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Paperback. Offers turbulent relationship between popular music and politics, through 33 songs that span seven decades and four continents, from Billie Holiday singing "Strange Fruit" to Green Day raging against Iraq war. This book explores individuals, ideas and events behind each song, showing how protest music has sound tracked and informed social change. Num Pages: 864 pages, ill. BIC Classification: AVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 54. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 864
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571241354
- ISBN
- 9780571241354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.07
€ 23.99
€ 16.07
Paperback. Shows how the domain of sound, a rich and culturally resonant aspect of the cinema, not only invokes the realities of war, but also shapes the American audience's engagement with soldiers and veterans as flesh-and-blood representatives of the nation. This book explores all three elements of film sound-dialogue, sound effects, music. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 music ex, 4 b/w, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; APFA; AVC; AVGG; AVX; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; HBW; TTA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282339
- ISBN
- 9780520282339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Carlos Santana's guitar style brought the rhythms of Afro-Cuban music to generations of people who might otherwise never have heard them. This title presents the combination of musical notation and guitar tabulature together with backing tracks on the CD that gives you the opportunity to learn eight of Carlos' tracks note-for-note. Series: Jam with. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 229 x 7. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Faber Music Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Pap/Com
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571528295
- ISBN
- 9780571528295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.78
€ 26.99
€ 23.78
Paperback. Dusty Springfield made her name in the 60s with a string of top ten hits. Her unique singing style and distinctive bouffant blonde look made her famous throughout the world. Covering various areas of her career, this book sheds light on Dusty's life. It also looks at the period of her self-destruction while living in Los Angeles in the 80s. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16pp b/w pics. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 111 x 22. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340766743
- ISBN
- 9780340766743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. The hidden history of the women who dared to write music in a man's world Num Pages: 384 pages, 8 greyscale images. BIC Classification: AVGC; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. .
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786070678
- ISBN
- 9781786070678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.01
€ 17.99
€ 14.01
Paperback. Examines just what makes the songs so affecting, how they work together as a suite, and how lyrics, melody, and arrangements combine to create an unusually potent mix. This book blends musical and literary analysis of the songs themselves, biography (where appropriate) and recording information (where helpful). Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 121 x 10. Weight in Grams: 166. Series: 33 1/3. 168 pages. Examines just what makes the songs so affecting, how they work together as a suite, and how lyrics, melody, and arrangements combine to create an unusually potent mix. This book blends musical and literary analysis of the songs themselves, biography (where appropriate) and recording information (where helpful). Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGP. Dimension: 171 x 121 x 10. Weight: 126.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826417756
- ISBN
- 9780826417756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.72
€ 13.99
€ 11.72
Paperback. The Nibelungenlied is the greatest medieval German heroic poem, a revenge saga on an epic scale, which tells how dragon-slayer Sivrit acquires the priceless hoard of the dwarvish Nibelungs, and of the tragic conflict between Kriemhilt and Hagen. This is the first prose translation for over forty years, with full introductory materials. Translator(s): Edwards, Cyril. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 3H; AVGC; AVH; DCF; DSBB; FQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199238545
- ISBN
- 9780199238545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.68
€ 16.99
€ 15.68
Paperback. Editor(s): Nicholas, John. Translator(s): Palca, Carol Borah. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 213 x 8. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714544496
- ISBN
- 9780714544496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.45
€ 13.99
€ 13.45
Paperback. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 120 x 11. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781623567149
- ISBN
- 9781623567149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.65
€ 13.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white illustrations, colour plates. BIC Classification: APB; AVGT; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062131737
- ISBN
- 9780062131737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.21
€ 16.99
€ 12.21
Paperback.
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: 312 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: AVGN; JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 171 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653655
- ISBN
- 9780745653655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.29
€ 26.29
Paperback. Part memoir and part description of the creative process, this is an absorbing journey through the musical landscape of John Adams, one of today's most admired and frequently performed composers. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVGC9; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571231164
- ISBN
- 9780571231164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.07
€ 17.99
€ 13.07
Paperback. A study of a pivotal moment in Ween's development, as they became one of the world's most endearing, and enduring, cult bands. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180. Series: 33 1/3. 144 pages, illustrations. A study of a pivotal moment in Ween's development, as they became one of the world's most endearing, and enduring, cult bands. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Dimension: 164 x 131 x 14. Weight: 180.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826431172
- ISBN
- 9780826431172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.65
€ 13.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. After the success of his memoir, the author got in touch with people he admires, and asked them to suggest an album for him to track down on his travels, giving an insight into what makes them tick, while also giving him a chance to see how record shops around the world were faring in the digital age. This is the story of what came back. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVX; BM; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571314744
- ISBN
- 9780571314744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.50
€ 15.99
€ 11.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; AVGJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402. 300 pages, photos throughout. Examines the arrival of jazz in Britain, the influence of American musicians, the big-band era and then the advent of bop, the Musicians' Union ban, the development of jazz journalism and specialist clubs and the cloak and dagger plots culminating in the defiance of the Musicians' Union ban on the appearance of American musicians in Britain. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; AVGJ. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 17. Weight: 402.
- Publisher
- Northway Publications
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 4th edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780955788819
- ISBN
- 9780955788819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.22
€ 23.99
€ 21.22
Paperback. Negotiating identity in hip-hop culture Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGR; JFCA; JFSJ2; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 230 x 11. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252078323
- ISBN
- 9780252078323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.18
€ 25.99
€ 24.18
Paperback. Igor Stravinsky was a celebrity composer in an increasingly celebrity-obsessed age. He was a true modern, a man of his time. Stravinsky's extraordinary music reflected and shaped his own times, and resonates with audiences even today. Stravinsky tells of a colourful life lived against the backdrop of the twentieth century's wars and revolutions. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 200 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780234946
- ISBN
- 9781780234946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.25
€ 17.99
€ 14.25
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199309320
- ISBN
- 9780199309320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Paperback. Though "Nevermind" was Nirvana's most commercially successful album, and the record that broke them - and the grunge phenomenon - internationally, "In Utero" has increasingly become regarded as the band's best album, both by the critics and the band members themselves. This work tells the story behind the creation of "In Utero". Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 122 x 7. Weight in Grams: 112. Series: 33 1/3. 144 pages. Though "Nevermind" was Nirvana's most commercially successful album, and the record that broke them - and the grunge phenomenon - internationally, "In Utero" has increasingly become regarded as the band's best album, both by the critics and the band members themselves. This work tells the story behind the creation of "In Utero". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGP. Dimension: 166 x 122 x 7. Weight: 112.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826417763
- ISBN
- 9780826417763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.65
€ 13.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. Julian Cope's highly acclaimed autobiography and its long-awaited sequel in one extraordinary volume. Num Pages: 528 pages, 32 b/w plates (32pp), (1x16 b/w, 1x16 colour). BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 34. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007197750
- ISBN
- 9780007197750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.25
€ 17.99
€ 14.25