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Paperback. Num Pages: 410 pages. BIC Classification: AVGT; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 135 x 27. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Harbour Books
Number of pages
410
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905128105
ISBN
9781905128105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, 2 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1D; AV; HBJD; HBLH; HRQX2; HRQX5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226807928
ISBN
9780226807928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Hardback. This study of Music and Music Activities in Ibero-America to 1850 emphasizes historical data rather than musical analysis. Folk and popular music are mentioned only to the extent that they have affected the cultivated strains of Ibero-American music. Of interest to music historians and students of Ibero-American culture. Num Pages: 744 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KL; AV; GTB; HBT; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1144.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
744
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810839977
ISBN
9780810839977
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 231.51

Hardback. Using archival documents and newly collected oral histories, this book shows that musical diplomacy had vastly different meanings for its various participants, including government officials, musicians, concert promoters, and audiences. Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 352 pages, 15 b/w photos, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; AVG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520284135
ISBN
9780520284135
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.86
€ 50.63

Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, 34 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813062587
ISBN
9780813062587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.19

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

€ 83.73
€ 64.94

Hardcover. CORK The aim of this book is to present a detailed account of music in Cork's civic life from the eighteenth century to 1900 and to examine the contexts in which it flourished. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; AVG; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Cork University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781782052203
ISBN
9781782052203
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Paperback. Provides an introduction to the most prominent artists and musical styles that have emerged in Cuba since 1959, and to the policies that have shaped artistic life. Tracing the development of dance styles, nueva trova, folkloric drumming, and other forms, this book describes how the arts have become a point of negotiation between individuals. Series: Music of the African Diaspora. Num Pages: 367 pages, 22 b/w photographs, 13 music examples. BIC Classification: 1KJC; AV; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 616. Cultural Change in Socialist Cuba. Series: Music of the African Diaspora. 367 pages, 22 b/w photographs, 13 music examples. Provides an introduction to the most prominent artists and musical styles that have emerged in Cuba since 1959, and to the policies that have shaped artistic life. Tracing the development of dance styles, nueva trova, folkloric drumming, and other forms, this book describes how the arts have become a point of negotiation between individuals. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KJC; AV; HBTB. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 24. Weight: 616.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
367
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520247116
ISBN
9780520247116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.26

Hardback. Covers the San Francisco's musical life during the first half of the twentieth century, showing how a fractious community overcame virulent partisanship to establish cultural monuments such as the San Francisco Symphony (1911) and Opera (1923). Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25 b/w photographs, 30 musical examples, 13 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; AV; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520268913
ISBN
9780520268913
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.86
€ 50.63

Paperback. Taken from Africa into slavery by the Portuguese, kidnapped by the British Navy and held captive aboard ship during the French wars of the 1790s before being abandoned in Falmouth, the story of Joseph Emidy deserves telling in its own right. Emidy became a prominent figure in the musical scene in Cornwall for his remaining years. Num Pages: 174 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; AVGC5; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780859893596
ISBN
9780859893596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.90

Hardcover. Bringing together scholars from the fields of musicology and international history, this book investigates the significance of music to foreign relations, and how it affected the interaction of nations since the late 19th century. Editor(s): Gienow-Hecht, Jessica. Series: Explorations in Culture and International History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AV; HBG; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782385004
ISBN
9781782385004
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.51

Paperback. Over the past three centuries, supporters of German music ranging from music scholars to politicians have nurtured the notion that the German speaking world possesses a peculiar strength in the cultivation of music. This volume explores this notion and the role of music in identity Editor(s): Applegate, Celia; Potter, Pamela M. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AV; HBJD; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226021317
ISBN
9780226021317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

Hardcover. In December 1863, Civil War soldiers took refuge from the dismal conditions of war and weather. This book examines the role of music in defining the social communities that emerged during this winter encampment. Num Pages: 360 pages, 23 photographs, 9 drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803245099
ISBN
9780803245099
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.28

Paperback. A survey of contemporary Western art music within the transformed political, cultural, and technological environment of the post-Cold War era. It considers musical composition against this changed backdrop, placing it in the context of globalization, digitization, and new media. Num Pages: 368 pages, 35 b/w. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AVC; HBLW; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283152
ISBN
9780520283152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.80

Paperback. A fascinating collection of postcards from the early twentieth century. Series: The Postcard Collection. Num Pages: 96 pages, 160. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; GM; HBTB; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 233 x 14. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445661131
ISBN
9781445661131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.57

Hardback. This vibrant examination of the museum's role as contemporary narrator of our past reveals that our perceptions of history and ourselves are shaped as much by how a museum presents information as by what information it presents. Editor(s): Gosselin, Viviane. Num Pages: 624 pages, 16 b&w photos, 6 tables. BIC Classification: GM; HB; JNAM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774830614
ISBN
9780774830614
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.10

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719083679
ISBN
9780719083679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.58

Paperback. Examining various museums, this text argues that Americans built the institutions with the confidence that they could collect, organize, and display the sum of the world's knowledge. It discovers how they gave definition to different bodies of knowledge and how that knowledge was presented. Num Pages: 310 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; GM; HBJK; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226114934
ISBN
9780226114934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 168 x 6. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486425603
ISBN
9780486425603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.29

Paperback. Paperback, cream spine (blank). Cover is slightly stained. A french language guide to the marine museum Paris. 93pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Conservateur du Musée Paris
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
SKU
KON0819354
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 8.99
€ 5.49

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