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Hardback. The tonadilla, a satiric musical skit popular on the public stages of Madrid during the late Enlightenment, has played a significant role in the history of music in Spain. This book examines the musical, theatrical, and social worlds that the tonadilla brought together, and their lasting influence the historiography of Spanish music. Num Pages: 408 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 8 tables, 24 music examples. BIC Classification: 1DSE; AVGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276307
- ISBN
- 9780520276307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.11€ 54.67
€ 70.11
€ 54.67
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
€ 59.42
€ 46.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: AVA; CF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276536
- ISBN
- 9780520276536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. Presents an examination of the interrelationships of music and surfing explores different ways that surfers combine surfing with making and listening to music. This title discusses the origins of surfing in Hawai'i, its central role in Hawaiian society, and the mele (chants) and hula (dance or visual poetry) about surfing. Num Pages: 240 pages, 38 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AV; JHBS; WSSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276642
- ISBN
- 9780520276642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Hardback. An exploration of why innumerable boys were castrated for singing between the mid-sixteenth and late-nineteenth centuries. This book shows that the entire foundation of Western classical singing, culminating in bel canto, was birthed from an unlikely and historically set of desires, public and private, aesthetic, economic, and political. Series: Ernest Bloch Lectures. Num Pages: 496 pages, 45 musical examples, 75 b/w photos. BIC Classification: AVGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 38. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520279490
- ISBN
- 9780520279490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.42€ 46.48
€ 59.42
€ 46.48
Hardback. Through analysis of several key collaborations in American cinema from the silent era to the late twentieth century such as those of D W Griffith and Billy Bitzer, and Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Burks, this book underlines the importance of cinematographers to both the development of cinematic technique and the expression of visual style in film. Num Pages: 248 pages, 35. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284340
- ISBN
- 9780520284340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 73.04
€ 95.07
€ 73.04
Hardback. Suitable for scholars and enthusiasts, this book establishes the key role played by the L A Rebellion within the histories of cinema, Black visual culture, and postwar art in Los Angeles. Editor(s): Field, Allyson; Horak, Jan-Christopher; Stewart, Jacqueline Najuma. Num Pages: 488 pages, 110. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284678
- ISBN
- 9780520284678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.11€ 54.23
€ 70.11
€ 54.23
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. Gathers together Alfred Hitchcock's reflections on his own life and work. In this selection of largely unknown and formerly inaccessible interviews and essays, Hitchcock provides an enlivening commentary on a career that spanned decades and transformed the history of the cinema. Editor(s): Gottlieb, Sidney. Num Pages: 364 pages. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 32. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- First Edition, Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285514
- ISBN
- 9780520285514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Hardback. examines the influence of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on two major nineteenth-century composers, Richard Wagner and Robert Schumann. During 1845 46 the compositional styles of Schumann and Wagner changed in a common direction, toward a style that was more contrapuntal, more densely motivic, and engaged in processes of thematic transformation. Num Pages: 232 pages, 116. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVGC5; AVGC9; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285569
- ISBN
- 9780520285569
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.36€ 51.06
€ 65.36
€ 51.06
Hardback. What issues, of both form and content, shape the documentary film? What role does visual evidence play in relation to a documentary's arguments about the world in which we live? This book investigates the ways in which documentaries strive for accuracy and truthfulness, but simultaneously fabricate a form that shapes reality. Num Pages: 271 pages, 1. BIC Classification: APFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520290396
- ISBN
- 9780520290396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 73.01
€ 95.07
€ 73.01
Hardback. Draws upon film theory, animation theory, and philosophy to examine modes of animation storytelling that address aesthetic experience within contexts of technological, environmental, and socio-cultural change. Num Pages: 255 pages, 24 b/w. BIC Classification: APFV; JFCA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520292550
- ISBN
- 9780520292550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 72.48
€ 95.07
€ 72.48
Paperback. A study of horror movies, which discusses individual movies in detail and seeks to identify the main traditions of the genre, such as the mad scientist, the monster and the psychotic killer, and to show the various strategies and techniques behind their creation. Num Pages: 248 pages, Index. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631169925
- ISBN
- 9780631169925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 50.81
€ 50.99
€ 50.81
Hardback. Opening with a history of music and musicians in Tudor England, this book covers composition and performance, as well as the changing functions of music over the period. It also contains chapters that are devoted respectively to secular vocal music, to keyboard music, and to ensemble and lute music. Editor(s): Bray, Roger. Series: Blackwell History of Music. Num Pages: 448 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; 3JD; AVGC2; AVGC3; AVGD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 167 x 35. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631179245
- ISBN
- 9780631179245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 230.33
€ 230.33
Hardback. This guide looks at the key recordings in ten major areas of country music, selecting a main library of 100 discs. In addition, over 300 supplementary albums are listed and described. Crossover artists (who adapted their styles to the pop audience) are also discussed. Num Pages: 496 pages, further reading, index. BIC Classification: AVGL; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 35. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Unknown Edition
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631191063
- ISBN
- 9780631191063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.09
€ 57.09
Hardback. Responds to the separation of 'youth' and 'pop' in the 1980s and the fragmentation of the audience for popular music in the 1990s, arguing for a redefinition of the conceptual apparatus needed to explain developments in popular music culture - from the rise of 'Clubcultures' to the future of the popular music scene. Num Pages: 144 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AVGF; AVGP; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 167 x 241 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631197881
- ISBN
- 9780631197881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.45
€ 142.45
Paperback. aeo Informed by original ethnographic research and oral history into popular music and youth culture. aeo Presents a broad--ranging history from the post--Punk era of the late 70a s through the 80a s to the internationalisation ---- or globalisation ---- of sport and music influenced youth and dance clubcultures of the 1990s. Num Pages: 144 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AVGF; AVGP; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631197898
- ISBN
- 9780631197898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.24
€ 52.24
Hardback. This course text should encourage students to understand what contemporary audiences are all about. It is based on a recent survey of audiences undertaken by the ITC, and extrapolates from the most recent findings about the future prospects for both terrestrial and satellite/cable broadcasts. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: APT; JFD; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 262 x 189 x 23. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631202332
- ISBN
- 9780631202332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.29
€ 154.29
Paperback. aeo Written clearly and simply, and devoid of jargon. aeo Covers both the empirical and theoretical ground in a lively manner. aeo Unlike most books on the television audience, this volume looks at the programmes themselves, as well as the production process (including policies which affect television production). Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: APT; JFD; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 176 x 15. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631202349
- ISBN
- 9780631202349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.06
€ 52.06
Paperback. Explorations in Theology and Film brings together theologians, biblical scholars, film and media specialists, and experts in language and literature to consider the potential of films contribution to contemporary Christian theological discussion. Editor(s): Marsh, Clive; Ortiz, Gaye Williams. Num Pages: 312 pages, 0. BIC Classification: APFA; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631203568
- ISBN
- 9780631203568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.83
€ 55.83