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Hardback. Focuses on the works of Claudio Monteverdi, a master of both genres, to investigate how they reflect changing ideas about performance and role-playing by singers. This title traces the roots of dialogic subjectivity to Petrarch's love poetry arguing that Petrarchism exerted a powerful influence on late Renaissance literature art and music. Num Pages: 334 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 3 line illustrations, 7 tables, 19 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267688
- ISBN
- 9780520267688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.99€ 64.94
€ 83.99
€ 64.94
Hardcover. U2 360-, the most successful concert tour of all time, came to an end in Moncton, Atlantic Canada on July 30, 2011. The massive 26 month undertaking by Live Nation Global Touring saw U2 play 110 concerts in front of more than 7.1 million fans in 30 countries. This title tells the inside story of U2 360-, along with photographs. Num Pages: 256 pages, 300. BIC Classification: AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 282 x 23. Weight in Grams: 92.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Preface Publishing
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848093683
- ISBN
- 9781848093683
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 20.14
€ 33.99
€ 20.14
Hardcover. Without scenery, costumes, and stage action, an opera would be little more than a concert. Offering a comprehensive history of the behind-the-scenes world of opera production and staging, this book follows the evolution of visual style and set design in continental Europe from its birth in the seventeenth century up to today. Num Pages: 416 pages, 189 colour plates, 2 tables. BIC Classification: ANF; AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 310 x 37. Weight in Grams: 2778.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226035086
- ISBN
- 9780226035086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.90€ 69.01
€ 76.90
€ 69.01
Paperback. The book and lyrics of the first musical for which Sondheim composed the score as well. "Forum" opened in 1962 and is Sondheim's longest running play. Other plays for which he has written both the music and lyrics are "A Little Night Music", "Into the Woods" and "Assassins". Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: AVGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 180 x 8. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854591456
- ISBN
- 9781854591456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.55
€ 18.99
€ 17.55
Paperback. Takes you on a trip of absurd excess, a cultural car crash of side-splitting hilarity and a glimpse (again) into the life of one of Britain's most legendary showmen, rock stars and all-time great raconteurs. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848091764
- ISBN
- 9781848091764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.85
€ 13.00
€ 11.85
paperback. Michael Tenzer offers a study of Balinese gamelan music, focusing on the pre-eminent 20th-century genre, gamelan gong kebyar. He applies music theory and analysis to this non-Western orchestral genre to discuss composition and structure, as well as looking at the ethographic background. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 504 pages, 27 halftones, 70 music examples, 26 line drawings, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMNB; AVGE; AVGH; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 33. Weight in Grams: 950.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780226792835
- ISBN
- 9780226792835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.98€ 60.16
€ 70.98
€ 60.16
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Jaman Mas Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780955029509
- ISBN
- 9780955029509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.84
€ 33.99
€ 22.84
Paperback. This work analyzes the music of Java and the development of the gamelan, an ensemble dominated by bronze percussion instruments. Drawing on sources ranging from 12th-century poetry to 20th-century nationalistic writing, it examines historical sources and contemporary cultural theory and criticism. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 halftones, 24 line drawings, 51 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMN; AVGE; AVGH; AVRJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226780115
- ISBN
- 9780226780115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.45
€ 47.99
€ 37.45
Paperback. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: AVGU; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 123 x 10. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781623560652
- ISBN
- 9781623560652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.72
€ 13.99
€ 11.72
Paperback. Have you ever been carried away by a piece of classical music? In this funny, evocative, personal book, previously published as 'Music for the People: The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Classical Music', Gareth takes us on a journey of musical discovery that explains and entertains in equal measure. Num Pages: 352 pages, (with plate section). BIC Classification: AVGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007448296
- ISBN
- 9780007448296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.45
€ 13.00
€ 11.45
Paperback. The neglected story of how Texan musicians pioneered and explored psychedelic rock, and the too-high price they often paid. Num Pages: 389 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JJPK; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 218 x 31. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782790945
- ISBN
- 9781782790945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.66
€ 24.99
€ 21.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, chiefly Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publisher
- Trolley Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907112157
- ISBN
- 9781907112157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.74
€ 26.99
€ 23.74
Paperback. "Among the few truly experimental composers in our cultural history, Harry Partch's life (1901-1974) and music embody most completely the quintessential American rootlessness, isolation, pre-civilized" Num Pages: 544 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 42. Weight in Grams: 822.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306801068
- ISBN
- 9780306801068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.88
€ 31.99
€ 26.88
Paperback. Provides understanding as to why we debate music categories, and why those terms are unstable and always shifting. This book examines the impact of rock and roll's explosion in the 1950s and 1960s on country music and jazz, and how the jazz and indie music scenes have intermingled to expand borders of their respective genres. Num Pages: 224 pages, 14 halftones, 6 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226350394
- ISBN
- 9780226350394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.73
€ 34.99
€ 27.73
Paperback. Focusing on popular huayno music and the ways it has been promoted to Peru's emerging middle class, the author tells a complex story of identity making and the marketing forces entangled with it, providing crucial insights into the dynamics among art, class, and ethnicity that reach far beyond the Andes. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 map, 18 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; AVGH; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226923963
- ISBN
- 9780226923963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.74
€ 37.99
€ 29.74
Hardback. Focusing on popular huayno music and the ways it has been promoted to Peru's emerging middle class, the author tells a complex story of identity making and the marketing forces entangled with it, providing crucial insights into the dynamics among art, class, and ethnicity that reach far beyond the Andes. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 map, 18 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; AVGH; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226923956
- ISBN
- 9780226923956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.37€ 82.90
€ 99.37
€ 82.90
Paperback. Features psychological warfare, bedroom drama, Catholic guilt, deception and the shame that coincide with relationships gone wrong. This story explores what happens when intellectual sophistication is star-crossed with outspoken braggadocio, a charismatic mixture that managed to alienate the mainstream horde and arms-folded indie scenesters. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 122 x 8. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826429100
- ISBN
- 9780826429100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.65
€ 13.99
€ 11.65
Hardcover. The first in-depth biography of one of music's most fascinating, colourful and innovative characters. The definitive history of the last of the black music pioneers. Num Pages: 376 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: AVGQ; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 34. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Publisher
- Omnibus Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783051540
- ISBN
- 9781783051540
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.55
€ 26.99
€ 20.55
Hardcover. An intimate portrait of Handel's life and inner circle, modeled after one of the composer's favorite forms: the fugue. Num Pages: 496 pages, 43 illustrations; 3 maps. BIC Classification: AVGC3; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 37. Weight in Grams: 972.
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393088953
- ISBN
- 9780393088953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.72
€ 42.99
€ 38.72
Paperback. A songbook containing 50 of George Gershwin's best songs for piano and voice with guitar chords in a large 216 page volume. Series: Platinum Collection. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 302 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publisher
- Faber Music Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571526840
- ISBN
- 9780571526840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.79
€ 26.79
Hardback. Gershwin created some of the most beloved music of the twentieth century and, along with Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, and Cole Porter, helped make the golden age of Broadway golden. This biography of George Gershwin (1898-1937) unravels the myths surrounding one of America's most celebrated composers and establishes the enduring value of his music. Num Pages: 901 pages, 51 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVG; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 233 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1448.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 901
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520248649
- ISBN
- 9780520248649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.42€ 43.18
€ 54.42
€ 43.18
Paperback. An updated biography and tribute to one of Britain's most successful pop stars. Num Pages: 240 pages, Section: 8, colour pix. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349417325
- ISBN
- 9780349417325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
€ 17.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. As the man whose voice and style came to define pop music in the eighties and beyond, George Michael will forever be remembered as one of the all-time greats of British music. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JMC; AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 195.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786064561
- ISBN
- 9781786064561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.15
€ 11.99
€ 10.15
Hardback. The first full length study of Sir George Thomas Smart (1776-1867), musical animateur and early champion of the music of Beethoven Series: Music in Britain, 1600-2000. Num Pages: 343 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; AVGC5; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 27. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783270644
- ISBN
- 9781783270644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.28
€ 116.28