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Theory of Music & Entertainment

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Theory of Music & Entertainment

Paperback. Presents the who, what, where, and when of rockabilly music Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 173 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252065385
ISBN
9780252065385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. A comprehensive presentation of the techniques and aesthetics of composition with sound particles. Num Pages: 424 pages, 68 illus. BIC Classification: AVA; UYU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 204 x 21. Weight in Grams: 782.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
423
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262681544
ISBN
9780262681544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.85
€ 48.88

Paperback. This new volume incorporates all entries from the previous editions by Arthur Wenk, expanding to cover writings drawn from periodicals, theses, dissertations, books, and Festschriften from 1940 to 2000. Over 9,000 references to analyses of works by over 1,000 composers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries are included. Series: MLA Index and Bibliography Series. Num Pages: 374 pages. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC5; AVGC6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 214 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1003.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810858879
ISBN
9780810858879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 152.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: AVA; JMP; MBN; MBPK; MMJT. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198792079
ISBN
9780198792079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 88.04

Paperback. Israel Kamakawiwo'ole was without a doubt the most popular and beloved singer in Hawai'i. His popularity stemmed not only from his music but from his outspokenness on issues of native Hawaiian sovereignty. This book presents an account of the life and music of this most legendary figures in contemporary Hawaiian culture. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 121 x 10. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Continuum
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826429056
ISBN
9780826429056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

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
€ 35.15

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

€ 65.14
€ 54.95

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. 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

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
€ 37.06

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. 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

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

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

Hardcover. Probing analyses, from the renowned music theorist, of Schubert's great, yet still little-studied piano-solo, chamber, and symphonic masterpieces. Num Pages: 216 pages, 85 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFA; AVA; AVGC; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580465922
ISBN
9781580465922
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.07

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

€ 116.28

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

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. 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
€ 30.57

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

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