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Music: styles & genres

paperback. Translator(s): Victor, J. Num Pages: 192 pages, 70ill. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Marion Boyars United Kingdom
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714503424
ISBN
9780714503424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.28

Paperback. Represents the author's quest to trace Van Morrison's particular genius through seminal moments in his long career, beginning in 1965, breaking open in 1968 with the incomparable "Astral Weeks". This title presents a portrait of a perplexing, mysterious and terrifyingly gifted artist and vocalist at the height of his powers. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571254460
ISBN
9780571254460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.91

Paperback. Reveals the pivotal role of music - musical works and musical culture - in debates about society, self, and culture that forged European modernity through the 'long nineteenth century'. This book argues that from the late 1700s to the early 1900s, music not only reflected but also embodied modern subjectivity. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; AVA; AVGC4; AVGC5; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126166
ISBN
9780691126166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.09

Paperback. Listening through the Noise considers how the experience of listening to electronic music constitutes a departure from the expectations that have long governed music listening in the West. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGV; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195387667
ISBN
9780195387667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.12

Hardback. With roots in popular music traditions, improvisation, and the avant-garde, this book provides a lens through which we can better understand the meaning and creation of the counterculture community. It examines the wider significance and impact of its politics of improvisation. Editor(s): Meriwether, Nicholas. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; AVC; AVGP; AVH; HBLX; HPCF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520286641
ISBN
9780520286641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.81
€ 71.14

Paperback. With roots in popular music traditions, improvisation, and the avant-garde, this title helps to understand the meaning and creation of the counter-culture community. It examines the wider significance and impact of its politics of improvisation. Editor(s): Meriwether, Nicholas. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; AVC; AVGP; AVH; HBLX; HPCF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520286658
ISBN
9780520286658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.43

Hardback. Links ideas about cultivated listening with other intellectual trends of the early seventeenth century: humanistic learning, contemplative listening (or watching) as an active spiritual practice, and musical mysticism as an ideal promoted by the Church as part of the Catholic Reformation. Num Pages: 235 pages, 2 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; AVGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458. 235 pages, Illustrations. Links ideas about cultivated listening with other intellectual trends of the early seventeenth century: humanistic learning, contemplative listening (or watching) as an active spiritual practice, and musical mysticism as an ideal promoted by the Church as part of the Catholic Reformation. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; AVGC. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 20. Weight: 458.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
235
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520269293
ISBN
9780520269293
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.26
€ 63.58

Paperback. Includes a new chapter on John Cage. Alex Ross's award-winning international best-seller, 'The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century', has become a contemporary classic, establishing him as one of our most popular and acclaimed cultural historians; this is his much anticipated next book on the subject of music. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVC; AVGW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 144 x 26. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007319077
ISBN
9780007319077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.83

Paperback. Now in Paperback! Legendary music manager, Ron Weisner, finally shares his story of what it was like to work with Michael Jackson, Madonna, and Paul McCartney, among others, while also witnessing huge changes in the music industry Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA; KNTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 20.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493008568
ISBN
9781493008568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.07

Paperback. Arguing that pop music turns on moments rather than movements, this title includes essays that pinpoint magic moments from a century of pop eclecticism, looking at artists who fall between genre lines, songs that sponge up influences from everywhere, and studio accidents with unforeseen consequences. Editor(s): Weisbard, Eric. Num Pages: 336 pages, 13 photographs, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AVGP; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822340416
ISBN
9780822340416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 30.33

Paperback. Features the life and work of Dinu Lipatti. This book deals with Lipatti as pianist, composer and teacher. It includes many quotations from letters written by him, many musical examples, a list of works and two cadenzas for the Mozart Piano Concerto in C (K467). Translator(s): Grindea, Carola. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations, discography, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; AVRG; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Kahn & Averill United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781871082586
ISBN
9781871082586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.35

Hardcover. A biography of five-time Grammy winner, Lionel Richie, who has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide. For 9 consecutive years he had no 1 singles in America. It is also the story of two broken marriages, personal insecurities, near-death experiences and an insight into the man behind a success story that broke the rules. Series: Popular Music History. Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845531850
ISBN
9781845531850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.19

Hardcover. In the Top Ten on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, with millions of followers, Lil Wayne holds sway over a huge online community. All those lovin' the Best Rapper Alive need to buy this unofficial biography - the ultimate celebration of his grit and determination, with inspirational words and photographs. Num Pages: 128 pages, 60. BIC Classification: AVGR; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 210 x 18. Weight in Grams: 754.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Flame Tree Publishing
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KMK0004476
ISBN
9780857752796
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. In 1965, one song defined a generation caught the questing spirit of the era and changed the rules of the possible in popular music for all time. This book captures the heady atmosphere of the recording studio in 1965 as witnessed by many clustered around the mercurial genius from Minnesota. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571223862
ISBN
9780571223862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Cornell Univ East Asia Program
Condition
New
SKU
V9780939657575
ISBN
9780939657575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.55

Paperback. Surveys over 50 years of rock 'n' roll movies, musicals and performance films. This book identifies the top guns involved in each film, provides a storyline, rates the film, and reviews its soundtrack. Num Pages: 896 pages, Three full colour plate sections. BIC Classification: APF; AVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 186 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1268.
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
896
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847670038
ISBN
9781847670038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.91

Paperback. Ray Manzarek co-founded "The Doors" with Jim Morrison in 1965. Their original mix of jazz, classical, Californian surf, Flamenco guitar and Chicago blues made a great impact on the music of the day. Manzarek's story illuminates the dark myths and lays to rest the rumours about the band. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 29. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099280651
ISBN
9780099280651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.17

Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC9; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 33. Weight in Grams: 924.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Chicago Review Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613748527
ISBN
9781613748527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.65

Paperback. A story of a boy from modest beginnings who confounded the critics and made his mark with talent in football, boyish good looks and, above all, an integrity that has helped him move from the teen market to a broader, adult audience. Num Pages: 336 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 109 x 24. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Ebury Press
Edition
New Ed
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KLN0014223
ISBN
9780091878481
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A story of a boy from modest beginnings who confounded the critics and made his mark with talent in football, boyish good looks and, above all, an integrity that has helped him move from the teen market to a broader, adult audience. Num Pages: 336 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 109 x 24. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Ebury Press
Edition
New Ed
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KLN0013415
ISBN
9780091878481
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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