Theory of Music & Entertainment
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Theory of Music & Entertainment
Hardback. Musical understanding has evolved dramatically, principally through an appreciation of musical meaning in its social, cultural, and philosophical dimensions. This book examines the open and active circle between the values and valuations placed on music by individuals and societies, and the discovery, through music, of what and how to value. Editor(s): Chapin, Keith. Num Pages: 226 pages, 23 b&w illus. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823230099
- ISBN
- 9780823230099
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.15
€ 97.15
Paperback. Covers topics such as the creative minds of Mozart and Beethoven, the place of improvised musics in Western and non-Western societies, and the development of jazz as a musical and cultural phenomenon. Editor(s): Solis, Gabriel; Nettl, Bruno. Num Pages: 392 pages, 3 photographs; 6 tables; 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252076541
- ISBN
- 9780252076541
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. A collection of essays that explores the relationship between sound and movement. It takes an interdisciplinary approach to the fundamental issues of this subject, drawing on ideas, theories and methods from disciplines such as musicology, music perception, human movement science, cognitive psychology, and computer science. Editor(s): Godoy, Rolf Inge; Leman, Marc. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 black & white tables, 44 black & white halftones, 62 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415998871
- ISBN
- 9780415998871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.29
€ 81.29
Hardback. Felix Mendelssohn is chiefly remembered for the oratorios "Paulus" and "Elijah". This is an analysis of "Paulus", beginning with an overview of the oratorio traditions of the early 19th century. He details phases of the compositional process as well as principles governing its development. Num Pages: 264 pages, 18 illustrations, tables. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC5; AVGD; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810840478
- ISBN
- 9780810840478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.32
€ 135.32
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
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Condition: New
€ 52.30
€ 52.30
This volume presents a new collection of essays on music by Jerrold Levinson, one of the most prominent philosophers of art today. The essays are wide-ranging and represent some of the most stimulating work being done within analytic aesthetics. Three of the essays are previously unpublished, and four of them focus on music in the jazz tradition. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: AVA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199669660
- ISBN
- 9780199669660
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Condition: New
€ 103.88
€ 103.88
Hardback. It will interest English-language medievalists of several other disciplines: intellectual historians and specialists of English, as well as scholars of Italian and Iberian literature. Translator(s): Curley, Michael J.; Rendall, Steven. Series: Rethinking Theory. Num Pages: 568 pages, 14, 12 black & white line drawings, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; DSA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 43. Weight in Grams: 904.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421411248
- ISBN
- 9781421411248
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Condition: New
€ 83.49€ 75.66
€ 83.49
€ 75.66
Paperback. This is a pioneering attempt to rearticulate the relationship between music and the problem of mimesis, of presentation and re-presentation. Four "scenes" compose this book, all four of them responses to Wagner: two by French poets (Baudelaire and Mallarme), two by German philosophers (Heidegger and Adorno). Translator(s): McCarren, Felicia. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: AVA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 12. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804723855
- ISBN
- 9780804723855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
hardcover. This is a pioneering attempt to rearticulate the relationship between music and the problem of mimesis, of presentation and re-presentation. Four "scenes" compose this book, all four of them responses to Wagner: two by French poets (Baudelaire and Mallarme), two by German philosophers (Heidegger and Adorno). Translator(s): McCarren, Felicia. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: AVA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 389.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804723763
- ISBN
- 9780804723763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.89
€ 127.89
Paperback. The best concise introduction to a very large subject: Music. Series: Ideas in Profile. Num Pages: 160 pages, c. 30 b/w line and half-tone in text. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 199 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781256428
- ISBN
- 9781781256428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.65
€ 14.99
€ 13.65
hardcover. Intends to transform students into active participants in the Music Appreciation space. Helping inculcate active listening, active reading, and active learning, this book empowers students by providing tools that make assessment easier, learning more engaging, and studying more efficient. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- McGraw Hill United States
- Edition
- 12th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781259892707
- ISBN
- 9781259892707
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Condition: New
€ 190.05
€ 190.05
Paperback. A new and exciting interdisciplinary resource which integrates the worlds of music and literature. The first primary and secondary source collection of its kind to focus on the relationship between words and music and between musical and literary forms. Editor(s): Clayton, Martin. Num Pages: 328 pages, Printed music items|Illustrations, colour. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719077883
- ISBN
- 9780719077883
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Condition: New
€ 39.10
€ 39.10
Hardback. Leonard Meyer proposed that when musical tendencies or expectations are inhibited by musical ambiguity of the unexpected, those inhibitions and their subsequent resolutions are likely to be provocative or engaging. This text explores the relevance of this theory to music and other disciplines. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810838901
- ISBN
- 9780810838901
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.29
€ 135.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 376 figures. BIC Classification: AVA; PHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486217697
- ISBN
- 9780486217697
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.65
€ 17.99
€ 13.65
Hardback. Considers the particular representations that link music and madness, investigating the underlying motives, preconceptions, and ideological premises that facilitate the association of these two experiences. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231142205
- ISBN
- 9780231142205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.95€ 82.56
€ 108.95
€ 82.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 520 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; CFD; JMM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 526
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199755301
- ISBN
- 9780199755301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 96.11
€ 96.11
Hardcover. Investigates the significance of a range of digital technologies in contemporary Indigenous musical performance, exploring interdisciplinary issues of music production, representation, and transmission. Editor(s): Hilder, Thomas R.; Stobart, Henry; Tan, Shzr Ee. Series: Eastman/Rochester Studies: Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 236 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580465731
- ISBN
- 9781580465731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 50.42
€ 52.99
€ 50.42
Paperback. Music has a universal and timeless potential to influence how we feel, yet, only recently, have researchers begun to explore and understand the positive effects that music can have on our wellbeing.This book brings together research from a number of disciplines to explore the relationship between music, health and wellbeing. Editor(s): MacDonald, Raymond; Kreutz, Gunter; Mitchell, Laura. Num Pages: 532 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; JMH; MBNH9; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 32. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 532
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199686827
- ISBN
- 9780199686827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.02
€ 63.02
Hardcover. 'Music, Evolution, and the Harmony of Souls' demonstrates the evolutionary sociobiological importance of music as a driver of cooperative and interactive behaviour throughout human existence, and what this evolutionary imperative means to twenty-first century humanity and beyond, from social and medical/neurological perspectives. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; JMH; PSAJ; PSAN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 255 x 182 x 27. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198786856
- ISBN
- 9780198786856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.85
€ 70.85
Paperback. Music Theory: the essential guide offers musicians of all ages and levels a practical and relevant guide to music theory today. Written and structured to make content as easily digestible as possible. Editor(s): Harris, Paul. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 116 x 171 x 10. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Faber Music Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571536320
- ISBN
- 9780571536320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.60
€ 12.60