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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

€ 50.99
€ 36.45

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

€ 36.99
€ 24.66

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. Brings out the stories behind the hits on drive-time radio. This title includes: the gear, the songs, the road stories, and the inspiration behind some of the greatest songs of the '60s, '70s, and '80s by Chicago, Deep Purple, Tom Petty and the Hearbreakers, Blood, Sweat and Tears Steve Winwood, the Grateful Dead, and many more. Editor(s): Rideout, Ernie. Series: Keyboard Presents. Num Pages: 250 pages, Black and White Photos and Illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hal Leonard Corporation United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780879309527
ISBN
9780879309527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.67

Paperback. Editor(s): Felton, David. Num Pages: 420 pages, 350+ photographs, illustrations and track sheets. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVX. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UA) A / AS level; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 279 x 233 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1848.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Sample Magic United Kingdom
Edition
First
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956446022
ISBN
9780956446022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.26

Hardcover. From the series examining the development of music in specific places during particular times, this book looks at the classical period, in Europe and America, from Vienna and Salzburg to the Iberian courts and Philadelphia. Editor(s): Zaslaw, Neal. Series: Man & Music S. Num Pages: 436 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AVGC4. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 691.
Publisher
Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333472606
ISBN
9780333472606
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.01

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
€ 11.58

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

€ 79.61
€ 77.86

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
€ 28.56

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
€ 20.36

Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVC; AVGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442234543
ISBN
9781442234543
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.89

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

€ 98.73

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

€ 25.99
€ 19.49

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
€ 36.02

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

€ 19.00
€ 16.91

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

€ 18.99
€ 14.31

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
€ 33.81

Paperback. Will Romano examines why Close to the Edge is the ultimate prog rock album in an era that was filled with progressive British rock classics. Num Pages: 272 pages, Two 8-page photograph inserts. BIC Classification: AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publisher
Hal Leonard Corporation
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781617136177
ISBN
9781617136177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.18

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
€ 14.33

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
€ 18.04

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