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Paperback. In 1948, at the age of 15, Manu Dibango left Africa for France, bearing three kilos of coffee for his adopted family and little else. This autobiography chronicles his life, from his birth in Cameroon to his achievements as a composer, producer, performer, film-score writer and humanitarian. Translator(s): Raps, Beth G. Num Pages: 158 pages, 44 halftones. BIC Classification: AVGH; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 283.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226144900
- ISBN
- 9780226144900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.23
€ 27.99
€ 23.23
Paperback. Now available in paperback to coincide with the 50th anniversary of his death, this biography corrects many of the myths surrounding the often controversial Thomas Beecham. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 676. Fine copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KKD0009048
- ISBN
- 9781843836261
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. 'Someone called and said Kurt died. I just f*****g lost it.' Num Pages: 400 pages, (1x8pp plates). BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 196 x 30. Weight in Grams: 292. Very good copy.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- SKU
- KEX0270440
- ISBN
- 9780007391233
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 11.99€ 4.99
€ 11.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. An important study of horn-player Pee Wee Erwin and the big band era of music. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 453 pages, 69ill. BIC Classification: AVGF; AVGJ; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 453
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810819450
- ISBN
- 9780810819450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.87
€ 157.87
Paperback. Series: Fallen Leaf Monographs in Contemporary Composers. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780914913429
- ISBN
- 9780914913429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.08
€ 79.08
Paperback. Explores how musicians, both individually and collectively, learn to improvise. Chronicling musicians from their first encounters with jazz to the development of a unique improvisatory voice, Berliner demonstrates that a lifetime of preparation lies behind the skilled improviser's every note. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 904 pages, 2 halftones, 250 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVGK; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 228 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1220. The Infinite Art of Improvisation. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. 904 pages, 2 halftones, 250 music examples. Explores how musicians, both individually and collectively, learn to improvise. Chronicling musicians from their first encounters with jazz to the development of a unique improvisatory voice, Berliner demonstrates that a lifetime of preparation lies behind the skilled improviser's every note. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVGK; AVH. Dimension: 157 x 228 x 48. Weight: 1220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 904
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226043814
- ISBN
- 9780226043814
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.21
€ 45.21
Paperback. Many musicians have enjoyed the solo and chamber music of Robert Valentine, especially that for flute or recorder, but few know anything of this composer's life and other music. This volume lists all of Valentine's known works, including original works, arrangements, and fragments. Series: MLA Index and Bibliography Series. Num Pages: 97 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 8. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 97
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780914954460
- ISBN
- 9780914954460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.80
€ 76.80
Paperback. With sales of over 200 million albums, AC/DC is not just the biggest rock band in the world, it's a family business built by three brothers: George, Malcolm and Angus Young. This book tells the story of the trio through 11 classic songs and reveals some of the personal and creative secrets that went into their making. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16pp. colour plate section. BIC Classification: AVGT; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Publisher
- Black and White Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845029388
- ISBN
- 9781845029388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Hardback. This is a critical survey and discography of Louis Armstrong's most formative phase - the period during which he worked alongside such luminaries as King Oliver, Bessie Smith, Sidney Bechet, Fletcher Henderson and Earl Hines. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 568 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; AVGJ; AVH; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 34. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810840737
- ISBN
- 9780810840737
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.32
€ 201.32
Paperback. A window on to the extraordinary world of Noddy Holder, the much-loved Slade frontman, in his own words. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 200 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472119674
- ISBN
- 9781472119674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Hardback. Bono (U2) once said, "More than any other band, The Who are our role models." Starting as a simple four-piece 'mod' band in the early 1960s, The Who went on to conquer the world with their unique and supremely powerful music that transcended any genre and appealed to fans across the world. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 293 x 13. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Publisher
- Welbeck Publishing Group
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780976198
- ISBN
- 9781780976198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.14
€ 19.99
€ 15.14
Hardcover. Tracing their progress from sharp-suited mods to psychedelic stars and pioneers of the rock opera through images of the band on the road, recording TV shows, performing at Monterey and the Isle of Wight, and in venues including Wembley Stadium, this title contains over 160 images of The Who. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AJCP; AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 297 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1100.
- Publisher
- Titan Books
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857686633
- ISBN
- 9780857686633
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.50
€ 19.99
€ 14.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609805760
- ISBN
- 9781609805760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.93
€ 19.99
€ 17.93
Hardcover. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 169 x 81. Weight in Grams: 1832.
- Publisher
- Old Street Publishing United Kingdom
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908699435
- ISBN
- 9781908699435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 37.14
€ 46.99
€ 37.14
Hardcover. An expert's guide to the skills of the greatest conductors Num Pages: 352 pages, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; AVRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 167 x 35. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300093261
- ISBN
- 9780300093261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.64
€ 43.99
€ 31.64
Paperback. With a glimpse of the daily life of European art and artists during the fertile last decades of the nineteenth century, this book is suitable for anyone passionate about opera. Editor(s): Conati, Marcello; Medici, Mario. Translator(s): Weaver, William. Num Pages: 384 pages, 14 halftones, musical examples throughout. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 37. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226273891
- ISBN
- 9780226273891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Paperback. The intimate and long-awaited memoir of guitar legend Carlos Santana. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; AVRL1; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409156550
- ISBN
- 9781409156550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.10
€ 19.99
€ 15.10
Hardback. This text explores the influences of musicians, Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal. Once musical partners, they both went on to have their own careers. Cooder was influenced by rag-time blues, while Mahal was swayed by Afro-Caribbean music, both to create an emotional centre of the musical experience. Series: American Folk Music and Musicians Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 b&w photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: AVGH; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810838185
- ISBN
- 9780810838185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.63
€ 155.63
Hardback. Series: Fallen Leaf Reference Books in Music. Num Pages: 189 pages. BIC Classification: AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 189
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780914913290
- ISBN
- 9780914913290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.84
€ 106.84
Paperback. 'The one authentic masterpiece of rock 'n' roll writing'. Peter Guralnick Series: The Canons. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations, port. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 37. Weight in Grams: 422. Series: Canons. 576 pages, Illustrations, port. 'The one authentic masterpiece of rock 'n' roll writing'. Peter Guralnick. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Dimension: 195 x 131 x 37. Weight: 486.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main - Canons Imprint Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857863515
- ISBN
- 9780857863515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.63
€ 19.99
€ 14.63