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Paperback. "Derek Bailey's Improvisation, originally published in 1980, and here updated and extended with new interviews and photographs, is the first book to deal with the nature of improvisation in all its for" Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Hachette Books United States
Edition
1st US - 1st Printing
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306805288
ISBN
9780306805288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. This practical book describes the specific use of receptive (listening) methods and techniques in music therapy clinical practice and research, including relaxation with music for children and adults, the use of visualisation and imagery, music and collage, song-lyric discussion, vibroacoustic applications, music and movement techniques. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; MQTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 173 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843104131
ISBN
9781843104131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.10

Paperback. This book demystifies the complex topic of musical interpretation by boiling it down to basic principles in an accessible writing style. The book targets pianists, piano teachers, and piano pedagogy students and incorporates over 200 musical examples from the intermediate and advanced piano repertoire. Num Pages: 160 pages, 225 music examples & illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; AVRG; AVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 178 x 8. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199859504
ISBN
9780199859504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.16

Paperback. Deciphers sounds and silences buried within the ghostly horrors of Arthur Machen, Shirley Jackson, Charles Dickens, M R James and Edgar Allen Poe, Dutch genre painting from Rembrandt to Vermeer, artists as diverse as Francis Bacon and Juan Munoz, and the writing of many modernist authors including Virginia Woolf, Samuel Beckett, and James Joyce. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 360. The Mediumship of the Listener. 272 pages. Deciphers sounds and silences buried within the ghostly horrors of Arthur Machen, Shirley Jackson, Charles Dickens, M R James and Edgar Allen Poe, Dutch genre painting from Rembrandt to Vermeer, artists as diverse as Francis Bacon and Juan Munoz, and the writing of many modernist authors including Virginia Woolf, Samuel Beckett, and James Joyce. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVA; HPN. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 19. Weight: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Continuum Publishing Corporation
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441155870
ISBN
9781441155870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 215 x 23. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628927696
ISBN
9781628927696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.87

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892810567
ISBN
9780892810567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.96

Paperback. As the 1970s ended, Waits felt trapped by his persona and career. But at his low point: Francis Ford Coppola asked Tom to write the score for "One From the Heart". He cleaned up, and met Kathleen Brennan. This work tells the story of a man creating that elusive American second act, and also about finding the prefect collaborator in his wife. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 121 x 9. Weight in Grams: 142. Series: 33 1/3. 144 pages, Illustrations. As the 1970s ended, Waits felt trapped by his persona and career. But at his low point: Francis Ford Coppola asked Tom to write the score for "One From the Heart". He cleaned up, and met Kathleen Brennan. This work tells the story of a man creating that elusive American second act, and also about finding the prefect collaborator in his wife. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVA; AVGP. Dimension: 166 x 121 x 9. Weight: 134.
Publisher
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826427823
ISBN
9780826427823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. Using classical, popular, and avant-garde music as texts, this title addresses such questions as: why do bodies develop goose bumps when listening to music and why does music sound so good when heard 'all around'. It shows how the historical conditions under which music is created affect the listening experience. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 b&w photograph, 65 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVA; JFC; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822319221
ISBN
9780822319221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

paperback. Musical Form and Transformation collects four of David Lewin's analytic essays to stimulate thought about the general methodology of musical analysis and issues of large-scale form as they relate to transformational analytic structuring. Num Pages: 192 pages, 80 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC6. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199759958
ISBN
9780199759958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.30

Paperback. A theory of expectations is used to explain how music evokes various emotions; for readers interested in cognitive science and evolutionary psychology as well as music. Num Pages: 480 pages, 108 illus. BIC Classification: AVA; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 177 x 23. Weight in Grams: 750.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262582780
ISBN
9780262582780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 30.34

Paperback. A philosophical exploration of sound and contemporary technoculture that utilizes fictocriticism and the conceit of the dream to engage with the intersection of listening and dreaming. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: AVA; HPN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 27. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501320804
ISBN
9781501320804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.90

Paperback. David Byrne's internationally bestselling magnum opus on the subject of music Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: AV; AVA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 824.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857862525
ISBN
9780857862525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.53

Paperback. There is a well-developed vocabulary for discussing classical music, but when it comes to popular music, how do we analyze its effects and its meaning? This text demonstrates how listeners form opinions about popular songs, and how they come to attribute a rich variety of meaning to them. Num Pages: 275 pages, 24 music examples, 5 tables. BIC Classification: AVA; AVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390. 275 pages, Illustrations. There is a well-developed vocabulary for discussing classical music, but when it comes to popular music, how do we analyze its effects and its meaning? This text demonstrates how listeners form opinions about popular songs, and how they come to attribute a rich variety of meaning to them. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AVA; AVG. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 16. Weight: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Calif. Pbk
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520225411
ISBN
9780520225411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.47

Hardcover. Presents current analytic views by established scholars of the traditional tonal repertoire, with essays on works by Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, and Brahms. Editor(s): Beach, David; Goldenberg, Yosef. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 294 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, 246 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580465151
ISBN
9781580465151
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.28

Hardcover. Displays the range and diversity of Schenkerian studies today in fifteen essays covering music from Bach through Debussy and Strauss. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 372 pages, 222 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 29. Weight in Grams: 710.
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580465595
ISBN
9781580465595
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.97

Hardback. Using landscape as its concept, this book explores orchestral music that represents imagined physical and cultural spaces, natural forces, and humans and wildlife. Comparing works from Europe and Russia alongside the compositions from the US, Canada, Japan, and China, it offers an understanding of the links between music and the worlds around us. Series: Why of Where. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 183 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742541153
ISBN
9780742541153
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.82

Paperback. This practical guide to learning to read and write music contains easy-to-follow examples and clear explanations. It describes the basics including staves, clefs and where to find the notes, followed by rhythm, key signatures, chords and intervals, and how to write it all down. Num Pages: 120 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: AVA; AVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 222. 120 pages, b&w photos. This practical guide to learning to read and write music contains easy-to-follow examples and clear explanations. It describes the basics including staves, clefs and where to find the notes, followed by rhythm, key signatures, chords and intervals, and how to write it all down. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVA; AVS. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 8. Weight: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Backbeat Books
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780879305703
ISBN
9780879305703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.96

Paperback. Trent Reznor rode into music mythology on "Pretty Hate Machine", powered by Futurist industrial pistons and covered in ice-spiked synth hooks shined by new wave robots. Then there was his voice. This book interviews dozens of NIN fans to provide information on the heart of Reznor's very personal appeal. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 144 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Continuum
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826427892
ISBN
9780826427892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. Rhythm Reading: Elementary through Advanced Training reduces the rhythms of Western music to a series of short, frequently encountered patterns. Num Pages: 256 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 231 x 20. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393970739
ISBN
9780393970739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 36.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; AVA; HBJH; JFCA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816689286
ISBN
9780816689286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Hardcover. Num Pages: 215 pages, 5 b&w illus. BIC Classification: AVA; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935408161
ISBN
9781935408161
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.60

Paperback. The highly chromatic music of the late 1800s and early 1900s includes some of the best-known works by Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, Cesar Franck, and Hugo Wolf. This book builds on nineteenth-century music theory to provide an original method for analyzing chromatic music. Num Pages: 352 pages, 107 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 172 x 244 x 20. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226318097
ISBN
9780226318097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 54.95

paperback. This book examines the intellectual history of instrumental music and its power to construct meaning. Series Editor(s): Kallberg, Jeffrey; Newcomb, Anthony; Solie, Ruth A. Series: New Perspectives in Music History and Criticism. Num Pages: 328 pages, 11 b/w illus. 44 music examples. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780521027519
ISBN
9780521027519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.21

paperback. This book offers a groundbreaking account of how music interacts with young people's everyday lives. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748623815
ISBN
9780748623815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 35.04

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