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Hardcover. From our first social bonding as infants to the funeral rites that mark our passing, music plays an important role in our lives, bringing us closer to one another. This title investigates this role, examining the features of human perception that enable music's uncanny ability to provoke, despite its myriad forms across continents. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226333281
- ISBN
- 9780226333281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.12€ 79.61
€ 95.12
€ 79.61
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
€ 65.40€ 55.72
€ 65.40
€ 55.72
Paperback. Puccini's operas are among the most popular and widely performed in the world, yet few books have examined his body of work from an analytical perspective. This volume remedies that lack in lively prose accessible to scholars and opera enthusiasts alike. Translator(s): Basani, Laura; Basini, Laura. Num Pages: 530 pages, 190 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC9; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 171 x 30. Weight in Grams: 842.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 530
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226297583
- ISBN
- 9780226297583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.40€ 55.72
€ 65.40
€ 55.72
Paperback. Treating issues of language, aesthetics, semiotics, and cognition, this book offers an evaluation and an original theory of the ways our cultural values have informed the metaphors we use to address music. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 colour plate, 7 halftones, 95 line drawings, 76 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVA; CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 165 x 28. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226273136
- ISBN
- 9780226273136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.43
€ 51.99
€ 40.43
Paperback. Dahlhaus examines a single music-aesthetical idea from various historical and philosophical viewpoints. Translator(s): Lustig, R. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 134 x 203 x 11. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226134871
- ISBN
- 9780226134871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.14
€ 31.99
€ 25.14
Paperback. When we think of composers like Mozart or Beethoven, we usually envision an isolated artist separate from the orchestra. For most of Japan's musical history, however, no such role existed - composition and performance were deeply intertwined. This book offers fresh insights not just into Japanese music but Japanese modernity at large. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AVA; AVH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226085357
- ISBN
- 9780226085357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. Confronting a topic that has sparked considerable debate in recent years: how do musicians and music scholars "discipline" music in their efforts to confer order and meaning on it? This collection of essays addresses this issue by formulating questions about music's canons. Editor(s): Bergeron, Katherine; Bohlman, Philip V. Num Pages: 220 pages, 1 halftone, 3 line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226043708
- ISBN
- 9780226043708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.73
€ 43.99
€ 33.73
paperback. The first comprehensive history of Western music theory to be published in the English language. Editor(s): Christensen, Thomas. Series: The Cambridge History of Music. Num Pages: 1024 pages, 35 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 1024
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521686983
- ISBN
- 9780521686983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.54
€ 73.54
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
€ 33.73
€ 33.73
Paperback. This two-volume anthology reproduces all the works discussed in the full-length versions of the book and included on the 8-CD set of recordings. Editor(s): Forney, Kristine. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 179 x 22. Weight in Grams: 866.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Eleventh Edition
- Number of pages
- 654
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393912111
- ISBN
- 9780393912111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.74
€ 69.74
Book. Theory Answers. Series: Theory of Music Exam Papers & Answers (Abrsm). 12 pages. Practical resource for students and teachers preparing for Theory exams to coincide with the release of Theory of Music papers 2009. Provides a list of correct answers where appropriate, a selection of likely options where the answer can be expressed in a variety of ways, and a single exemplar where a composition-style answer is required. Cateogry: (XX) Exams / tests / exercises. BIC Classification: AVA. Dimension: 295 x 210 x 2. Weight: 34.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
- Number of pages
- 12
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848491380
- ISBN
- 9781848491380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; AVA; AVGC6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 421.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138270534
- ISBN
- 9781138270534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.95
€ 71.95
Paperback. Whether you're an intermediate musician or an aspiring music major, The Everything Essential Music Theory Book is a guide to mastering one of the most important tools for every musician: musical understanding. This compact, portable volume covers all the basics. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures, printed music items. BIC Classification: AVA; AVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Adams Media
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781440583391
- ISBN
- 9781440583391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.31
€ 16.99
€ 15.31
Hardcover. Although the science of acoustics is fundamental to the art of music, relatively few musicians understand the scientific properties of musical sound. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 33. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393090963
- ISBN
- 9780393090963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.89
€ 51.89
Book. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 304 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 882. The Encyclopedia of Jazz Theory for All Musicians. 265 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVA; AVGJ. Dimension: 304 x 230 x 17. Weight: 886.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780634086786
- ISBN
- 9780634086786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.98
€ 29.99
€ 27.98
Paperback. Why does music have such an effect on our minds and bodies? It is the most mysterious and most intangible of all forms of art. Anthony Storr believes that music today is a significant experience for a greater number of people than ever before, and in this book he explores why this should be so. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006861867
- ISBN
- 9780006861867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.50
€ 15.99
€ 11.50
Paperback. Suitable for scholars and students in popular music studies and American Studies as well as general readers interested in popular music, this book brings voices and perspectives to the study of popular-and particularly rock-music. Editor(s): Beebe, Roger; Fulbrook, Denise; Saunders, Ben. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 b&w photos, 2 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822329152
- ISBN
- 9780822329152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Editor(s): Robinson, Jenefer. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801483677
- ISBN
- 9780801483677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.13
€ 34.99
€ 32.13
Paperback. Examines drumming and beating as musical practice (musicological meaning), as the channelling of violence or shock (sociological meaning), and as a subjective, embodied agent (psychoanalytic meaning). This title contributes to the cultural studies, popular and critical musicology, the theorisation of the body, and the sociology of music. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: AVA; AVRJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822329190
- ISBN
- 9780822329190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1961
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393095395
- ISBN
- 9780393095395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 52.19
€ 53.99
€ 52.19