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Paperback. Examines art music by Haitian and African American composers who were inspired by Haiti's history as a nation created by slave revolt. This title also highlights the contributions of many Haitian and African American composers who wrote music that brought rhythms and melodies of the Vodou ceremony to local and international audiences. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 280 pages, 5 halftones, 28 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1KJH; AVGW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 181 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Enlarged edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226468655
- ISBN
- 9780226468655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. On the afternoon of August 15, 1969, Richie Havens took the stage at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair, welcoming a crowd of several hundred thousand to the green fields of Max Yasgur's farm. Havens was the first act - the legendary festival, years in the making, was finally beginning. This title tells the story from inspiration to celebration. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Ecco
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061576584
- ISBN
- 9780061576584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.44
€ 14.99
€ 11.44
Hardcover. The music industry is undergoing immense change. This book argues that the transformations occurring across the various music industries - recording, live performance, publishing - can be characterised as much by continuity as by change, raising complex questions about the value of music commodities. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AV; KNTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230291485
- ISBN
- 9780230291485
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Paperback. Michael Friedmann's Ear Training for Twentieth-Century Music is a skills text; using non-tonal materials, students are asked to improvise at the keyboard, sing at sight, take dictation, memorize melodies by rote, and identify selected set classes by eye and ear. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300045376
- ISBN
- 9780300045376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.43
€ 29.99
€ 22.43
Paperback. Gives an account of the polarizing transformation of talk radio, from the author's early days at KGO commercial radio, through to his role at NPR, where he manages to keep the flow of talk in his San Francisco based show animated and politically balanced. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APW; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804763370
- ISBN
- 9780804763370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.60
€ 29.99
€ 27.60
Hardcover. Num Pages: 464 pages, 855 photographs. BIC Classification: APF; BGF; WSPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 274 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1644. Steve McQueen and the Making of Le Mans. 464 pages, 855 photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: APF; BGF; WSPC. Dimension: 209 x 274 x 31. Weight: 1702.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Bentley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780837602349
- ISBN
- 9780837602349
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.99€ 91.69
€ 96.99
€ 91.69
Hardcover. In this collection of essays and interviews, nine gifted composers openly discuss their work. Editor(s): Slayton, Michael K. Num Pages: 496 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC6; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 868.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810877429
- ISBN
- 9780810877429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.94
€ 156.94
Paperback. Culled from the original sheet music publications and presented unedited, this volume explores twenty-two of Winner's best loved songs including 'Ten Little Injuns,' 'Whispering Hope,' 'Listen to the Mocking Bird,' 'The Deitscher's Dog', and 'Give Us Back Our Old Commander.' Num Pages: 144 pages, musical examples, bibliography, index, footnotes. BIC Classification: AVGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810847491
- ISBN
- 9780810847491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 95.00
€ 95.00
Hardback. The author sheds some much-needed light on one of the most interesting anomalies in American musical history_Septimus Winner a.k.a. Alice Hawthorne. Num Pages: 328 pages, 28 b&w photographs, footnotes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AVGC5; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810845404
- ISBN
- 9780810845404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.65
€ 141.65
Paperback. Folk singer and labor organizer John Handcox was born to illiterate sharecroppers, but went on to become one of the most beloved folk singers of the prewar labor movement. This beautifully told oral history gives us Handcox in his own words, recounting a journey that began in the Deep South and went on to shape the labor music tradition. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 244 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AVGH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 173 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230111288
- ISBN
- 9780230111288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.73
€ 71.73
Hardback. Folk singer and labor organizer John Handcox was born to illiterate sharecroppers, but went on to become one of the most beloved folk singers of the prewar labor movement. This beautifully told oral history gives us Handcox in his own words, recounting a journey that began in the Deep South and went on to shape the labor music tradition. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 244 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AVGH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230111271
- ISBN
- 9780230111271
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.65
€ 67.65
Paperback. Boutique Acoustics: 160 Years of Hand-Built Guitars tells the history behind the important acoustic guitar makers - some recognisable, some obscure - who all have played a key part in the evolution of the instrument and the myriad acoustic guitar models we have on the market today. Num Pages: 160 pages, colour photos throughout. BIC Classification: AVRL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 281 x 14. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Backbeat Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781480367128
- ISBN
- 9781480367128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.63
€ 33.99
€ 29.63
Paperback. Learn to play the fiddle? Easy. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVRL; AVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 188 x 18. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118930229
- ISBN
- 9781118930229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.07
€ 29.99
€ 22.07
Explaining the bias of union members - most of whom were classical or jazz music performers - against rock music and musicians, this book addresses issues of race and class; questions of what qualified someone as a "skilled" or professional musician. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVG; HBTB; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 20. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822354635
- ISBN
- 9780822354635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 111.18
€ 111.18
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781480397309
- ISBN
- 9781480397309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.45
€ 18.99
€ 17.45
Paperback. Presents the life of Michael Jackson.This title chronicles his humble beginnings in the Midwest, his early days with the Jackson 5, and his unprecedented solo success. It includes rare photographs from Jackson family albums and Michael's personal photographic archives, as well as a drawing done by Michael exclusively for the book. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 137 x 24. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099547952
- ISBN
- 9780099547952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.90
€ 14.99
€ 11.90
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
€ 62.88
€ 62.88
Paperback. In September 1998, the author stunned the world by announcing that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. This book tells his life story - from his childhood in western Canada to his meteoric rise in film and television and, most importantly, the years in which - with the unswerving support of his wife, family and friends. Num Pages: 320 pages, ports. BIC Classification: APB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780091885670
- ISBN
- 9780091885670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.80
€ 19.99
€ 14.80
Paperback. Struck with Parkinson's - a debilitating, degenerative disease - at the height of his fame, the author has taken what some might consider cause for depression and turned it into a beacon of hope for millions. This memoir describes the journey the author has undertaken since he came to terms with his condition. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BM; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780091922672
- ISBN
- 9780091922672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.95
€ 16.99
€ 12.95
Paperback. Opera is quin-tessentially an art of love and desire, of loss and suffering, of disease and death. This title offers an understanding of both content and context. Editor(s): Gilman, Sander L. Series: Texts and Contexts. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVGC6; AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803273184
- ISBN
- 9780803273184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99
€ 20.99