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Paperback. Series: The Metropolitan Opera Presents. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2-colour photo inserts. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVH; AVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Amadeus Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574674613
ISBN
9781574674613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.00

Paperback. Dave Van Ronk (1936-2002) was one of the founding figures of the 1960s folk revival. This memoir of Greenwich Village in the '60 offers a first-hand account by a major player in the social and musical history of the '50s and '60s. It also features encounters with young stars-to-be like Bob Dylan, Tom Paxton, Phil Ochs, and Joni Mitchell. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8pgs B&W photos. BIC Classification: AVGH; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Hachette Books United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306822162
ISBN
9780306822162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 18.44

Paperback. Explores the rich heritage of Bowie's productive and inspired decade, and traces the way in which his music reflected and influenced the world around him. This book examines in detail Bowie's audacious creation of an 'alien' rock star, Ziggy Stardust, and his increasingly perilous explorations of the nature of identity and the meaning of fame. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; AVGP; AVH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099548874
ISBN
9780099548874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

Paperback. Bob Dylan's impact on popular music has been incalculable. Having transformed staid folk music into a vehicle for coruscating social commentary, he then swept away the romantic platitudes of rock 'n' roll with his searing intellect. This title includes interviews, essays, features and reviews from Dylan intimates and scholars. Series: Mammoth Books. Num Pages: 618 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 142 x 36. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition
4th Edition
Number of pages
618
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849014663
ISBN
9781849014663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

Hardcover. Revealed for the first time here is the correspondence that Percy French, one of Ireland's most influential songwriters, wrote to his fiancee and second wife-to-be, Ettie Sheldon, between May 1892 and January 1894. Num Pages: 184 pages, 20 full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AVGP; AVH; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 154. .
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843516606
ISBN
9781843516606
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.00
€ 20.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 21 b/w photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
A Cappella Books United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556529597
ISBN
9781556529597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.01

Hardcover. Award-winning saxophonist and writer Simon Spillett, widely regarded as the world's leading authority on Hayes and his work, painstakingly outlines a career which alternated professional success and personal downfall. Series: Popular Music History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 photos. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; AVRN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 30. Weight in Grams: 742.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Equinox Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781791738
ISBN
9781781791738
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.46

paperback. * Best single-volume guide to composers now on the market. Num Pages: 768 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 50. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
768
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
2Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349109725
ISBN
9780349109725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.69

Hardback. How have Handel's 'lives' in biographies and histories moulded our understanding of the musician, the man and the icon? Series: Music in Britain, 1600-2000. Num Pages: 536 pages, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; AVGC3; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1128.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783270613
ISBN
9781783270613
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.57

Book. Complete lyrics and chords to over 80 Elton John hits (chiefly with BernieTaupin); includes chord diagrams preceding lyrics. Editor(s): Hopkins, Adrian. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 119 x 14. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Omnibus Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780381985
ISBN
9781780381985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.21

Paperback. Taking us into a composer's workshop, this title reevaluates what we call 'twentieth-century music' - a term used to refer to modern or contemporary music that represents a radical break from the tonal tradition, or 'common practice', of the preceding three centuries. Series: Ernest Bloch Lectures. Num Pages: 202 pages, 149 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 59.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520205185
ISBN
9780520205185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.81

Paperback. This searching biography takes a fresh look at this elusive and misunderstood genius. Series: Musical Lives. Num Pages: 228 pages, 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 304. Series: Musical Lives. 228 pages, 20 b/w illus. This searching biography takes a fresh look at this elusive and misunderstood genius. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 15. Weight: 312.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
228
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521595124
ISBN
9780521595124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.55

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, colour and b/w photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 34. Weight in Grams: 716.
Publisher
Omnibus Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783055524
ISBN
9781783055524
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.63

Hardcover. It is often assumed that reading about the lives of artists enhances our understanding of their work. This book contains a collection of essays, by a number of respected art historians that attempt to address this relationship by looking at the life and works of such artists as Andy Warhol, Bob Dylan, Van Gogh, Cezanne, and Leonardo da Vinci. Editor(s): Salas, Charles G. Num Pages: 200 pages, 31 colour & 44 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AGB; AVH; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 190 x 20. Weight in Grams: 848.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Getty Research Institute
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892368235
ISBN
9780892368235
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.20

Hardback. This is the first biography of jazz clarinetist Kenny Davern. Drawing from Davern's many interviews and the recollections of his friends and family, Meyer tells the story of the man and his music and why both were unique and irreplaceable. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 476 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; AVRN; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 804.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
476
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810876927
ISBN
9780810876927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.11

Hardcover. This book is the first study of the Irish composer James Wilson (1922 - 2005). A founding member of Aosdana, in the 1950s and 60s Wilson was a key figure in the Music Association of Ireland and played an important role in developing the structures that support composers and musicians in Ireland today. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782051367
ISBN
9781782051367
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Hardcover. Num Pages: 554 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: AVH; BGFA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 167 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1052.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
554
Condition
New
SKU
V9780884020783
ISBN
9780884020783
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.13

Paperback. An extraordinary selection of revealing letters to and from one of the titans of 20th-century music Editor(s): Simeone, Nigel. Num Pages: 624 pages, 29 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGFA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 148 x 49. Weight in Grams: 826.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300205442
ISBN
9780300205442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.75

paperback. The intimate chronicle of one of our leading composers and writers. Num Pages: 456 pages, 8pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Da Capo Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306809644
ISBN
9780306809644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.36

Paperback. The Sunday Times bestseller: how the Strauss family took Europe by storm during the nineteenth century Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JH; AVGC5; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Elliott & Thompson
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783963256
ISBN
9781783963256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

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