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Hardback. What do we mean when we identify a composer as the creator of a piece of music? Does a printed piece of music embody the work, even if the composer is not the person who puts the work on paper? In this cultural history of Western music's adaptation to print, this title looks at how the concept of musical authorship took root. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 8 tables, 4 music examples. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3JB; AVGC2; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276505
ISBN
9780520276505
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 46.32

Hardback. The author, a former BBC radio producer, conducted interviews with many leading British composers of the day, and his account provides for a unique insight into this often overlooked genre. Num Pages: 325 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 33 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; AVGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 227 x 23. Weight in Grams: 834.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783270125
ISBN
9781783270125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.70

Hardcover. Contains profiles and interviews featuring leading jazz composers and musicians in Britain in the 1970s. This book documents their ideas, influences, enthusiasms and the efforts to continue playing the music to which they are committed. It also includes photographs. Num Pages: 220 pages, photos throughout the book. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; AVGJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430. Contemporary Jazz in Britain. 220 pages, photos throughout the book. Contains profiles and interviews featuring leading jazz composers and musicians in Britain in the 1970s. This book documents their ideas, influences, enthusiasms and the efforts to continue playing the music to which they are committed. It also includes photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; AVGJ. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 18. Weight: 430.
Publisher
Northway Pubns
Number of pages
220
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955090868
ISBN
9780955090868
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.18

Hardback. The image of Vienna as a musical city is a familiar one. This book explores the history of music in Vienna, focussing on three different epochs, 1700, 1800 and 1900. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3J; AVGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 782.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783271078
ISBN
9781783271078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.30
€ 64.73

Paperback. Music in Turkey places the diverse sounds of the country (and the Middle East at large) in their social contexts. Series: Global Music Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, frontispiece, figures. BIC Classification: 1DVT; AVGW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 143 x 10. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195394146
ISBN
9780195394146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 130.48

Hardback. In this study, Erik Levi explores the ambiguous relationship between music and politics during one of the darkest periods of recent cultural history. Utilizing material drawn from contemporary documents, journals and newspapers, he traces the place of music in the Third Reich. Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; AVGC6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
317
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333471166
ISBN
9780333471166
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.11

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. The first serious study of music in independent schools, which bears eloquent witness to a high standard achieved over the last fifty years. Num Pages: 416 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; JNLP; JNU; YQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 240 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1082.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843839675
ISBN
9781843839675
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.89

Paperback. A guide to the musical discourse of ten of the most important German philosophers, from Kant to Adorno. Each chapter consists of a short biographical sketch of the philosopher concerned, a summary of his writings on aesthetics, and finally a detailed exploration of his thoughts on music. Editor(s): Sorgner, Stefan Lorenz; Furbeth, Oliver. Translator(s): Gillespie, Susan H. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AVG; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226768380
ISBN
9780226768380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.27

Paperback. Music Genres and Corporate Cultures explores the relationship between economics and culture, and between corporate organisation and cultural forms. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFC; JHM; KNTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
209
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415174008
ISBN
9780415174008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.25

Hardback. Music from a Speeding Train challenges the view that there was no Jewish culture in the Soviet Union by exploring over one hundred Russian and Yiddish works from the 1920s to the turn of the 21st century. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 697.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804774437
ISBN
9780804774437
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.00

Hardcover. What were the methods and educational philosophies of music teachers in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance? What did students study? What were the motivations of teacher and student? This title addresses these topics and others to understand the identities of music teachers and students from 650 to 1650 in Western Europe. Series: Publications of the Early Music Institute. Num Pages: 424 pages, 41 b&w illus., 14 music exx. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; 3JB; AVGC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 724.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253354860
ISBN
9780253354860
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.63

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838807
ISBN
9781843838807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 50.37

Hardback. Explores how political pressures affected musical life on both sides of the iron curtain during the early years of the cold war. This study illuminates the pervasive political anxieties of the day through attention to artistic, music-theoretical, and propagandistic responses to the music of Hungary's renowned 20th-century composer, Bela Bartok. Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 250 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 12 music examples. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 1DVU; 3JJPG; AVGC6; AVH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520249653
ISBN
9780520249653
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.37
€ 64.94

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
506
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843835981
ISBN
9781843835981
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.63

Paperback. Music at German Courts serves to illustrate the extraordinary diversity of eighteenth-century German court music establishments without losing sight of what these Kapellen had in common. Editor(s): Owens, Samantha; Reul, Barbara M.; Stockigt, Janice B. Num Pages: 504 pages, 20 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; AVGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 31. Weight in Grams: 746.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783270583
ISBN
9781783270583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.45

Hardback. Exploring the ideas of consensus, resistance and rupture, this book contributes an important and nuanced reflection to the current debate on modernism in music. Series: Music in Society and Culture. Num Pages: 269 pages, 37, 4 black & white illustrations, 33 black & white line drawings, 4 black and white, 33. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; 3JJG; AVGC6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838104
ISBN
9781843838104
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 50.25

Hardback. 432 pages, 30, 30 line drawing. The book offers unprecedented access to primary sources that have been unavailable in English, or which lay unknown on archival shelves. Music and Soviet Power offers cultural history told through documents - both colourful and representative - with an extensive commentary and annotation throughout. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; AV. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 33. Weight: 896.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843837039
ISBN
9781843837039
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 44.35

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. 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

€ 37.97

Hardcover. Combining cultural analysis with historical and personal accounts of a century of musical life at the American Academy in Rome, this volume provides a history of the AAR's Rome Prize in Composition. Editor(s): Brody, Martin. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 348 pages, 18 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 724.
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580462457
ISBN
9781580462457
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.97

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
€ 31.74

Hardback. Music has been neglected by imperial historians, but this book shows that music is an essential aspect of identity formation and cross-cultural exchange. It explores the ways in which rational, moral, and aesthetic motives underlying the institutionalization of "classical" music converged and diverged in Britain and India from 1880-1940. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; AVG; HBJD1; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137311634
ISBN
9781137311634
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.63

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Museyon Guides
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780982232033
ISBN
9780982232033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.53

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