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Paperback. Delineates the roles women played in the flourishing music world of late-Victorian and early twentieth-century England and shows how contemporary challenges to restrictive gender roles inspired them to move into new areas of musical expression in composition and performance. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AV; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349385119
- ISBN
- 9781349385119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 139.97
€ 139.97
Paperback. Drawing upon the philosophical insights of Friedrich Schlegel, Walter Benjamin, Theodor W. Adorno, and Blixa Bargeld, this book explores the persistence of a critical-deconstructive approach to musical production, consumption, and reception in the German cultural sphere of the last two centuries. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AV; DSA; HBJD; HPN; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349497638
- ISBN
- 9781349497638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.56
€ 126.56
Hardcover. Explores the ways in which music was used, appropriated, exhibited, listened to, and written about during the six months of the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris, thereby revealing the role and the sociopolitical uses of music in France and, more generally, Europe during the late nineteenth century. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 420 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; AVGC5; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 32. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- BOYE6
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580461856
- ISBN
- 9781580461856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.37
€ 195.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSA; HBJD1; HBL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349515929
- ISBN
- 9781349515929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.37
€ 126.37
Paperback. What is music? Rudolf Steiner regards the essence of music as something spiritual, inaudible to the senses. The world of tones, borne on the vibrations of air, is not the essential element. 'The true nature of music, the spiritual element in music', he says, 'is found between the tones, lies in the intervals as an inaudible quality.' Translator(s): Barton, M. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: AV; HRQC5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Rudolf Steiner Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855845268
- ISBN
- 9781855845268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.57
€ 17.99
€ 16.57
Paperback. Meyer makes a valuable statement on aesthetics, criteria for assessing great works of music, compositional practices and theories of the present day, and predictions of the future of Western culture. His postlude, written for the book's twenty-fifth anniversary, looks back at his thoughts on the direction of music in 1967. Series: Centennial Publications of The University of Chicago Press. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACX; AVGC6; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 354
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226521435
- ISBN
- 9780226521435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.48
€ 40.99
€ 31.48
Hardback. Paints a picture of the study of music in eleventh- and early twelfth-century Germany. This book focuses on the activity of a group of prominent intellectuals based in the monastic and cathedral schools of the German Kingdom, charting their sources and shared concerns, while examining their reception and modification of each others' ideas. Series Editor(s): Rigby, Steve. Series: Manchester Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3H; AV; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719078897
- ISBN
- 9780719078897
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.55
€ 158.55
Paperback. Radio, the most widely used medium in the world, is a dominant mediator of musical meaning. Through a combination of critical analysis, interdisciplinary theory and ethnographic writing about community radio, this book provides a novel theorization of democratic aesthetics, with important implications for the study of old and new media alike. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; AV; HPN; JFD; JPA; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349351282
- ISBN
- 9781349351282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.96
€ 65.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 418 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; AV; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 418
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226489025
- ISBN
- 9780226489025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.72
€ 51.99
€ 40.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 410 pages. BIC Classification: AVGT; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 135 x 27. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Harbour Books
- Number of pages
- 410
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905128105
- ISBN
- 9781905128105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.41
€ 18.99
€ 17.41
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 406 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691647807
- ISBN
- 9780691647807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 207.72
€ 207.72
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
€ 183.03
€ 183.03
Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 13. BIC Classification: AVA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801431296
- ISBN
- 9780801431296
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.26
€ 63.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, 2 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1D; AV; HBJD; HBLH; HRQX2; HRQX5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226807928
- ISBN
- 9780226807928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.91
€ 36.99
€ 29.91
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253006684
- ISBN
- 9780253006684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.43
€ 29.43
Hardback. This study of Music and Music Activities in Ibero-America to 1850 emphasizes historical data rather than musical analysis. Folk and popular music are mentioned only to the extent that they have affected the cultivated strains of Ibero-American music. Of interest to music historians and students of Ibero-American culture. Num Pages: 744 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KL; AV; GTB; HBT; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1144.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 744
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810839977
- ISBN
- 9780810839977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 246.81
€ 246.81
Paperback. A guide to the musical discourse of ten of the most important German philosophers, from Kant to Adorno. Each chapter consists of a short biographical sketch of the philosopher concerned, a summary of his writings on aesthetics, and finally a detailed exploration of his thoughts on music. Editor(s): Sorgner, Stefan Lorenz; Furbeth, Oliver. Translator(s): Gillespie, Susan H. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AVG; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226768380
- ISBN
- 9780226768380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.92
€ 51.99
€ 40.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 121 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Alban Institute, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 121
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566991346
- ISBN
- 9781566991346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.37
€ 31.37
Hardcover. Musical experience intersects with religious experience, posing questions about the ways in which Americans, historical communities, immigrants, racial, and ethnic groups construct their sense of self. This book studies the ways it shapes the presence of religion. The contributors address music's presence in religion and religious history. Editor(s): Bohlman, Philip V.; Blumhofer, Edith; Chow, Maria. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, music. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGD; HRLK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 633.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195173031
- ISBN
- 9780195173031
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.14
€ 165.14
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821420959
- ISBN
- 9780821420959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.51
€ 27.99
€ 26.51