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Music: styles & genres

Paperback. The author chronicles how basketball and hip hop have gone from being reviled by the American mainstream in the 1970s to being embraced and imitated globally today. For young black men, he argues, they represent a new version of the American dream, one embodying the hopes and desires of those excluded from the original version. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGR; JFSL3; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
2 Edition
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803216754
ISBN
9780803216754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.87

Paperback. Searching for the disappearing subject in Kid A and Amnesiac Series: Profiles in Popular Music. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 music exx. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253222725
ISBN
9780253222725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.33

Paperback. This award-winning cultural history of black dance explores the meaning of dance in African-American life and the connections among music, song, and dance in African-American culture. Series: Folklore & Society. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252065088
ISBN
9780252065088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.33

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Woolley, Sara. Series: For Beginners. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
For Beginners United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934389799
ISBN
9781934389799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 207 pages, hundreds of color posters. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB; AKLP; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 302 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1158. 207 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB; AKLP; AVGP. Dimension: 302 x 223 x 19. Weight: 1162.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764325311
ISBN
9780764325311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.45

Paperback. Gives an account of how opera comes to the stage. This work reveals the problems, and occasionally the scandals, that attend the production of some of our favorite operas. It also traces the social history of nineteenth-century Italian theaters in order to explain the nature of the musical scores from which performers have long worked. Num Pages: 698 pages, 92 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1DST; AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 37. Weight in Grams: 938.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
698
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226304878
ISBN
9780226304878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.29

Hardback. 536 pages, 41, 41 black and white. Makela's study brings together German, Nordic and Anglo-American work on Sibelius, and synthesizes these various strands of Sibelius reception into a single coherent critical narrative. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVGC6; AVH. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 41. Weight: 1344.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843836889
ISBN
9781843836889
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.31

Paperback. This Norton Critical Edition offers one of the largest collections of Middle English lyrics ever made available to the college student. Editor(s): Hoffman, Richard L.; Luria, Maxwell S. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; AVGC1; DC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393093384
ISBN
9780393093384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.08

Paperback. Explores how musicians, both individually and collectively, learn to improvise. Chronicling musicians from their first encounters with jazz to the development of a unique improvisatory voice, Berliner demonstrates that a lifetime of preparation lies behind the skilled improviser's every note. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 904 pages, 2 halftones, 250 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVGK; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 228 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1220. The Infinite Art of Improvisation. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. 904 pages, 2 halftones, 250 music examples. Explores how musicians, both individually and collectively, learn to improvise. Chronicling musicians from their first encounters with jazz to the development of a unique improvisatory voice, Berliner demonstrates that a lifetime of preparation lies behind the skilled improviser's every note. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVGK; AVH. Dimension: 157 x 228 x 48. Weight: 1220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
904
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226043814
ISBN
9780226043814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.21

Paperback. In two elegant and masterly prefaces, James Weldon Johnson discusses the origin and history of more than 120 of the most significant spirituals known. Favorites like "Swing Low Sweet Chariot," "Deep River," and "Go Down, Moses" are arranged for voice and piano by his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, and considered within their African tradition. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGD; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 179 x 26. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Hachette Books
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306812026
ISBN
9780306812026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.07

Paperback. Published in 1898, a concise history of music by an educator and composer, aimed at the enthusiastic amateur. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Music. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AVGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781108038812
ISBN
9781108038812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99

Paperback. Fifty years after his first hit single, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bill Medley remains an icon of popular music and one of its most beloved voices. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 pages black-&-white photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306823671
ISBN
9780306823671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 640 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC3; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 213 x 36. Weight in Grams: 754.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486492230
ISBN
9780486492230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.79

Paperback. Cultural study of the effects of sound technologies--from the phonograph to the Walkman--on African American literature, art, and music in the twentieth century Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; AVG; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822335900
ISBN
9780822335900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardback. A study of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, British composer of the late-1890s and early-1900s. It traces the development of his compositional style, from his final years at the Royal College of Music, to the time of his death in 1912. This edition contains an updated discography and bibliography. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 b&w photography, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGC5; AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Edition
Second
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810844773
ISBN
9780810844773
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.46

Paperback. This volume explores 20th-century organ music through in-depth studies of the principal centers of composition, the most significant composers and their works, and the evolving role of the instrument and its music. Editor(s): Anderson, Christopher S. Num Pages: 368 pages, 44 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables, 75 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AVGC6; AVRG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415875660
ISBN
9780415875660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.22

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822341628
ISBN
9780822341628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803297654
ISBN
9780803297654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 46, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AVGC6; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Updated Edition with New Material
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801472978
ISBN
9780801472978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.52

Hardback. The third edition of Popular Music and Society is fully revised and updated, deftly exploring the study of popular music in the context of wider debates in sociology and media and cultural studies. Astute and accessible, it continues to set the agenda for research and teaching in this area. Num Pages: 278 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGN; JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 171 x 23. Weight in Grams: 732.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745653648
ISBN
9780745653648
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.98

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