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Paperback. This book uses acoustics, psychophysics, and neurobiology to explore the physical systems and biological processes that intervene when we hear music. It incorporates the latest findings in brain science and tone generation in musical instruments. Num Pages: 242 pages, 125 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AVA; JMM; PHDS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 4th
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387094700
- ISBN
- 9780387094700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.04
€ 83.04
Hardback. George Grove, founder of the "Dictionary of Music and Musicians", was also an engineer, biblical scholar, administrator, educationalist and writer. This study surveys his life and assesses the qualities that led him to play a major role in Victorian cultural life. Num Pages: 366 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; AVA; AVH; BGF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333948040
- ISBN
- 9780333948040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.77
€ 128.77
Paperback. This book explores the politics and pleasures of contemporary feminist cinema, and traces the highly productive ways in which feminist directors create alternative film forms. Smelik also highlights cinematic issues which are central to feminist films: authorship, point of view, metaphor, montage and the excessive image. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333920411
- ISBN
- 9780333920411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.89
€ 65.89
Hardback. This is a full length exploration of the relationship between Gothic fiction and Modernism in fiction and film. The Gothic's fascination with images of the fragmented self is echoed in the Modernist concern with the psyche and the paranoia of the everyday. Editor(s): Smith, Prof Andrew; Wallace, Jeff. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; APFA; DSBF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 479.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333918739
- ISBN
- 9780333918739
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.03
€ 67.03
Hardback. This volume is an introduction to the rich diversity of screen dance genres. It provides a contextual overview of dance in the screen media and analyzes a selection of case studies from the popular dance imagery of music, video and Hollywood, through to experimental art dance. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; ASD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333801451
- ISBN
- 9780333801451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.64
€ 127.64
Hardback. In the 1890s, when Henry James turned to the theatre, he was unceremoniously booed off the stage. Since the 1940s and 50s his fiction has nevertheless been consistently interpreted by composers and film directors. This book traces the historical development of these adaptations. Editor(s): Bradley, John. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJP; AN; APF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333792148
- ISBN
- 9780333792148
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.57
€ 128.57
Paperback. This volume argues that the Shakespeare films of the 1990s are key instruments with which western culture confronts the anxieties attendant upon the transition from one century to another. It maintains films such as "Hamlet" and "Othello" engage with some of the most pressing millennial concerns. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; APFA; DSGS; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333776643
- ISBN
- 9780333776643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
hardcover. Maggie Gunsberg examines popular genre cinema in Italy during the 1950s and 1960s, focusing on melodrama, peplum, horror and the spaghetti western. These genres are explored from a gender standpoint which takes into account the historical and socio-economic context of cinematic production and consumption. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; APF; JFD; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2005th Edition
- SKU
- V9780333751152
- ISBN
- 9780333751152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Paperback. An analysis of the reasons for the continuing success of the "Star Trek" phenomenon. The author traces its overall development and comments on how the differences between the 1990s and the 1960s series reflect changes in the mass media environment during this period. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APT; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 134 x 10. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333744895
- ISBN
- 9780333744895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.43
€ 60.43
Hardcover. This text examines the effects of the competition of satellite, cable and the Internet on the standards of terrestrial television and considers what can be done to maintain the standards and quality instigated and guaranteed by the establishing instruments at the time of their inception. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APT; JFD; KNTD; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333716465
- ISBN
- 9780333716465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.82
€ 127.82
Paperback. This text extends previous analysis of the genre by examining the evolution of gangster movies from the 1930s to the contemporary period and by placing them in the context of cultural and cinematic issues such as masculinity, consumerism and technology. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333684665
- ISBN
- 9780333684665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 93.34
€ 93.34
Paperback. Reflects upon changing dramatic forms on television in the context of broad cultural shifts since the mid-1970s. This text analyzes a wide range of series including "Heartbeat", "Middlemarch" and "Our Friends in the North". Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; APT; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333677544
- ISBN
- 9780333677544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. An study of the theory and politics of representation in narrative film. Questioning current accounts of cinema's pleasures for men and women, this text draws on the psychoanalytic theory of Freud and Lacan to propose a new understanding of the relation of identification, fantasy and the drives. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 397 pages, 73 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC; JFD; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 507.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 397
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333660133
- ISBN
- 9780333660133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.97
€ 72.97
Paperback. Explores images and narratives of the family in the Hollywood cinema of the 1980s. This book explores how problematic representations of the family were in a period when the family was a pivotal political and social issue. Editor(s): Campling, Jo. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; APFA; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333648445
- ISBN
- 9780333648445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.06
€ 127.06
Independent Television in Britain - Volume 6 - New Developments in In...
Bonner, Paul, Aston, Lesley
Hardcover. Success out of near disaster, finances taken to the edge of bankruptcy, resignations this volume tells the dramatic stories of the major new commercial television developments in Britain between 1981-92. Num Pages: 483 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; APT; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 874.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333647745
- ISBN
- 9780333647745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.90
€ 68.90
Paperback. 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; HBJD; HBLW; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333646939
- ISBN
- 9780333646939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 182.99
€ 182.99
Hardback. Presenting 40 interviews and recollections, this book is a record of what was said about Sir William Schwenck Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan during and shortly after their lifetimes, by friends, musicians, theatrical managers, singers, actors and actresses, journalists and authors. Editor(s): Orel, Harold. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AVGC9; AVH; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 1. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333570128
- ISBN
- 9780333570128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.10
€ 194.10
Hardcover. Michael O'Pray explores the ideas of art historian Adrian Stokes, who developed Kleinian-based concepts of carving and modelling. O'Pray argues that these concepts replace traditional notions of realism and montage in film theory and offer a set of aesthetics that encompass both mainstream and art cinema. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333537626
- ISBN
- 9780333537626
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.97
€ 127.97
Paperback. From the series examining the development of music in specific places during particular times, this book looks at ancient and medieval music, from Classical and Christian antiquity to the emergence of the Gregorian chant and the medieval town and Court. Series: Man & Music S. Num Pages: 347 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AVGC1; AVGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 347
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333530047
- ISBN
- 9780333530047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.09
€ 53.09
Paperback. From the series examining the development of music in specific places during particular times, this book looks at European countries at the time of the Renaissance, concentrating on Italy. It is to be published in conjunction with a television series. Editor(s): Fenlon, Iain. Series: Man & Music. Num Pages: 418 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; AVGC2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 418
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333526521
- ISBN
- 9780333526521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.34
€ 56.34
Hardback. Covers the late Romantic era in music, from 1850 to 1914. The book explores the relationship between music and society and focuses on themes relevent to various regions including Vienna, Russia, the United States and Latin America. Editor(s): Samson, Jim. Series: Man & Music S. Num Pages: 473 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; AVGC5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 34. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 473
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333516027
- ISBN
- 9780333516027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 252.32
€ 252.32
Hardcover. Presenting records discovered after 1965, this book provides descriptions and supporting documentation of the events of Mozart's life. The book is organized so that documents dealing with the reception of Mozart's life are presented first and those on the reception of his music last. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; AVGC4; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Uk Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333495865
- ISBN
- 9780333495865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.69
€ 140.69
Paperback. This study has been revised to include new finds about the composition dates of several Mozart works. A new bibliography and a collation with the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe edition of letters, edited by O.E.Deutsch, W.A.Bauer and J.H.Eibl: Baerenreiter, 1962-75 is also included. Editor(s): Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus; Anderson, Emily; Sadie, Stanley; Smart, Fiona. Num Pages: 1089 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; AVGC4; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 0. Weight in Grams: 1369.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 1089
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333485453
- ISBN
- 9780333485453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 134.30
€ 134.30
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
€ 194.73
€ 194.73