Biography: arts & entertainment
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Biography: arts & entertainment
Paperback. Anna Halprin pioneered what became known as 'postmodern dance', creating work that was key to unlocking the door to experimentation in theater, music, Happenings, and performance art. This biography examines Halprin's life in the context of American culture - in particular popular culture and the West Coast as a center of artistic experimentation. Num Pages: 464 pages, 60 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: ASDT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 31. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520260054
- ISBN
- 9780520260054
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
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
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
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€ 21.34
€ 27.99
€ 21.34
Paperback. Examines one of the most important, yet understudied, media authors of all time - Norman Corwin - using him as a critical lens to consider the history of multimedia authorship, particularly in the realm of sound. Editor(s): Smith, Jacob; Verma, Neil. Num Pages: 265 pages, 12. BIC Classification: APB; APW; BGF; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285323
- ISBN
- 9780520285323
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.98
€ 40.99
€ 28.98
Paperback. A biography of Federico Fellini that shows how his exuberant imagination has been shaped by popular culture, literature, and his encounter with the ideas of C G Jung, especially Jungian dream interpretation. It links his mature accomplishments to his first employment as a cartoonist, gagman, and sketch-artist during the Fascist era. Num Pages: 392 pages, 46 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DST; APFA; APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691008752
- ISBN
- 9780691008752
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Condition: New
€ 52.53€ 42.40
€ 52.53
€ 42.40
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
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Condition: New
€ 52.53€ 42.70
€ 52.53
€ 42.70
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
€ 52.53€ 42.10
€ 52.53
€ 42.10
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
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.39
€ 40.99
€ 29.39
Paperback. Rising from a small-time vaudeville career in the States, Loie Fuller attained international celebrity as a dancer, inventor, and one of the first women filmmakers in the world. This book demonstrates that Fuller was an artist of great psychological, emotional, and sexual expressiveness whose work illuminates the centrality of dance to modernism. Num Pages: 288 pages, 44 halftones. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: APFB; ASD; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141091
- ISBN
- 9780691141091
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.79
€ 42.99
€ 30.79
Paperback. aeo This is new in paperback. aeo This book is the first comprehensive discussion of the life and work of Americaa s finest comedian. aeo The hardback sold extremely well, and was widely and favourably reviewed. Num Pages: 230 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; BGF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745608907
- ISBN
- 9780745608907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.80
€ 25.80
Paperback. Beethoven is a classic study of the composer's music, written by one of the most important thinkers of our time. Throughout his life, Adorno wrote extensive notes, essay fragments and aides-memoires on the subject of Beethoven's music. This book brings together all of Beethoven's music in relation to the society in which he lived. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745630458
- ISBN
- 9780745630458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.31
€ 27.31
Paperback. Is Bob Marley the only third world superstar? How did he achieve this unique status? This study sheds fresh light on issues such as Marley's contribution as a musician and public intellectual, how he was granted access to the global media system, and what his music means in cultural and political terms. Series: Polity Celebrities Series. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: AVGS; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745630892
- ISBN
- 9780745630892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.59
€ 23.59
Hardback. Frank Sinatra was only one of a handful of popular entertainers who dominated Western popular culture for six decades. Series: Polity Celebrities Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, 0. BIC Classification: AVG; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745630908
- ISBN
- 9780745630908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.25
€ 72.25
Paperback. Frank Sinatra was only one of a handful of popular entertainers who dominated Western popular culture for six decades. Series: Polity Celebrities Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, 0. BIC Classification: AVG; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745630915
- ISBN
- 9780745630915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.29
€ 23.29
Hardback. * A major new biography on one of the greatest artists of all time, Raphael Sanzio, written by a leading Renaissance expert. * Retraces Raphael s career by re-examining contemporary documents and accounts and interpreting the artist s works with the eye of an expert restorer. Translator(s): Byatt, Lucinda. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: ACND; AFC; AGB; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644110
- ISBN
- 9780745644110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.20€ 55.08
€ 64.20
€ 55.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB; BGFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811217354
- ISBN
- 9780811217354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.44
€ 12.44
Paperback. Jazz pianist, trombonist, composer, educator, and community leader Horace Tapscott tells his life story, from his childhood in Houston and growing up in Los Angeles, to his early professional career, creation of the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, and his work to build and serve L.A.'s black community. Editor(s): Isoardi, Steven. Num Pages: 272 pages, 46 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJ; AVGJ; AVH; BGFA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362715
- ISBN
- 9780822362715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.05
€ 26.99
€ 25.05
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857210258
- ISBN
- 9780857210258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.44
€ 12.44
Hardcover. Num Pages: 554 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: AVH; BGFA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 167 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1052.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 554
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884020783
- ISBN
- 9780884020783
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.61
€ 37.99
€ 32.61
Paperback. Nestled at southern end of California's San Joaquin Valley, the city of Bakersfield is best known for farming, oil fields, and a brand of country music called Bakersfield Sound. This title offers an exploration of what social and economic factors led to this country music hotbed and looks at the stars who rose to fame with roots in Bakersfield. Num Pages: 96 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGL; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 277 x 8. Weight in Grams: 494. Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, and California Country. 96 pages, col. Illustrations. Nestled at southern end of California's San Joaquin Valley, the city of Bakersfield is best known for farming, oil fields, and a brand of country music called Bakersfield Sound. This title offers an exploration of what social and economic factors led to this country music hotbed and looks at the stars who rose to fame with roots in Bakersfield. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGL; BGF. Dimension: 215 x 277 x 8. Weight: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Country Music Hall of Fame
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780915608065
- ISBN
- 9780915608065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.76
€ 20.99
€ 20.76