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Hardback. Drawing upon a complex web of early modern sources and ancient texts, this study is a treatment of women, gender and sexuality in 17th-century opera. It explores the operatic manifestations of female chastity, power, transvestism, androgyny and desire. Num Pages: 405 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 4 tables, 45 music examples. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; AVGC9; HBT; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
405
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520209336
ISBN
9780520209336
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.07
€ 64.99

Hardback. Traces the history of the Gregorian revival from its Romantic origins in a community of French monks at Solesmes, whose founder hoped to rebuild the moral foundation of French culture on the ruins of the Benedictine order. Series: California Studies in 19th Century Music. Num Pages: 196 pages, 37 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC; AVGD; HBJD; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520210080
ISBN
9780520210080
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.02
€ 45.60

Paperback. A selection of the author's critical essays on music, which includes an analysis of Beethoven's obsession with the key of C minor, an account of William Byrd as a spokesman for the Elizabethan Catholic minority, and papers on the operas "Don Giovanni", "The Magic Flute" and "Tristan and Isolde". Num Pages: 359 pages, 80 music examples, 3 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
359
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520213777
ISBN
9780520213777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.14

Hardback. Illuminates the diverse elements that constitute opera by focusing the investigation around three main categories: composition and production; words, music, and drama; and the interaction of society, genre, and aesthetics. Translator(s): Schneider, Edward. Num Pages: 442 pages, 34 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; AVGC9; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press Berkeley
Number of pages
442
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520217195
ISBN
9780520217195
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.76
€ 49.28

Hardback. Explores ritualized performance in twentieth-century music. This book uncovers the range of political, didactic, and aesthetic intents that inspired the creators of modernist music theater. Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 365 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 20 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 238 x 32. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
365
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520223028
ISBN
9780520223028
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.76
€ 49.32

Paperback. There is a well-developed vocabulary for discussing classical music, but when it comes to popular music, how do we analyze its effects and its meaning? This text demonstrates how listeners form opinions about popular songs, and how they come to attribute a rich variety of meaning to them. Num Pages: 275 pages, 24 music examples, 5 tables. BIC Classification: AVA; AVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390. 275 pages, Illustrations. There is a well-developed vocabulary for discussing classical music, but when it comes to popular music, how do we analyze its effects and its meaning? This text demonstrates how listeners form opinions about popular songs, and how they come to attribute a rich variety of meaning to them. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AVA; AVG. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 16. Weight: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Calif. Pbk
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520225411
ISBN
9780520225411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.65

Paperback. Presents an exploration of recording consciousness and compositional process from the perspective of those who make records. This title examines the crucial roles played by recording technologies in the construction of rock music and shows how songwriters, musicians, engineers, and producers contribute to the creative project. Num Pages: 276 pages, 4 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVX; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
SECOND PRINTING
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520232242
ISBN
9780520232242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.65

Hardback. Parisian theatrical, artistic, social, and political life is explored in this history of the Paris Odeon, an opera house that flourished during the Bourbon Restoration. The book traces the complete arc of the Odeon's short but highly successful life from ascent to triumph, decline, and closure. Num Pages: 348 pages, 28 b/w photographs, 11 tables, 13 music examples. BIC Classification: 3JH; AVGC9; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520234451
ISBN
9780520234451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.07
€ 64.66

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations, 6 tables, 44 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520240285
ISBN
9780520240285
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.07
€ 65.15

Hardback. Opera performances are often radically inventive. Composers' revisions, singers' improvisations, and stage directors' re-imaginings continually challenge our visions of canonical works. But do they go far enough? This book, spanning almost the entire history of opera, reexamines attitudes toward some of our best-loved musical works. Series: Ernest Bloch Lectures. Num Pages: 179 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 21 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 68.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
179
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520244184
ISBN
9780520244184
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.07
€ 64.94

Hardback. Breaking down walls between genres - classical, jazz, and popular, this book offers an integrated view of twentieth-century music. It demonstrates how Duke Ellington's music is as vital to musical modernism as anything by Stravinsky, and has had a lasting impact on jazz and pop that reaches from Gershwin to contemporary R&B. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVGJ; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580. 336 pages, Illustrations. Breaking down walls between genres - classical, jazz, and popular, this book offers an integrated view of twentieth-century music. It demonstrates how Duke Ellington's music is as vital to musical modernism as anything by Stravinsky, and has had a lasting impact on jazz and pop that reaches from Gershwin to contemporary R&B. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVGJ; AVGP. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 25. Weight: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520245877
ISBN
9780520245877
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.01

Hardback. Presents a volume of 453 letters written by and to composer Charles Ives (1874-1954). This book provides insight into one of the most paradoxical careers in American music history. It offers a view on Ives's personality and his creative process. It includes correspondence with musicians and critics such as John Cage, Aaron Copland, and others. Editor(s): Owens, Tom C. Num Pages: 410 pages, 31 b/w photographs, 4 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 188 x 30. Weight in Grams: 922.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
410
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520246065
ISBN
9780520246065
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.07
€ 64.94

Paperback. Focuses on Benjamin Britten, one of the great British composers. Addressing urgent questions of how an artist's sexual, cultural, and personal identity feeds into specific musical texts, this title examines most of Britten's operas as well as his role in the British cultural establishment of the mid-twentieth century. Editor(s): Haggerty, George E. Num Pages: 295 pages, 15 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
295
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520246102
ISBN
9780520246102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Hardback. Explores the female roles in Mozart's four most frequently performed operas, "Le nozze di Figaro", "Don Giovanni", "Cosi fan tutte", and "Die Zauberflote". Each chapter looks at the music, libretto text, literary sources, and historical factors that give shape to a character, re-evaluating common assumptions and proposing fresh interpretations. Num Pages: 352 pages, 37 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
341
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520248021
ISBN
9780520248021
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.07
€ 64.94

Paperback. Presents the country music scene that flourished in and around Los Angeles from the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s to the early 1970s. This work explores how migrant musicians and their audiences came to gain a sense of identity through music and mass media, and to celebrate African American and Mexican American musical influences. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 364 pages, 7 b/w photos 1 line drawing 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; AVGL; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520248892
ISBN
9780520248892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Hardback. The Metropolitan has stood among the grandest of opera companies since its birth in 1883. Tracing the offstage/onstage workings of this famed New York institution, this title tells how the Met became and remains a powerful actor on the global cultural scene. Num Pages: 472 pages, 47 b/w images, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 237 x 34. Weight in Grams: 784.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520250338
ISBN
9780520250338
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.00
€ 36.34

Hardback. The prevailing essentialist assumptions about 'Jewish music,' maintain that ethnic groups, nations, or religious communities possess an essence that must manifest itself in art created by members of that group. This book scrutinizes concepts of Jewish identity and reorders ideas about twentieth-century 'Jewish music' in three case studies. Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 468 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 3 tables, 115 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC6; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 749.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
468
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520250888
ISBN
9780520250888
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.07
€ 64.94

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

€ 84.07
€ 64.94

Paperback. Metal and punk enjoyed a charged, intimate relationship that informed both genres in terms of sound, image, and discourse. This book traces this connection back to the early 1970s, when metal first asserted its identity and punk arose independently. Num Pages: 398 pages, 21 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVGT; AVGU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
398
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257177
ISBN
9780520257177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. Explores classical music's nature of subjectivity, the conquest of time and mortality, the harmonization of humanity and technology, the cultivation of attention, and the liberation of human energy. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520258037
ISBN
9780520258037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.18

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
€ 29.27

Paperback. In May 1968, France teetered on the brink of revolution as a series of student protests spiraled into general strike. This title examines the social, political, and cultural effects of May '68 on a variety of music in France, from the initial shock of 1968 through the 'long' 1970s and the election of Mitterrand and the socialists in 1981. Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8 b/w photographs, 10 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520268975
ISBN
9780520268975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.31

Paperback. Ben Fong-Torres was torn between an alluring American lifestyle - including Elvis and rock 'n' roll - and the traditional cultural heritage his proud immigrant parents struggled to instill in their five children. This title tells of growing up with a double identity - Chinese and American. Num Pages: 296 pages, 28 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; AVGP; BGFA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition,Revised
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520269682
ISBN
9780520269682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.43

Paperback. From Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong to Ornette Coleman and Quincy Jones, this title explores the jazz greats, and traces their art to gospel, blues, and many other forms of American music. Num Pages: 272 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: AVGJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520269811
ISBN
9780520269811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

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