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Paperback. Editor(s): Randel, Don Michael; Shaftel, Matthew; Weiss, Susan Forscher. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252081583
ISBN
9780252081583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: AVGL; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252082009
ISBN
9780252082009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.72

Hardback. Not only the life story of a jazz musician and spokesman but also a commentary on racism and jazz as a social force Num Pages: 256 pages, 25 b&w illus. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253009098
ISBN
9780253009098
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.35

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253352415
ISBN
9780253352415
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 43.62

Hardcover. Shows how Brahms organized musical elements for expressive purposes Editor(s): Smith, Peter H.; Platt, Heather A. Series: Musical Meaning & Interpretation. Num Pages: 316 pages, 93 music exx., 1 b&w illus. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253357052
ISBN
9780253357052
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.21

Hardcover. A reading of the letters between Mozart and his father, placing them in the context of the stylized strategies of the 18th-century epistolary tradition. The book argues that the letters reveal a rebelliousness deep within Mozart's life and work. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JF; AVGC4; AVH; BGF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300075427
ISBN
9780300075427
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. Bob Dylan is an iconic figure in American music and cultural history. This book considers Dylan from four perspectives: his complicated relationship to blackness, the underrated influence of his singing style, his fascinating image in films, and his controversial songwriting methods that have led to charges of plagiarism. Series: Icons of America. Num Pages: 192 pages, 4 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGH; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 208 x 12. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300181876
ISBN
9780300181876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.72

Hardcover. A revelatory history of the operatic masterpiece that both made and destroyed Rouben Mamoulian, its director and unsung hero. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393240139
ISBN
9780393240139
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 472 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: AVA; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520067479
ISBN
9780520067479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.28

Hardcover. No composer contributed more to film than Bernard Herrmann, who in over 40 scores enriched the work of such directors as Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Francois Truffaut, and Martin Scorsese. This biography explores the interrelationships between Herrmann's music and his turbulent personal life. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition ~1st Printing
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520071230
ISBN
9780520071230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.98
€ 49.44

Paperback. A biography of Paul Bowles, the famously enigmatic writer-composer. It questions the biographer's role, the subject's credibility, and the very nature of 'truth' in the telling of a life. It talks of Bowles' difficult childhood and of his grief over his wife's - the author Jane Bowles, who died in 1973 - illness, of exile, dreams, and madness. Num Pages: 354 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; AVH; BGF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520224933
ISBN
9780520224933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Hardback. A study of the works of the composer Luigi Boccherini. In analyzing the striking qualities of Boccherini's music - its virtuosity, repetitiveness, obsessively nuanced dynamics, delicate sonorities, and rich palette of melancholy affects - it covers a historicized critical method based on the embodied experience of the performer. Num Pages: 374 pages, 10 b/w illustrations, 27 music examples, CD. BIC Classification: AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 746.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Har/Com
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520240179
ISBN
9780520240179
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.37
€ 65.03

Hardback. Presents a volume of 453 letters written by and to composer Charles Ives (1874-1954). This book provides insight into one of the most paradoxical careers in American music history. It offers a view on Ives's personality and his creative process. It includes correspondence with musicians and critics such as John Cage, Aaron Copland, and others. Editor(s): Owens, Tom C. Num Pages: 410 pages, 31 b/w photographs, 4 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 188 x 30. Weight in Grams: 922.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
410
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520246065
ISBN
9780520246065
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.37
€ 64.45

Paperback. Focuses on Benjamin Britten, one of the great British composers. Addressing urgent questions of how an artist's sexual, cultural, and personal identity feeds into specific musical texts, this title examines most of Britten's operas as well as his role in the British cultural establishment of the mid-twentieth century. Editor(s): Haggerty, George E. Num Pages: 295 pages, 15 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
295
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520246102
ISBN
9780520246102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardback. Explores the female roles in Mozart's four most frequently performed operas, "Le nozze di Figaro", "Don Giovanni", "Cosi fan tutte", and "Die Zauberflote". Each chapter looks at the music, libretto text, literary sources, and historical factors that give shape to a character, re-evaluating common assumptions and proposing fresh interpretations. Num Pages: 352 pages, 37 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
341
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520248021
ISBN
9780520248021
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.37
€ 64.45

Hardback. From his dazzling conducting debut in 1943 until his death in 1990, Leonard Bernstein's star blazed brilliantly. This biography examines Bernstein's career against the backdrop of cold war America - blacklisting by the State Department in 1950 and voluntary exile from the New York Philharmonic in 1951 for fear that he might be blacklisted. Num Pages: 296 pages, 9 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257641
ISBN
9780520257641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.99

Paperback. Broadway star Ethel Merman's voice was a mesmerizing force and her vitality was legendary. This detailed biography tells the story of how the stenographer from Queens, New York, became the queen of the Broadway musical in its golden age. Num Pages: 560 pages, 50 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AVGM; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 143 x 35. Weight in Grams: 732.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520260221
ISBN
9780520260221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardback. examines the influence of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on two major nineteenth-century composers, Richard Wagner and Robert Schumann. During 1845 46 the compositional styles of Schumann and Wagner changed in a common direction, toward a style that was more contrapuntal, more densely motivic, and engaged in processes of thematic transformation. Num Pages: 232 pages, 116. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVGC5; AVGC9; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520285569
ISBN
9780520285569
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 51.06

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691009100
ISBN
9780691009100
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.48

Paperback. The description for this book, Thayer's Life of Beethoven, Part I, will be forthcoming. Editor(s): Forbes, Elliot. Num Pages: 656 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 208 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1014.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691027173
ISBN
9780691027173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 51.18

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