesse De Polignac. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. 572 pages, 29, 29 black and white. The American-born Winnaretta Singer (1865-1943) was a millionaire at the age of eighteen, due to her inheriting a substantial part of the Singer Sewing Machine fortune. Her 1893 marriage to Prince Edmond de Polignac, an amateur composer, brought her into contact with the most elite strata of French society. This book presents her biography. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ABQ; AVGC6; BG. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 34. Weight: 790.
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
572
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580463331
ISBN
9781580463331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 410 pages. BIC Classification: AVGT; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 135 x 27. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Harbour Books
Number of pages
410
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905128105
ISBN
9781905128105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.14

Paperback. A study of the music video. Series: Music and the Moving Image. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748633234
ISBN
9780748633234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.75

Paperback. Music Theory through Musical Theatre provides a way of teaching music theory by way of musical theatre. Not simply a traditional music theory text, the book tackles the theoretical foundations of musical theatre and musical theatre literature with an emphasis on preparing students for a professional career. Num Pages: 468 pages, 534 music examples. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 444 x 282 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1078.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199999552
ISBN
9780199999552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 91.41

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

€ 62.43

Paperback. This volume explores the history of "musica tropical", analyzing its rise in the context of the development of the broadcast media, rapid urbanization, and regional struggles for power. Editor(s): Wade, Peter. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map, 2 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1KL; AVGH; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226868455
ISBN
9780226868455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.49

Hardcover. Contains profiles and interviews featuring leading jazz composers and musicians in Britain in the 1970s. This book documents their ideas, influences, enthusiasms and the efforts to continue playing the music to which they are committed. It also includes photographs. Num Pages: 220 pages, photos throughout the book. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; AVGJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430. Contemporary Jazz in Britain. 220 pages, photos throughout the book. Contains profiles and interviews featuring leading jazz composers and musicians in Britain in the 1970s. This book documents their ideas, influences, enthusiasms and the efforts to continue playing the music to which they are committed. It also includes photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; AVGJ. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 18. Weight: 430.
Publisher
Northway Pubns
Number of pages
220
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955090868
ISBN
9780955090868
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.18

Hardback. In this biography, Heidi Von Gunden explores Fine's life and her music. The body of the work covers Fine's long life and career, and is followed by several useful resources including a chronology, catalog, discography, and bibliography. Num Pages: 196 pages, 4 photographs, bibliography, footnotes, index. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810836174
ISBN
9780810836174
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.81

This anthology is a study of European music spanning from the late sixteenth through the mid-eighteenth centuries. The volume can be used to accompany Music of the Baroque, or independently as a collection of study scores. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC3; AVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 275 x 224 x 15. Weight in Grams: 774.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199942022
ISBN
9780199942022
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 218.34

Paperback. This textbook is a concise survey of European music from 1600 through 1750 and is designed for junior/senior level courses in Baroque music. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
3 Rev ed
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199942015
ISBN
9780199942015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 202.20

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

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1H; AVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
A Cappella Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556524509
ISBN
9781556524509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.13

Hardcover. Illuminates unexplored dimensions of the music-literature relationship and the sometimes unrecognized talents of certain famous writers and composers. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 260 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 307 x 2. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
Camden House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571139733
ISBN
9781571139733
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.66

Multiple-component retail product.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195145007
ISBN
9780195145007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 130.14

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