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Paperback. Traces the life, influences on fellow musicians, and struggles of a pioneer among American composers who turned to the island of Bali for inspiration. Presenting an unconventional life, this title is designed for scholars, musicians or those interested in 20th century American or Balinese music. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 376 pages, 21 photographs, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 712. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252071805
- ISBN
- 9780252071805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.53
€ 30.99
€ 27.53
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Faber Music Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571527991
- ISBN
- 9780571527991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.93
€ 26.93
Paperback. Cobain on Cobain places the reader at the key moments of Kurt Cobain's rollercoaster ride, telling the tale of Nirvana entirely through his words and those of his bandmates as they unleashed the whirlwind that would consume them for the last half of their five-year career. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Omnibus Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785580857
- ISBN
- 9781785580857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.88
€ 23.99
€ 17.88
Paperback. In 1975, Viv Albertine was obsessed with music but it never occurred to her she could be in a band as she couldn't play an instrument and she'd never seen a girl play electric guitar. This book deals with her life and work. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: AVGU; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571328284
- ISBN
- 9780571328284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Hardback. Despite the growth of digital media, traditional FM radio airplay still remains the essential way for musicians to achieve commercial success. This book examines how songs rise, or fail to rise, up the radio airplay charts. It shows that hits spread rapidly across radio because they clearly conform to an identifiable style or genre. Num Pages: 200 pages, 2 halftones. 26 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: AVGP; JFD; JHB; KNTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 233 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148731
- ISBN
- 9780691148731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.61
€ 46.99
€ 33.61
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Tomahawk Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956683472
- ISBN
- 9780956683472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.23
€ 18.99
€ 14.23
Paperback. A biography offering a portrayal of Sir Cliff Richard. It marks fifty years of music from him. It features his fellow musicians, co-stars, directors, and himself talking about his musical ascendance, the women in his life, his religious beliefs, and his regret that he has never broken America. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2x8 colour illustration section. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Ebury Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753513347
- ISBN
- 9780753513347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.82
€ 20.99
€ 16.82
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; AVGC; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300217193
- ISBN
- 9780300217193
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.80
€ 49.99
€ 35.80
paperback. .
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780449910429
- ISBN
- 9780449910429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.90
€ 25.99
€ 17.90
Hardcover. Approaches the topic of classical music in the GDR from an interdisciplinary perspective, questioning the assumption that classical music functioned purely as an ideological support for the state. Editor(s): Frackman, Kyle; Powell, Larson. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 274 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, 12 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJP; AVGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571139160
- ISBN
- 9781571139160
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.42
€ 98.42
Hardback. Fully updated, covering Western music from medieval times to the present day. Each era has an Introduction, A to Z of key composers, sections on Styles and Forms, and Instruments. Written by many of the world's leading experts in the field. Comprehensive, easy-to-use and highly informative - an essential guide for readers of all levels. Series: Definitive Encyclopedias. Num Pages: 496 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 41. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Publisher
- Flame Tree Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- New & Expanded ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783612833
- ISBN
- 9781783612833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.22
€ 26.99
€ 19.22
Paperback. Shows how classical music can take on new meaning and new life when approached from postmodernist standpoints. This book provides an account of the postmodernist ethos, explains its relationship to music, and explores that relationship in a series of case studies ranging from Haydn and Mendelssohn to Ives and Ravel. Num Pages: 278 pages, 1 b&w illustration, 34 music examples. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520207004
- ISBN
- 9780520207004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.39
€ 38.99
€ 28.39
Hardcover. In this, the fourth volume in the Norton Introduction to Music History series, Philip Downs traces the rise and decline of the "Classical" style from the birth of Haydn (1732) to the death of Beethoven (1827). Series: Norton Introduction to Music History. Num Pages: 720 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: AVGC4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 165 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1154.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 714
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393951912
- ISBN
- 9780393951912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.26€ 77.63
€ 79.26
€ 77.63
Paperback. What does classical music mean to the Western World? How has it transformed over the centuries? This book examines how music is related to some of the big ideas of Western experience including spirituality, emotion, the weight of history, and self identity. Series: Beginner's Guides. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851686872
- ISBN
- 9781851686872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.56
€ 13.99
€ 11.56
Hardcover. Do you want to know your Allegri from your Allegro? Your Tavener from your Taverner? Even your Bach from your Offenbach? Classic Ephemera is a musical miscellany packed with all manner of handy information: telling trivia, curious quotes and fascinating facts. Num Pages: 192 pages, Mono illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: AVGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 312. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear in good dustwrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Elliott & Thompson
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0005306
- ISBN
- 9781904027812
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The first biog of the acclaimed musician and political activist. Num Pages: 352 pages, 30 B/W photos. BIC Classification: AVGH; BGF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745321653
- ISBN
- 9780745321653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 24.51
€ 35.99
€ 24.51
Paperback. Takes you behind the scenes of jazz history and introduces scores of legendary greats -Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Dinah Washington, Doc Severinsen, Ray Charles, Thelonious Monk, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Coleman Hawkins, Zoot Sims, and Dianne Reeves, among many others. Num Pages: 344 pages, 35 b/w photographs and 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JJ; 3JM; AVGJ; AVH; AVRN; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287518
- ISBN
- 9780520287518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.18
€ 31.99
€ 23.18
Hardback. Tells the story of Clark Terry, one of the most recorded and beloved jazz trumpeters. This title takes us from his impoverished childhood in St Louis, Missouri, where jazz could be heard everywhere, to the smoke-filled small clubs and carnivals across the Jim Crow South where he got his start, and on to worldwide acclaim. Num Pages: 344 pages, 35 b/w photographs and 1 map. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 644. The Autobiography of Clark Terry. 344 pages, Illustrations, maps. Tells the story of Clark Terry, one of the most recorded and beloved jazz trumpeters. This title takes us from his impoverished childhood in St Louis, Missouri, where jazz could be heard everywhere, to the smoke-filled small clubs and carnivals across the Jim Crow South where he got his start, and on to worldwide acclaim. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 28. Weight: 644.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1ST
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268463
- ISBN
- 9780520268463
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 36.07
€ 49.99
€ 36.07
Sheet music. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVRN; AVS. Category: (XS) Student text. Dimension: 304 x 230 x 8. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Trinity College London Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857363824
- ISBN
- 9780857363824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.10
€ 20.99
€ 19.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 52, 28 black & white halftones, 21 printed music items, 3 tables. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801486371
- ISBN
- 9780801486371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
Paperback. Jazz is born of collaboration, improvisation, and listening. This book weaves an argument about how individuals can preserve and improve civic life in a democratic culture. It will appeal to scholars across disciplines as diverse as political science, performance studies, musicology, and literary criticism. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVC; AVGJ; CFG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226218212
- ISBN
- 9780226218212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.94
€ 32.99
€ 25.94
Paperback. A detailed history of the rise, fall and rise again of Progressive Rock, from its beginnings in the 60s to the vibrant contemporary scene in the new millennium. Completely Revised and updated for 2013 Num Pages: 224 pages, 42 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445616834
- ISBN
- 9781445616834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.63
€ 23.99
€ 17.63
Paperback. An exploration of the political and cultural experience of jazz performers in Britain from the 1950s 'traditional jazz boom' onwards Num Pages: 376 pages, 36 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; AVGJ; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822335733
- ISBN
- 9780822335733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. An hilarious & touching coming-of-age from one of Britain's leading music broadcasters, this is the story of a boy's obsessive relationship with pop. A life lived through music, from Stuart's audience with the Beatles (aged 3) to living - and leaving - the sex, drugs (chiefly lager in a plastic glass) and rock and roll lifestyle. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Random House
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091897451
- ISBN
- 9780091897451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.63
€ 23.99
€ 16.63