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Paperback. Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) is acknowledged as one of the significant and multifaceted composers. This work captures Schoenberg at critical periods of his career: during the first decades of the century, primarily in his native Vienna; from 1926 to 1933, in Berlin; and from 1933 on, in the US. Editor(s): Frisch, Walter. Series: The Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 588.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691048611
- ISBN
- 9780691048611
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Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.15
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€ 42.15
paperback. Bringing together reception history, music analysis and criticism, the history of music theory, and the philosophy of music, this book explores the nature and persistence of Beethoven's heroic style. It is of interest to those interested in canon formation in the arts and in music as a cultural, ethical, and emotional force. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC5; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780691050584
- ISBN
- 9780691050584
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
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Paperback. A collection of essays, which address Beethoven's musical works and their cultural contexts. It explains how the young Beethoven chose his pianos, and William Kinderman shows Beethoven in the process of sketching and revising his compositions. Editor(s): Burnham, Scott; Steinberg, Michael P. Series: The Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 350 pages, facsimiles, music, portraits. BIC Classification: AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691070735
- ISBN
- 9780691070735
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.55
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Paperback. Gustav Mahler's music has provoked extreme responses from the public and from experts. This volume examines the broader political, social, and literary changes reflected in Mahler's music. It examines the composer's Jewish identity, and considers contemporary theories of memory, and the theatricality of Mahler's art and fin-de-siecle politics. Editor(s): Painter, Karen. Series: The Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC5; AVGC6; AVH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 660.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691092447
- ISBN
- 9780691092447
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.49
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Hardback. Richard Wagner continues to be the most controversial artist in history, a perpetually troubling figure in our cultural consciousness. This book presents an overall picture of his musical dramas from the standpoint of literary and theatrical history. It also examines Wagner in relation to political figures including King Ludwig II and Bismarck. Translator(s): Ellis, Daphne. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; AVGC5; AVGC9; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 771.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691114972
- ISBN
- 9780691114972
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Condition: New
€ 89.13€ 67.89
€ 89.13
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Paperback. Brings together several Leos Janacek scholars to look closely at a range of issues surrounding his life and work. This book features essays accompanied by translated writings by the composer himself. It includes essays on Naturalism, opera direction, and Tristan and Isolde and four impressionistic chronicles of the 'speech melodies' of daily life. Editor(s): Beckerman, Michael. Series: Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11 halftones. 5 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVGC6; AVGC9; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 457.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691116761
- ISBN
- 9780691116761
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Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.00
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Paperback. Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) has a reputation as one of the leading composers of the twentieth century. This work expands the traditional purview of Shostakovich's world, exploring the composer's creativity and art in terms of the expectations - historical, cultural, and political - that forged them. Editor(s): Fay, Laurel E. Series: Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 432 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691120690
- ISBN
- 9780691120690
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.73
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Paperback. Chronicles the life of one of the most remarkable musical minds of the American experience, the great nineteenth-century New Orleans-born composer and pianist Louis Moreau Gottschalk. This book recounts Gottschalk's experiences as he traveled and performed throughout the last decade of his life. Editor(s): Behrend, Jeanne. Num Pages: 504 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH; AVRG; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 668.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 490
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127163
- ISBN
- 9780691127163
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
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paperback. In his roles as keyboard virtuoso, conductor, and master teacher, Franz Liszt reinvented the concert experience, advanced an agenda for symphonic and dramatic music, and transmitted the foundations of modern pianism. Placing emphasis on historical contexts, this book aims to advance our understanding of the composer with fresh perspectives. Editor(s): Gibbs, Christopher H.; Gooley, Dana. Series: The Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 608 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 37. Weight in Grams: 870.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691129020
- ISBN
- 9780691129020
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.72
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Paperback. Edward Elgar (1857-1934) is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating, important, and influential figures in the history of British music. This work examines the composer's life, presenting a comprehensive portrait of both the man and the age in which he lived. Editor(s): Adams, Professor Byron. Series: The Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 312 pages, 23 halftones. 25 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691134468
- ISBN
- 9780691134468
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.89
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Paperback. Richard Wagner (1813-1883) aimed to be more than just a composer. He set out to redefine opera as a 'total work of art' combining the highest aspirations of drama, poetry, the symphony, the visual arts, even religion and philosophy. This book examines his works. Editor(s): Grey, Thomas S. Series: The Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 560 pages, 24 halftones. 50 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 824.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143668
- ISBN
- 9780691143668
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.78
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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691155463
- ISBN
- 9780691155463
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
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Paperback. Brings together an international roster of scholars to explore fresh perspectives on the life and music of Igor Stravinsky. Situating Stravinsky in intellectual and musical contexts, this title includes essays that focuses on one of the important composers of the twentieth century. Series: The Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 384 pages, 22 halftones. 18 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 556.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691159881
- ISBN
- 9780691159881
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
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Hardback. Editor(s): Saavedra, Leonora. Series: The Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8 halftones. 34 musical examples. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 243 x 28. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691169477
- ISBN
- 9780691169477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.58€ 79.12
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Paperback. Beethoven is a classic study of the composer's music, written by one of the most important thinkers of our time. Throughout his life, Adorno wrote extensive notes, essay fragments and aides-memoires on the subject of Beethoven's music. This book brings together all of Beethoven's music in relation to the society in which he lived. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745630458
- ISBN
- 9780745630458
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Condition: New
€ 27.15
€ 27.15
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPG; AVH; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801444111
- ISBN
- 9780801444111
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Condition: New
€ 96.07
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Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 25 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 239 x 29. Weight in Grams: 642.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Books
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822314738
- ISBN
- 9780822314738
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
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Paperback. The life story of the outstanding jazz vocalist Sathima Bea Benjamin sheds light on South African jazz history, women in jazz, and American music as a transnational art form. Series: Refiguring American Music. Num Pages: 384 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AVGJ; AVH; BGFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532. South African Women Thinking in Jazz. Series: Refiguring American Music. 376 pages, 32 illustrations. The life story of the outstanding jazz vocalist Sathima Bea Benjamin sheds light on South African jazz history, women in jazz, and American music as a transnational art form. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AVGJ; AVH; BGFA. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 24. Weight: 532.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349143
- ISBN
- 9780822349143
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Paying particular attention to hula performances that toured throughout the U.S. beginning in the late nineteenth century, Adria L. Imada investigates the role of hula in the American colonization of Hawai'i. Num Pages: 392 pages, 80 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352075
- ISBN
- 9780822352075
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
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Paperback. Jazz pianist, trombonist, composer, educator, and community leader Horace Tapscott tells his life story, from his childhood in Houston and growing up in Los Angeles, to his early professional career, creation of the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, and his work to build and serve L.A.'s black community. Editor(s): Isoardi, Steven. Num Pages: 272 pages, 46 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJ; AVGJ; AVH; BGFA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362715
- ISBN
- 9780822362715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20