Music: styles & genres
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Music: styles & genres
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€ 41.09
€ 52.99
€ 41.09
Paperback. Series: Global Music. Num Pages: 208 pages, 20 halftones, 20 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AVGW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195301243
- ISBN
- 9780195301243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 130.75
€ 130.75
Paperback. Introducing cultural and social processes and the values of music in Javanese life, this text features eye witness accounts of performances, interviews with key performers, hands-on activities, vivid illustrations and a 70 minute CD of the author's field recordings. The author provides a survey of other music that may be found in Central Java. Series: Global Music. Num Pages: 192 pages, halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FMN; AVGH; AVGW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195147377
- ISBN
- 9780195147377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 130.58
€ 130.58
Paperback. As the largest nation in Latin America, Brazil is home to some of the most celebrated music in the world. This case study in the "Global Music" series explores the contemporary diversity of Brazilian music. It is packaged with a 60-minute audio CD, containing examples of the music discussed. Series: Global Music. Num Pages: 192 pages, Numerous halftones and music examples. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AVGW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 206 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195166842
- ISBN
- 9780195166842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 130.84
€ 130.84
Multiple-component retail product. This volume, appropriate for use in undergraduate, introductory courses on world music or ethnomusicology, introduces the musical traditions of Bali. The text discusses the ensemble tradition of Balinese music, underscoring the communal nature of the social organization of Bali. Series: Global Music. Num Pages: 208 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: AVGW; YNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 202
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195141498
- ISBN
- 9780195141498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 130.70
€ 130.70
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
€ 65.27€ 50.63
€ 65.27
€ 50.63
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
€ 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
€ 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€ 17.05
€ 20.99
€ 17.05
Hardback. How does music reflect the key moments in our lives? How do we choose the works that inspire, delight, comfort or console? The author selects 100 classical works from across nine centuries, putting each work in its cultural and musical context, discussing omissions, suggesting alternatives and always putting the music first. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 205 x 23. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571329380
- ISBN
- 9780571329380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.09
€ 17.99
€ 17.09
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, 34 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813062587
- ISBN
- 9780813062587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.46
€ 21.46
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
€ 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
€ 84.25€ 64.66
€ 84.25
€ 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
€ 84.25€ 64.94
€ 84.25
€ 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
€ 59.84
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 506
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843835981
- ISBN
- 9781843835981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.63
€ 132.63
Paperback. Music at German Courts serves to illustrate the extraordinary diversity of eighteenth-century German court music establishments without losing sight of what these Kapellen had in common. Editor(s): Owens, Samantha; Reul, Barbara M.; Stockigt, Janice B. Num Pages: 504 pages, 20 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; AVGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 31. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783270583
- ISBN
- 9781783270583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.45
€ 40.99
€ 38.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691168050
- ISBN
- 9780691168050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.82
€ 33.99
€ 24.82
Paperback. How are conductors' silent gestures magicked into sound by a group of more than a hundred brilliant but belligerent musicians? From London to Budapest, Bamberg to Vienna, this title recreates great orchestral concerts as a collection of countless human and musical stories. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC; AVH; AVRB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571240487
- ISBN
- 9780571240487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.54
€ 15.99
€ 11.54
Hardback. Exploring the ideas of consensus, resistance and rupture, this book contributes an important and nuanced reflection to the current debate on modernism in music. Series: Music in Society and Culture. Num Pages: 269 pages, 37, 4 black & white illustrations, 33 black & white line drawings, 4 black and white, 33. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; 3JJG; AVGC6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838104
- ISBN
- 9781843838104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 50.25
€ 52.99
€ 50.25