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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

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

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

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

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

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

€ 45.00
€ 36.07

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

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

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

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

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

€ 79.34
€ 77.63

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

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

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

paperback. .
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780449910429
ISBN
9780449910429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.90

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

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

Paperback. .
Publisher
Tomahawk Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956683472
ISBN
9780956683472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.23

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

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

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

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

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

Paperback. Few other jazz musicians have proved so inspirational and so fascinating as Coltrane. This book offers a narrative of Coltrane's life and also discusses this saxophonist's unique sound. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: AVGJ; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571232741
ISBN
9780571232741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.03

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