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Hardback. Theatre lovers know that Irving Berlin wrote the score for "Annie Get Your Gun", and that Frank Loesser penned the musical numbers for "Guys and Dolls". But who wrote the librettos for these Broadway classics? This text presents a different perspective for looking at the American musical theatre. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index, footnotes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810844407
ISBN
9780810844407
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJPN; AVGP; AVH; AVX; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Pomona United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904590309
ISBN
9781904590309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. A rhapsodic and beautifully composed memoir from American singer-songwriter legend, Carly Simon. Num Pages: 432 pages, Integrated b+w photographs. BIC Classification: AVGN; AVH; BGFA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 257 x 30. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472124043
ISBN
9781472124043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Hardcover. Brahms Among Friends identifies patterns of listening, performance, and composition among friends of Johannes Brahms and explores how those patterns informed the creation and reception of his music in intimate genres. Series: AMS Studies in Music. Num Pages: 400 pages, 131 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH; AVRG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 738.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199982646
ISBN
9780199982646
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.07

Paperback. This book is a collection of essays on various aspects of the life and work of Brahms. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780521088367
ISBN
9780521088367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.56

Paperback. Anyone who has seen a wedding procession in northern India would have heard and seen the band of professional musicians accompanying the procession. This book is a detailed and colourful study of India's wedding bands. Series: Oxford India Paperbacks. Num Pages: 344 pages, NA. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AVGE; JHBT. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199474905
ISBN
9780199474905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.46

Paperback. Broadway star Ethel Merman's voice was a mesmerizing force and her vitality was legendary. This detailed biography tells the story of how the stenographer from Queens, New York, became the queen of the Broadway musical in its golden age. Num Pages: 560 pages, 50 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AVGM; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 143 x 35. Weight in Grams: 732.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520260221
ISBN
9780520260221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. Covering more than one hundred years of history, this multidisciplinary collection of essays illuminates the important links between citizenship, national belonging, and popular music in Brazil. Editor(s): Avelar, Idelber; Dunn, Christopher. Num Pages: 376 pages, 22 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AVG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528. 376 pages, 22 photographs. Editor(s): Avelar, Idelber; Dunn, Christopher. Explores the vital connections between popular music and citizenship in Brazil. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AVG; JFC. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 24. Weight: 528.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349068
ISBN
9780822349068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardcover. An in-depth look at the Rolling Stones in their early days, published to coincide with the first major exhibition dedicated to the band. Editor(s): Morgan, Robin. Num Pages: 252 pages, 100 colour, 100 b&w. BIC Classification: AJC; AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 237. .
Publisher
Antique Collectors Club Dist
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851498161
ISBN
9781851498161
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.64

Hardback. Argues that Brecht's simultaneous work on opera and Lehrstuck in the 1920s generated the concept of audience experience that would come to define epic theater, and that his revisions to the theory of Gestus in the mid-1930s are reminiscent of nineteenth-century opera performance practices of mimesis. Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 tables, 18 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520254824
ISBN
9780520254824
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.18
€ 64.45

Paperback. It was the strange and mystical "Another Green World" (1975) that was the cosmic bridge between Old Eno and New Eno, between Rock and Ambient, between the guitar and the synthesizer, between the old world and electronic music as we know it. This book excavates the album's past, and untangles how it was a link to the future of electronic music. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 122 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136. Series: 33 1/3. 144 pages. It was the strange and mystical "Another Green World" (1975) that was the cosmic bridge between Old Eno and New Eno, between Rock and Ambient, between the guitar and the synthesizer, between the old world and electronic music as we know it. This book excavates the album's past, and untangles how it was a link to the future of electronic music. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVA; AVGP. Dimension: 165 x 122 x 8. Weight: 106.
Publisher
Continuum
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826427861
ISBN
9780826427861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. Explodes the myths surrounding the death of Brian Jones, founder of the Rolling Stones Num Pages: 304 pages, Section: 8, b/w colour photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749941536
ISBN
9780749941536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. A detailed portrait of one of rock's most recognisable stars. Num Pages: 256 pages, Section: 8. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Piatkus
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749909765
ISBN
9780749909765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. This is the first study of Brian Wilson to eschew chronology in favor of a topical organization that allows discussion of lyrical themes and musical motifs outside of any prejudicial presumptions about their place in the trajectory of his career. Series: Icons of Pop Music. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 black and white photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845536633
ISBN
9781845536633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.74

Hardcover. This is the first study of Wilson to eschew chronology for a topical organization that allows discussion of lyrical themes and musical motifs outside of any prejudicial presumptions about their place in the trajectory of his career. Series: Icons of Pop Music. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 black and white photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781908049919
ISBN
9781908049919
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.56

Hardback. Known as 'the Girl from Donegal', Bridie Gallagher was Ireland's first truly international pop star. Over a 50-year career she sang at sell-out concerts everywhere from small halls across Ireland to leading venues such as the London Palladium, Royal Albert Hall, the Lincoln Centre in New York and Sydney's Opera House. Num Pages: 271 pages, Colour and b&w photos. BIC Classification: AVGN; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 850.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The Collins Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781848892576
ISBN
9781848892576
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 18.38

Paperback. From Morrissey and Nick Cave to The Streets and Kanye West, this book explores the links between hip-hop and rock. It focuses on two strands: white alternative rock and black street music. It identifies the strange dance of white bohemian rock and black culture, how they come together at various points and then go their own way. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVGR; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 154 x 35. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571232079
ISBN
9780571232079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.26

Paperback. Photographer John Spink captured the Bristol music scene on film between 1974 and 1981 as styles moved rapidly from prog rock to punk to new wave. Author Gill Loats puts Spink's work in context as the Bristol scene began to take a new direction forged by the likes of The Pop Group and The Cortinas. Illustrator(s): Spink, John. Num Pages: 216 pages, archive photogtaphy. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; AJC; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 243 x 15. Weight in Grams: 750.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Tangent Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910089071
ISBN
9781910089071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 651 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AVD; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Music Mentor Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956267962
ISBN
9780956267962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.84

This is the first book-length survey of 20th -century British music for solo organ. Beginning with a discussion of British organ music in the last decades of the Victorian era, the book focuses on the pieces that the composers wrote, their musical style, possible influences on the composition of specific works, and the details of their composition. Num Pages: 432 pages, 12 b&w photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; AVGC6; AVRG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 145 x 32. Weight in Grams: 794.
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810844483
ISBN
9780810844483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 140.46

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