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Paperback. Looks at the superstar Billy Joel's entire career, including his troubled youth as a gang member; the controversy surrounding his first hit, Captain Jack his legal problems; his storied marriage with Christie Brinkley; and, his continued artistic frustration. Num Pages: 300 pages, one eight-page photo insert. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 226 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572. The Life and Times of an Angry Young Man. 300 pages, one eight-page photo insert. Looks at the superstar Billy Joel's entire career, including his troubled youth as a gang member; the controversy surrounding his first hit, Captain Jack his legal problems; his storied marriage with Christie Brinkley; and, his continued artistic frustration. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Dimension: 151 x 226 x 27. Weight: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hal Leonard Corporation United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781617130052
ISBN
9781617130052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.68

Hardcover. Charting the development of jazz photography from the swing era of the 1930s to the rise of black nationalism in the '60s, this title offers an account of the partnership between two of the twentieth century's innovative art forms. It introduces us to the great jazz photographers - including Gjon Mili, William Gottlieb, Herman Leonard, and more. Num Pages: 392 pages, 65 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJ; AVGJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 189 x 26. Weight in Grams: 814.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226098753
ISBN
9780226098753
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 39.99

Hardcover. Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) is one of the twentieth century's greatest composers. This biography explores the composer's formative experiences as a Russian subject and a member of the Swedish-speaking Finnish minority. It traces Sibelius' relationships with his creative contemporaries, with whom he worked to usher in a golden age of music and art. Num Pages: 496 pages, 8 colour plates, 36 halftones, 47 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 261 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226304779
ISBN
9780226304779
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.82
€ 78.69

Hardcover. Presents the voices of three musicians - queer nightclub star Zeki Muren, arabesk originator Orhan Gencebay, and pop diva Sezen Aksu - who collectively have dominated mass media in Turkey since the early 1950s. Using these three singers as a lens, the author examines Turkey's repressive politics and civil violence as well as its public life. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 halftones, 1 map, 20 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DVT; AVG; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226775050
ISBN
9780226775050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.86
€ 89.47

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

€ 71.12
€ 59.33

Paperback. A contribution to the history of the blues and of Afro-American culture in general. Writing from a black/feminist standpoint, Harrison shows the joys, trials, heartbreaks and enduring influence of such singers as Victoria Spivey and Alberta Hunter. Num Pages: 314 pages, photographs, discography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; AVGJ; AVGK; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813512808
ISBN
9780813512808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.60

hardcover. A cultural history describing how folklore studies and the music industry helped to create a "musical color line" in the South, associating certain genres with particular racial and ethnic identities. Series: Refiguring American Music. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
1. Ausgabe.
SKU
V9780822346890
ISBN
9780822346890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.43

paperback. In Punk and Revolution Shane Greene radically uproots punk from its place in Western culture to situate it as a crucial element in Peru's culture of subversive militancy and political violence. Experimenting with form and content, Greene redefines how we think about punk subculture and revolutionary politics. Num Pages: 248 pages, 63 illustrations, 8 page color insert. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; AVGU; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822362746
ISBN
9780822362746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

Hardcover. This sixth volume in the series centres on the sociological and critical aspects of opera in Italy, considering the art in the context of an Italian literary and cultural canon rarely revealed in English and American studies. Editor(s): Bianconi, Lorenzo; Pestelli, Giorgio. Translator(s): Chalmers, Kenneth. Series: History of Italian Opera, Part 2 - Systems. Num Pages: 504 pages, 48 halftones, 4 musical examples, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 167 x 38. Weight in Grams: 832.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226045924
ISBN
9780226045924
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.56
€ 82.26

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252077814
ISBN
9780252077814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Hardcover. Discusses Debussy's music in the context of pop culture Num Pages: 248 pages, 8 colour plates, 41 music excerpts. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253357168
ISBN
9780253357168
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: AVGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813551746
ISBN
9780813551746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.22

Hardcover. Revolve is a first-person account from the platinum-selling singer-songwriter John Newman, documenting the creative process involved in writing his second album. Num Pages: 192 pages, over 150 colour photographs. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVGQ; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 250 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1086.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Quadrille Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849496506
ISBN
9781849496506
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.37

Hardcover. Num Pages: 632 pages, Includes 24 b&w illustrations and 196 music examples. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 166 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1112.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859678094
ISBN
9780859678094
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.37

hardcover. First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Num Pages: 488 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVGC5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1061.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138133716
ISBN
9781138133716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.57

Hardcover. The untold history of the seminal cultural venue Jabberjaw-the underground star of Los Angeles's historic indie scene of the 1990s. Num Pages: 240 pages, 300 colour and black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPR; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 301 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1888.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rizzoli
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847839964
ISBN
9780847839964
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.36

paperback. The Stone Roses shows a band sizzling with skill, consumed with drive and aspiration and possessing an almost preternatural mastery of the pop paradigm. This book explores the political and cultural zeitgeist of England in 1989, and attempts to apprehend the magic ingredients that made "The Stone Roses" such a special album. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120 x 9. Weight in Grams: 140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Condition
New
SKU
9780826417428
ISBN
9780826417428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.56

Hardcover. A pioneering scholar of the blues explores the folk traditions that predated and shaped this uniquely American music as we know it. Num Pages: 240 pages, 49 illustrations/photos. BIC Classification: AVGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Civitas Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465008810
ISBN
9780465008810
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.65

paperback. Series: SOAS Musicology Series. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: AVG; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138062542
ISBN
9781138062542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.65

paperback. Robert Plant is one of the few genuine living rock legends. Frontman of Led Zeppelin, musical innovator and seller of millions of records, Plant has had a profound influence on music for over four decades. But the full account of his life has barely been told .. until now. Num Pages: 400 pages, (2x8pp plates). BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harpercollins
Condition
New
SKU
9780007514892
ISBN
9780007514892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. Film technology in the early 20th century opened up a new world for the motion picture industry. Opera, relying on melodramatic storylines and pantomime acting, was an ideal subject for early silents. This book examines the relationship between the established operatic stars of the late 19th century and the newly developing motion picture industry. Num Pages: 312 pages, photographs, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: APF; AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 180 x 19. Weight in Grams: 717.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
McFarland & Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786420650
ISBN
9780786420650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 97.69

paperback. Hell-raiser Shane MacGowan's acclaimed and surprisingly lucid memoir. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 236 x 35. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pan
Condition
New
SKU
9780283072048
ISBN
9780283072048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 15.29

Paperback. Johann Sebastian Bach's the "St Matthew Passion" stands as a singular expression of religious sensibility. Highlighting the inspiration Bach drew from opera, this book illuminates the hybrid forms that comprise the work, thereby clarifying many of the composer's dramatic strategies. Series: Magnum Opus. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC3; AVGC8; AVGD; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 166. A Closer Look. Series: Magnum Opus. 144 pages. Johann Sebastian Bach's the "St Matthew Passion" stands as a singular expression of religious sensibility. Highlighting the inspiration Bach drew from opera, this book illuminates the hybrid forms that comprise the work, thereby clarifying many of the composer's dramatic strategies. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: AVGC3; AVGC8; AVGD; AVH. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Continuum
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826429407
ISBN
9780826429407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.95

paperback. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 290 pages, 4 colour plates, 24 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; AVGH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226874654
ISBN
9780226874654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.52

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