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Music: styles & genres

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Music: styles & genres

Paperback. How a TV show changed the way we hear America singing Series: Ethnomusicology Multimedia. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 b&w illus., 9 music exx. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; AVGP; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253222718
ISBN
9780253222718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. A study on fiddling in the Fulbe, Hausa, and Dagbamba cultures of West Africa. This book not only explains the history of the instrument itself, but also discusses the processes of stylistic transference and adaptation, suggesting how these may have contributed to differing performance practices. Num Pages: 352 pages, 53 b&w illus., 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFD; AVGH; AVRL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253219299
ISBN
9780253219299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. Presents the world of rhythm and blues from the perspective of an insider. This book features anecdotes about such R&B legends as Otis Redding, Curtis Mayfield, and Dionne Warwick. It chronicles the 'Iceman's' journey from rural Mississippi to Chicago and the founding and eventual breakup of the legendary Impressions vocal group. Series: Black Music and Expressive Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 41 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGK; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253217042
ISBN
9780253217042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. Essential advice for any choral conductor who is "face to face" with an orchestra Num Pages: 224 pages, 43 figures, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: AVGC8; AVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
Second, Expanded
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253216991
ISBN
9780253216991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.07

Paperback. Practical, in-the-classroom, assistance for choral teachers and general music teachers Num Pages: 160 pages, 7 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: AVGC8; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 9. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253216984
ISBN
9780253216984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.66

Paperback. An excellent reference by leading performers in the field. Editor(s): Duffin, Ross W. Series: Music: Scholarship & Performance. Num Pages: 640 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 898.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253215338
ISBN
9780253215338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.60

Paperback. A guide to the performance of Baroque and early Classical music, including discussions of notes inegales, fingerings, woodwind tonguings, and string bowings. Series: Music: Scholarship & Performance. Num Pages: 188 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; AVA; AVGC3; AVGC4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253213914
ISBN
9780253213914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.03

paperback. Series: Music, Nature, Place. Num Pages: 304 pages, 9 b&w illus., 1 music exx. BIC Classification: 1KB; AVG; JPW; RNA; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 391.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253023001
ISBN
9780253023001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Hardback. Series: Music, Nature, Place. Num Pages: 304 pages, 9 b&w illus., 1 music exx. BIC Classification: 1KB; AVG; JPW; RNA; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 563.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253022684
ISBN
9780253022684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.69

Hardback. Series: Musical Meaning & Interpretation. Num Pages: 21 b&w illus., 52 music exx., 3 tables. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253017994
ISBN
9780253017994
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.61

Hardback. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 364 pages, 35 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; AVG; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253017680
ISBN
9780253017680
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.75

Paperback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; 3JJC; ASZH; AVGM; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252082153
ISBN
9780252082153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

paperback. A long look back at the home of legendary bluegrass festivals and jamborees Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 288 pages, 29 black and white photographs, 5 line drawings, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBND; AVGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252078101
ISBN
9780252078101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Paperback. How the public debate on jazz shaped French identity Num Pages: 312 pages, 23 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; AVGJ; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252077067
ISBN
9780252077067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. Shows how studying the women's music festivals provides insights into the role of music and lesbian community formation. This book argues that the women's music festival is a significant institutional site for the emergence of black feminist consciousness in the contemporary period. Series: African American Music in Global Perspective. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; JFSK1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252076985
ISBN
9780252076985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Paperback. The cultural and industrial reconstruction of the South, explored through a major figure in early black music Num Pages: 216 pages, 15 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGK; GTB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252075452
ISBN
9780252075452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. The personal account of a giant in American folklore and folk music Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 216 pages, 19. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252075094
ISBN
9780252075094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.98

Paperback. This volume of the Music in American Life series recounts the story of Roni Stoneman, the youngest daughter of a pioneering country music family who, in spite of poverty and abusive husbands, eventually became "The First Lady of Banjo," a fixture on the Nashville scene, and "Hee Haws" Ironing Board Lady. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: AVGH; AVRL; BGFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252074349
ISBN
9780252074349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.98

Paperback. Combining the history of country music's roots with portraits of its primary performers, this work examines the close relationship between "America's truest music" and the working-class culture that has constituted its principal source, nurtured its development, and provided its most dedicated supporters. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 432 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: AVGH; AVGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3810 x 26. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780252073663
ISBN
9780252073663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. Features the history of the involvement of African Americans in the early recording industry and examines the first three decades of sound recording in the United States, charting the surprising roles black artists played in the period leading up to the Jazz Age and the remarkably wide range of black music and culture they preserved. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 656 pages, 57 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 255 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
656
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252073076
ISBN
9780252073076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.28

Paperback. The inside story on the Father of Bluegrass from one of his Blue Grass Boys Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 208 pages, 40 photographs. BIC Classification: AVGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252072437
ISBN
9780252072437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.15

Paperback. Features how the "dark continent" of blues and jazz provided Hollywood with a resonant resource to construct and negotiate the boundaries of American cultural identity. This book contains new work on blackface minstrelsy in early sound movies, racial representation and censorship, torch singers and torch songs, burlesque and strippers, and more. Num Pages: 232 pages, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; APFA; AVGJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252072352
ISBN
9780252072352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.10

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. Traces the lives of the Snowdens, an African American family of musicians and farmers living in rural Knox County, Ohio. This book examines the Snowdens' musical and social exchanges with rural whites from the 1850s through the early 1920s and provides an exploration of the claim that the Snowden family taught the song "Dixie" to Dan Emmett. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252071607
ISBN
9780252071607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.43

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