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Music: styles & genres

Paperback. Series: Harvard Publications in Music. Num Pages: 153 pages, musical illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 310 x 240 x 12. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
153
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674640313
ISBN
9780674640313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 178 pages, musical illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 310 x 240 x 16. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674640337
ISBN
9780674640337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.73
€ 56.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 276 pages, musical illustration. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 318 x 240 x 21. Weight in Grams: 908.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674640344
ISBN
9780674640344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.48
€ 61.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 209 pages, musical illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 318 x 240 x 17. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674640351
ISBN
9780674640351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.05
€ 64.19

Hardcover. Discusses the notorious opposition between absolute and program music as a true dialectic that lies at the heart of nineteenth-century German music. This work contributes to our knowledge about some of Europe's most important music - and to contemporary controversies over how music should be understood and experienced. Num Pages: 432 pages, 43 musical scores. 3 tables. 11 halftones. 3 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; AVGC4; AVGC5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691001494
ISBN
9780691001494
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.88
€ 86.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 648 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 215 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
648
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691027074
ISBN
9780691027074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 109.32
€ 83.75

Paperback. The description for this book, Thayer's Life of Beethoven, Part I, will be forthcoming. Editor(s): Forbes, Elliot. Num Pages: 656 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 208 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1014.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691027173
ISBN
9780691027173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.35
€ 51.34

Paperback. Explores the relationship between aesthetics and anti-Semitism in two controversial landmarks in German culture. This book argues that Richard Wagner's opera cycle "Der Ring des Nibelungen" and Fritz Lang's 1920s film "Die Nibelungen" exploits contrasts between good and bad aesthetics to address the question of what is German and what is not. Series: Princeton Studies in Opera. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; APFA; AVGC9; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691049717
ISBN
9780691049717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.20

paperback. Bringing together reception history, music analysis and criticism, the history of music theory, and the philosophy of music, this book explores the nature and persistence of Beethoven's heroic style. It is of interest to those interested in canon formation in the arts and in music as a cultural, ethical, and emotional force. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC5; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780691050584
ISBN
9780691050584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. From local Kapellmeister to international icon, Joseph Haydn achieved success by developing a musical language aimed at both the connoisseurs and amateurs of the emerging musical public. This work examines Haydn's works in relation to the aesthetic and cultural crosscurrents of his time. Editor(s): Sisman, Elaine R. Series: The Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 325 pages, music, port. BIC Classification: 1DFA; AVGC4; AVH; BGF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691057996
ISBN
9780691057996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.47
€ 42.70

Hardback. Offers a view of opera buffa in the theatrical world of late-eighteenth-century Vienna. This book attributes opera buffa's success to its ability to provide 'sheer' pleasure and hence explores how the genre functioned as entertainment. It shows how the arias and ensembles convey a multifaceted picture of the repertory's social values and habits. Series: Princeton Studies in Opera. Num Pages: 312 pages, 54 music examples. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 2ADT; AVGC4; AVGC9; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691058122
ISBN
9780691058122
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.52
€ 98.65

Paperback. It has long been argued that opera is all about sex. This work explores the impact of this sexual obsession, and of the power relations that come with it, on the music, words, and staging of opera. It combines readings of specific scenes with efforts to situate these musical moments within the observed historical contexts. Editor(s): Smart, Mary Ann. Series: Princeton Studies in Opera. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32 illus, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGC9; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691058139
ISBN
9780691058139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. Gustav Mahler's music has provoked extreme responses from the public and from experts. This volume examines the broader political, social, and literary changes reflected in Mahler's music. It examines the composer's Jewish identity, and considers contemporary theories of memory, and the theatricality of Mahler's art and fin-de-siecle politics. Editor(s): Painter, Karen. Series: The Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC5; AVGC6; AVH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691092447
ISBN
9780691092447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. Brings together several Leos Janacek scholars to look closely at a range of issues surrounding his life and work. This book features essays accompanied by translated writings by the composer himself. It includes essays on Naturalism, opera direction, and Tristan and Isolde and four impressionistic chronicles of the 'speech melodies' of daily life. Editor(s): Beckerman, Michael. Series: Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11 halftones. 5 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVGC6; AVGC9; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691116761
ISBN
9780691116761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.47
€ 42.58

Paperback. Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) has a reputation as one of the leading composers of the twentieth century. This work expands the traditional purview of Shostakovich's world, exploring the composer's creativity and art in terms of the expectations - historical, cultural, and political - that forged them. Editor(s): Fay, Laurel E. Series: Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 432 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691120690
ISBN
9780691120690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 40.07

Hardback. Explores the relationship between jazz and literature, looking at jazz musicians and the themes literature has garnered from them by appropriating the style, tones, and innovations of jazz, and demonstrating that the poetics of jazz has both been assimilated into, and affected, the development of twentieth-century American literature. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; AVGJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691123578
ISBN
9780691123578
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.35
€ 51.34

Paperback. Chronicles the life of one of the most remarkable musical minds of the American experience, the great nineteenth-century New Orleans-born composer and pianist Louis Moreau Gottschalk. This book recounts Gottschalk's experiences as he traveled and performed throughout the last decade of his life. Editor(s): Behrend, Jeanne. Num Pages: 504 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH; AVRG; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
490
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691127163
ISBN
9780691127163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Edward Elgar (1857-1934) is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating, important, and influential figures in the history of British music. This work examines the composer's life, presenting a comprehensive portrait of both the man and the age in which he lived. Editor(s): Adams, Professor Byron. Series: The Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 312 pages, 23 halftones. 25 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691134468
ISBN
9780691134468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.19

Paperback. Addresses a variety of specific themes in musicals that serve this general function: fairy tale and fantasy, idealism and inspiration, gender and sexuality, and relationships, among others. This work considers three overlapping genres that are central to the projection of personal identity: operetta, movie musicals, and operatic musicals. Num Pages: 480 pages, 31 halftones. 26 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 702.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
490
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141053
ISBN
9780691141053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.19

Paperback. Richard Wagner (1813-1883) aimed to be more than just a composer. He set out to redefine opera as a 'total work of art' combining the highest aspirations of drama, poetry, the symphony, the visual arts, even religion and philosophy. This book examines his works. Editor(s): Grey, Thomas S. Series: The Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 560 pages, 24 halftones. 50 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 824.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143668
ISBN
9780691143668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.19

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