Theory of Music & Entertainment
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Theory of Music & Entertainment
Paperback. Original essays by leading scholars in the field of popular music studies map the competing perspectives on the key terms of contemporary debates on popular music and culture. Each essay describes the history of continuities and conflicts in a terma s meaning, situating the writera s own position on the term in that history of debate. Editor(s): Swiss, Thomas B.; Horner, Bruce. Series: Blackwell Guides. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: AVA; AVG; DN; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631212645
- ISBN
- 9780631212645
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.98
€ 43.99
€ 43.98
Paperback. How do keyboards make music playable? Drawing on theories of media, systems, and cultural techniques, this title deals with the genealogy of musical play and its animation via improvisation, performance, and recreation. Num Pages: 468 pages, 23 audio, 97 color, 13 video, 3 music ex, 1 table. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 30. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520291249
- ISBN
- 9780520291249
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.84
€ 38.99
€ 28.84
Sheet music. La serie La teoria musical en la practica, un gran exito de ventas, contiene todo lo que necesitamos saber para cada uno de los grados de los examenes de teoria musical del ABRSM. Series: Music Theory in Practice (Abrsm). Num Pages: 32 pages. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 229 x 3. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 32
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860963506
- ISBN
- 9781860963506
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Condition: New
€ 10.77
€ 10.77
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
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Condition: New
€ 163.74
€ 163.74
Paperback. The Western musical tradition has produced not only music but also countless writings about music that remain in continuous - and enormously influential-dialogue with their subject. With sweeping scope and philosophical depth, this title traces the past millennium of this ongoing exchange. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 halftones, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226425979
- ISBN
- 9780226425979
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 31.97
€ 41.99
€ 31.97
Hardback. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AVA; CFA; DSA; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403921659
- ISBN
- 9781403921659
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Condition: New
€ 64.81
€ 64.81
Paperback. Tells the story of the remarkable life and career of John A. Lomax, pioneering American folklorist, canny businessman, influential educator, and patriarch of an extended family of artists, performers, and scholars. Series: Folklore & Society. Num Pages: 608 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGH; BGF; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780252069710
- ISBN
- 9780252069710
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Condition: New
€ 55.95€ 55.20
€ 55.95
€ 55.20
Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, b/w illlus. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 183 x 30. Weight in Grams: 924.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763504249
- ISBN
- 9788763504249
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.11€ 39.96
€ 50.11
€ 39.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 303 x 229 x 6. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486426655
- ISBN
- 9780486426655
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Condition: New
€ 24.38
€ 24.38
Hardcover. Presents case studies of "inspiration" in five composers -- Wagner, Mahler, Furtwangler, R. Strauss, and Berg -- examining how the supposedly extrarational world of creative inspiration intersects with the highly rational world of money and politics. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 180 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 13 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; AVA; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580464772
- ISBN
- 9781580464772
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Condition: New
€ 64.11€ 58.46
€ 64.11
€ 58.46
Hardback. Examines what the role of the listener is, and has been, through the centuries. The author explains his love of musical arrangement (since arrangements allow him to listen to someone listening to music), and wonders whether it is possible in other ways to convey to others how we ourselves listen to music. Translator(s): Mandell, Charlotte. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823227990
- ISBN
- 9780823227990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.33
€ 106.33
Paperback. Examines what the role of the listener is, and has been, through the centuries. The author explains his love of musical arrangement (since arrangements allow him to listen to someone listening to music), and wonders whether it is possible in other ways to convey to others how we ourselves listen to music. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823228003
- ISBN
- 9780823228003
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.63
€ 38.99
€ 35.63
Paperback. Using classical, popular, and avant-garde music as texts, this title addresses such questions as: why do bodies develop goose bumps when listening to music and why does music sound so good when heard 'all around'. It shows how the historical conditions under which music is created affect the listening experience. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 b&w photograph, 65 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVA; JFC; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822319221
- ISBN
- 9780822319221
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.08
€ 30.99
€ 28.08
Paperback. Reveals the pivotal role of music - musical works and musical culture - in debates about society, self, and culture that forged European modernity through the 'long nineteenth century'. This book argues that from the late 1700s to the early 1900s, music not only reflected but also embodied modern subjectivity. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; AVA; AVGC4; AVGC5; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126166
- ISBN
- 9780691126166
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 33.15
€ 45.99
€ 33.15
Paperback. Although "Exile in Guyville" was grudgingly celebrated as one of 1990's top records by "Spin" and the "New York Times", it was also some people's idea of an abomination: a mockery of the Rolling Stones' revered record and a rare glimpse into the psyche of a shrewd, independent, strong young woman. This title presents a re-assessment of this album. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 126 x 9. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- Continuum Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441162571
- ISBN
- 9781441162571
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.50
€ 13.99
€ 11.50
Paperback. A philosophical exploration of sound and contemporary technoculture that utilizes fictocriticism and the conceit of the dream to engage with the intersection of listening and dreaming. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: AVA; HPN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 27. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501320804
- ISBN
- 9781501320804
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.30
€ 33.99
€ 28.30
Paperback. Traces the history of the term lyric from its classical origins through the early modern, Romantic and Victorian periods and up to the twentieth-first century. This book demonstrates the influence of lyric on poetic practice, literature, music and other popular cultural forms. It is suitable for students of literature, music and cultural studies. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; DSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415319560
- ISBN
- 9780415319560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 37.39
€ 37.99
€ 37.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 215 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Aalborg Universitetsforlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788771248005
- ISBN
- 9788771248005
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Condition: New
€ 43.29
€ 43.29
Paperback. Editor(s): Mitsui, Toru. Num Pages: 270 pages, 81 black & white illustrations, 20 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AVA; AVGP; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 176 x 244 x 29. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138961500
- ISBN
- 9781138961500
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Condition: New
€ 50.19
€ 50.19
Paperback. Madness came to prominence in the UK in the wake of the Punk/New Wave explosion and must be seen in the context of Britain in the late 70s, musically, socially and politically. Through interviews with the band, this title tells the inside story of how Madness rose to be the most successful singles band of the 1980s in the UK charts. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 123 x 10. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826429063
- ISBN
- 9780826429063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.50
€ 13.99
€ 11.50