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Paperback. A survey of contemporary Western art music within the transformed political, cultural, and technological environment of the post-Cold War era. It considers musical composition against this changed backdrop, placing it in the context of globalization, digitization, and new media. Num Pages: 368 pages, 35 b/w. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AVC; HBLW; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283152
ISBN
9780520283152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.23

Paperback. A collection of essays that illustrates the ways in which music - as a cultural practice, a commercial product, and an aesthetic form - has become enmeshed in debates about human rights, international law, and struggles for social justice. Editor(s): Weintraub, Andrew N.; Yung, Bell. Num Pages: 336 pages, 17 photographs. BIC Classification: AVA; JFC; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252076626
ISBN
9780252076626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. The contributors explore the intimate relationships between music & gender, across the wide range of cultures around the Mediterranean. Essays examine musical behaviour as representation, assertion, and transgression of gender identities. Editor(s): Magrini, Tullia. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 376 pages, 19 halftones, 1 musical example. BIC Classification: 1QSM; AV; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226501666
ISBN
9780226501666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. Offering a one-of-a-kind approach to music and literature of the Americas, this book examines the relationships between musical protagonists from Colombia, Cuba, and the United States in novels by writers such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Alejo Carpentier, Zora Neale Hurston, and John Okada." Series: Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AV; DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349492640
ISBN
9781349492640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.84

Hardback. A collection of essays that examine televised music and the controversial genre of the music video. It addresses the key issues of contemporary Arab society - gender and sexuality, Islam, class, economy, power, and nation - as refracted through the culture of mediated music. It is suitable for the study of contemporary Arab society and culture. Editor(s): Frishkopf, Michael. Num Pages: 304 pages, 27 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; AVG; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 748.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774162930
ISBN
9789774162930
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.42

Hardback. Traces the development and growth of community schools of the arts, now found in every region of the U.S. and in Canada. Num Pages: 489 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AV; JFS; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 143 x 32. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
489
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810821170
ISBN
9780810821170
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.06

paperback. Representing a broad range of academic disciplines and geographic regions, this work examines how the imagination of race has influenced musical production, reception, and scholarly analysis. It reviews the history of race in European and American, non-Western and global music. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 720 pages, 36 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: AV; JFCX; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 40. Weight in Grams: 930.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
720
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226702001
ISBN
9780226702001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.28

Paperback. Translator(s): Biebuyck, B. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: AVA; JFC; JHM; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226730066
ISBN
9780226730066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.54
€ 44.25

Paperback. People around the world and throughout history have used music to express their inner emotions, reach out to the divine, woo lovers, celebrate weddings, inspire political movements, and lull babies to sleep. This title explores why it is that music and dance are so often at the center of our profound personal and social experiences. Num Pages: 280 pages, 6 halftones, 2 tables, 1 compact disc. BIC Classification: AV; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Pap/Com
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226816982
ISBN
9780226816982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 27.05

Paperback. Music for Life: Music Participation and Quality of Life of Senior Citizens presents a fresh, new exploration of the impact of musical experiences on the quality of life of senior citizens, and charts a new direction in the facilitation of the musical lives of people of all ages. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; AVS; JFSP31. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 247 x 47. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199371693
ISBN
9780199371693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.00

Paperback. Music Genres and Corporate Cultures explores the relationship between economics and culture, and between corporate organisation and cultural forms. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFC; JHM; KNTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
209
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415174008
ISBN
9780415174008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.55

hardcover. Num Pages: 255 pages, 30 colour illustrations, 30 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: AP; APF; AV; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan Switzerland
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2017
SKU
V9783319523613
ISBN
9783319523613
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.98

Paperback. Editor(s): Brennan, Timothy (Professor of Cultural Studies, Comparative Literature and English, University of Minnesota, USA). Translator(s): West-Duran, Alan. Series: Cultural Studies of the Americas S. Num Pages: 312 pages, music. BIC Classification: 1KJC; AV; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816632305
ISBN
9780816632305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.82

Hardback. This study of Music and Music Activities in Ibero-America to 1850 emphasizes historical data rather than musical analysis. Folk and popular music are mentioned only to the extent that they have affected the cultivated strains of Ibero-American music. Of interest to music historians and students of Ibero-American culture. Num Pages: 744 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KL; AV; GTB; HBT; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1144.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
744
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810839977
ISBN
9780810839977
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 246.81

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195145557
ISBN
9780195145557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 138.46

Paperback. Series: Global Music. Num Pages: 176 pages, 20 halftones, 20 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; AVGW; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 211 x 12. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195306743
ISBN
9780195306743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 138.33

Hardback. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AV; JFC; JHBK; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
321
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403965301
ISBN
9781403965301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.36
€ 48.51

Paperback. This research-based, practical book demonstrates how music and music therapy can be applied in a variety of treatment settings to bring about therapeutic change. This book will be of interest to music therapists, substance abuse counsellors and anybody else interested in the relationship between music and addiction and the therapeutic use of music. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; MQTC; VFJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9781849050128
ISBN
9781849050128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.11

Paperback. A study of the music video. Series: Music and the Moving Image. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748633234
ISBN
9780748633234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.03

Hardback. Discusses the variable conceptions of art, culture and civilization, and their effects in the formation of library institutions and examines differences and tensions in art, culture and civilization discourses to build a picture of the moral narratives influencing library and cultural institutions. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: GLM; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810840263
ISBN
9780810840263
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.97

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