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Paperback. Series: Harvard Publications in Music. Num Pages: 153 pages, musical illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 310 x 240 x 12. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
153
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674640313
ISBN
9780674640313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 178 pages, musical illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 310 x 240 x 16. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674640337
ISBN
9780674640337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.77
€ 56.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 276 pages, musical illustration. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 318 x 240 x 21. Weight in Grams: 908.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674640344
ISBN
9780674640344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.53
€ 61.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 209 pages, musical illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 318 x 240 x 17. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674640351
ISBN
9780674640351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.10
€ 64.19

Hardback. Num Pages: 472 pages, 1 halftone, 299 line illustrations, 18 tables. BIC Classification: AVRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 242 x 34. Weight in Grams: 988.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1965
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1st Ed.
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674888456
ISBN
9780674888456
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.93
€ 118.02

Hardcover. Discusses the notorious opposition between absolute and program music as a true dialectic that lies at the heart of nineteenth-century German music. This work contributes to our knowledge about some of Europe's most important music - and to contemporary controversies over how music should be understood and experienced. Num Pages: 432 pages, 43 musical scores. 3 tables. 11 halftones. 3 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; AVGC4; AVGC5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691001494
ISBN
9780691001494
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.96
€ 86.38

Paperback. Was Alfred Hitchcock a cynical trifler with his audience's emotions, as he liked to pretend? Or was he a profoundly humane artist? This book shows that his movies convey an affectionate, hopeful understanding of human nature and the redemptive possibilities of love. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691002866
ISBN
9780691002866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 42.58

Paperback. Famous for their stunts, gags, and images, Buster Keaton's silent films have enticed everyone from Hollywood movie fans to the surrealists, such as Dali and Bunuel. This book looks at the appeal of Keaton's genius, considering his vaudeville roots and his ability to integrate this aesthetic into the techniques of classical Hollywood cinema. Num Pages: 232 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691004426
ISBN
9780691004426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.92

Paperback. Looks at the social and artistic forces behind this film auteur's personal cinema. Tracing Saura's career over three decades, this book discusses each work from "Hooligans" (1959), a film about a Madrid street-gang member trying to become a bullfighter, to "The Dark Night" (1989), a film dealing with the persecution of a religious reformer. Num Pages: 264 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691008554
ISBN
9780691008554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 42.58

Paperback. A biography of Federico Fellini that shows how his exuberant imagination has been shaped by popular culture, literature, and his encounter with the ideas of C G Jung, especially Jungian dream interpretation. It links his mature accomplishments to his first employment as a cartoonist, gagman, and sketch-artist during the Fascist era. Num Pages: 392 pages, 46 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DST; APFA; APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691008752
ISBN
9780691008752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 42.58

Paperback. Beyond giving a view of the life and worth of cinema in France, this book contributes to our knowledge of how films are dealt with in history. It stresses the dialogue of culture and cinema. Num Pages: 384 pages, 132 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJG; APF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691008837
ISBN
9780691008837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.34
€ 55.72

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691009100
ISBN
9780691009100
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. Greek film director Theo Angelopoulos is one of the most influential and widely respected filmmakers in the world, yet his films are still largely unknown to the American public. This title provides a contextual study that attempts to demonstrate the quintessentially Greek nature of the director's work. Series: Princeton Modern Greek Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVG; APFA; APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691010052
ISBN
9780691010052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Reveals how Hollywood became "Hollywood" and what that meant for the politics of America and American film. This book tells the story of filmmaking in the first three decades of the twentieth century, a time when going to the movies could transform lives and when the cinema was a battleground for control of American consciousness. Num Pages: 392 pages, 38 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; APFA; HBTB; JFSC; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
58713th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691024646
ISBN
9780691024646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 42.58

Paperback. How does film construct a historical world? What are the rules, codes, and strategies by which it brings the past to life? What does that historical construction mean to us? This book grapples with these questions, and looks at an example of New History cinema. Editor(s): Rosenstone, Robert A. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 264 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: APFA; HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691025346
ISBN
9780691025346
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 42.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 648 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 215 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
648
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691027074
ISBN
9780691027074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 109.39
€ 83.75

Paperback. The description for this book, Thayer's Life of Beethoven, Part I, will be forthcoming. Editor(s): Forbes, Elliot. Num Pages: 656 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 208 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1014.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691027173
ISBN
9780691027173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.40
€ 51.34

Paperback. Explores how intellectual media professionals struggle with the institutional and cultural forces surrounding television that promote entertainment at the expense of education. This book provides a glimpse behind the scenes of a major documentary and demonstrates the value of an ethnographic approach to the study of media production. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 charts 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691044675
ISBN
9780691044675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.45
€ 46.96

Paperback. Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) is acknowledged as one of the significant and multifaceted composers. This work captures Schoenberg at critical periods of his career: during the first decades of the century, primarily in his native Vienna; from 1926 to 1933, in Berlin; and from 1933 on, in the US. Editor(s): Frisch, Walter. Series: The Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691048611
ISBN
9780691048611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 42.58

Paperback. Explores the relationship between aesthetics and anti-Semitism in two controversial landmarks in German culture. This book argues that Richard Wagner's opera cycle "Der Ring des Nibelungen" and Fritz Lang's 1920s film "Die Nibelungen" exploits contrasts between good and bad aesthetics to address the question of what is German and what is not. Series: Princeton Studies in Opera. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; APFA; AVGC9; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691049717
ISBN
9780691049717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.20

paperback. Siegfried Kracauer has been misunderstood as a naive realist, appreciated as an astute critic of early German film, and noticed as the interesting exile who exchanged letters with Erwin Panofsky. This work presents an analysis, which covers both Kracauer's best-known publications and previously underexamined texts. Translator(s): Gaines, Jeremy. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; APFA; APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691049922
ISBN
9780691049922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

paperback. Bringing together reception history, music analysis and criticism, the history of music theory, and the philosophy of music, this book explores the nature and persistence of Beethoven's heroic style. It is of interest to those interested in canon formation in the arts and in music as a cultural, ethical, and emotional force. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC5; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780691050584
ISBN
9780691050584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. From local Kapellmeister to international icon, Joseph Haydn achieved success by developing a musical language aimed at both the connoisseurs and amateurs of the emerging musical public. This work examines Haydn's works in relation to the aesthetic and cultural crosscurrents of his time. Editor(s): Sisman, Elaine R. Series: The Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 325 pages, music, port. BIC Classification: 1DFA; AVGC4; AVH; BGF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691057996
ISBN
9780691057996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 42.70

Hardback. Offers a view of opera buffa in the theatrical world of late-eighteenth-century Vienna. This book attributes opera buffa's success to its ability to provide 'sheer' pleasure and hence explores how the genre functioned as entertainment. It shows how the arias and ensembles convey a multifaceted picture of the repertory's social values and habits. Series: Princeton Studies in Opera. Num Pages: 312 pages, 54 music examples. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 2ADT; AVGC4; AVGC9; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691058122
ISBN
9780691058122
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.61
€ 98.65

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