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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821420959
ISBN
9780821420959
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.51

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