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Hardback. Grover-Friedlander argues that filmed operas such as Zeffirelli's Otello and Friedrich's Falstaff show the impossibility of a direct transformation of the operatic into the cinematic. Series: Princeton Studies in Opera. Num Pages: 216 pages, 10 line illus. 24 halftones. BIC Classification: APF; AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 240 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691120089
ISBN
9780691120089
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.14

Paperback. Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) has a reputation as one of the leading composers of the twentieth century. This work expands the traditional purview of Shostakovich's world, exploring the composer's creativity and art in terms of the expectations - historical, cultural, and political - that forged them. Editor(s): Fay, Laurel E. Series: Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 432 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691120690
ISBN
9780691120690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.73

Hardback. Explores the relationship between jazz and literature, looking at jazz musicians and the themes literature has garnered from them by appropriating the style, tones, and innovations of jazz, and demonstrating that the poetics of jazz has both been assimilated into, and affected, the development of twentieth-century American literature. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; AVGJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691123578
ISBN
9780691123578
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 50.98

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.12

paperback. In his roles as keyboard virtuoso, conductor, and master teacher, Franz Liszt reinvented the concert experience, advanced an agenda for symphonic and dramatic music, and transmitted the foundations of modern pianism. Placing emphasis on historical contexts, this book aims to advance our understanding of the composer with fresh perspectives. Editor(s): Gibbs, Christopher H.; Gooley, Dana. Series: The Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 608 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 37. Weight in Grams: 870.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691129020
ISBN
9780691129020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

Paperback. Edward Elgar (1857-1934) is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating, important, and influential figures in the history of British music. This work examines the composer's life, presenting a comprehensive portrait of both the man and the age in which he lived. Editor(s): Adams, Professor Byron. Series: The Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 312 pages, 23 halftones. 25 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691134468
ISBN
9780691134468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 30.89

Hardback. Edward T Cone was one of the most important and influential music critics of the twentieth century. He was also a master lecturer skilled at conveying his ideas to broad audiences. This title collects fourteen essays that Cone gave as talks in his later years. It represents the final testament of one of our most important writers on music. Editor(s): Morgan, Robert P. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 line illus. 12 tables. 31 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140117
ISBN
9780691140117
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. Addresses a variety of specific themes in musicals that serve this general function: fairy tale and fantasy, idealism and inspiration, gender and sexuality, and relationships, among others. This work considers three overlapping genres that are central to the projection of personal identity: operetta, movie musicals, and operatic musicals. Num Pages: 480 pages, 31 halftones. 26 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 702.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
490
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141053
ISBN
9780691141053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 30.89

Hardback. In the movie "The Godfather", Don Corleone, head of New York's powerful organized-crime family, is gunned down in daylight, leaving his sons Sonny and Michael, along with his adopted son, consigliere Tom Hagen, to chart a new course for the family. This book shows how the aging don is emblematic of cold-war American power on the decline. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; JPF; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 109 x 13. Weight in Grams: 126.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141473
ISBN
9780691141473
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.05

Paperback. Richard Wagner (1813-1883) aimed to be more than just a composer. He set out to redefine opera as a 'total work of art' combining the highest aspirations of drama, poetry, the symphony, the visual arts, even religion and philosophy. This book examines his works. Editor(s): Grey, Thomas S. Series: The Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 560 pages, 24 halftones. 50 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 824.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143668
ISBN
9780691143668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 30.78

Hardback. Despite the growth of digital media, traditional FM radio airplay still remains the essential way for musicians to achieve commercial success. This book examines how songs rise, or fail to rise, up the radio airplay charts. It shows that hits spread rapidly across radio because they clearly conform to an identifiable style or genre. Num Pages: 200 pages, 2 halftones. 26 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: AVGP; JFD; JHB; KNTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 233 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148731
ISBN
9780691148731
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6 halftones. 17 line illus. 14 tables. BIC Classification: AVGJ; JHBS; KNTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691150888
ISBN
9780691150888
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.69

Paperback. Perhaps no twentieth-century composer has provoked a varied reaction among the music-loving public than Jean Sibelius (1865-1957). This book focuses on the position occupied by Sibelius in the Western musical tradition. Editor(s): Grimley, Daniel M. Series: The Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1DNF; AVGC5; AVGC6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691152813
ISBN
9780691152813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691155463
ISBN
9780691155463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Brings together an international roster of scholars to explore fresh perspectives on the life and music of Igor Stravinsky. Situating Stravinsky in intellectual and musical contexts, this title includes essays that focuses on one of the important composers of the twentieth century. Series: The Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 384 pages, 22 halftones. 18 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159881
ISBN
9780691159881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Hardback. Editor(s): Saavedra, Leonora. Series: The Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8 halftones. 34 musical examples. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 243 x 28. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691169477
ISBN
9780691169477
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.58
€ 79.12

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691612300
ISBN
9780691612300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.69

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Human Kinetics Publishers United States
Edition
Pap/Com/Ps
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780736067904
ISBN
9780736067904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 51.49

Paperback. Analyses the production and reception of recent Iraq war films, asking why they have become known as a 'Toxic Genre'. Num Pages: 216 pages, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; APFN; HBWS5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745331294
ISBN
9780745331294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.40

Paperback. aeo This book is a major new assessment of the American movie industry in the 1990s. aeo The author considers Hollywood in its entirety -- home videos, cable tv and other communication technologies. She examines the impact of such technologies in areas such as distribution, production, exhibition, marketing and merchandising. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFD; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745603193
ISBN
9780745603193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.00

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