Theory of Music & Entertainment
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Theory of Music & Entertainment
Hardback. Adorno is one of this century's most influential thinkers in the areas of social theory, philosophy, aesthetics, and music. Throughout the essays in this book, all of which concern musical matters, he displays an astonishing range of cultural reference, demonstrating that music is invariably social, political, even ethical. Translator(s): Livingstone, Rodney. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804735575
- ISBN
- 9780804735575
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Condition: New
€ 122.40
€ 122.40
Paperback. Series: Theory Out of Bounds. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 graphs. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 12. Weight in Grams: 395.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816645374
- ISBN
- 9780816645374
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€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. Video games open portals into fantastical worlds where imaginative play prevails. Sound Play explores the aesthetic, ethical, and sociopolitical stakes of people's engagements with audio phenomena in video games-from sonic violence to synthesized operas, from democratic musical performances to verbal sexual harassment. Series: Oxford Music/Media Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, 12 music examples, 46 figures, and 9 tables. BIC Classification: AVA; AVX; UDM; UDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199969975
- ISBN
- 9780199969975
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Condition: New
€ 56.58
€ 56.58
Paperback. Discussing how music possesses expressive properties, this title incorporates the text of "The Corded Shell", answering various criticisms. Series: The Arts & Their Philosophies S. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 29. Weight in Grams: 444.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877226772
- ISBN
- 9780877226772
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€ 38.99€ 35.28
€ 38.99
€ 35.28
Paperback. Sound Unseen explores the phenomenon of acousmatic sound - a sound that one hears without seeing its source-and presents a powerful argument for the central yet overlooked role of acousmatic sound in music aesthetics, sound studies, literature, philosophy and the history of the senses. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 27. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190632212
- ISBN
- 9780190632212
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Condition: New
€ 51.74
€ 51.74
Paperback. This title explores the relationship between music, people and places through an analysis of Bolivian music performances by a non-governmental organization involved in musical activities, by a music performing ensemble and by the people living in two rural areas of Potosi. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; AVA; AVGH; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 349.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312240158
- ISBN
- 9780312240158
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Condition: New
€ 64.23
€ 64.23
Sounding the Virtual: Gilles Deleuze and the Theory and Philosophy of ...
. Ed(S): Nesbitt, Nick; Hulse, Brian
paperback. Editor(s): Nesbitt, Nick; Hulse, Brian. BIC Classification: AVA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138272118
- ISBN
- 9781138272118
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Condition: New
€ 79.92
€ 79.92
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823251391
- ISBN
- 9780823251391
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.41
€ 44.99
€ 39.41
Hardback. A collection of essays that address the ways that writers, musicians, philosophers, politicians, critics, and scholars speak of music from varying standpoints and in varying ways. An introduction to the volume identifies common themes and issues. Editor(s): Chapin, Keith. Num Pages: 344 pages, 11 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823251384
- ISBN
- 9780823251384
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€ 107.77
€ 107.77
Paperback. Presents an account of the healing trance music created by the descendants of sub-Saharan slaves brought to Tunisia during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Part ethnography, part history of the complex relationship between Tunisia's Arab and sub-Saharan populations, this book is also suitable for students of ethnomusicology, and religion. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 halftones, 12 line drawings, 1 map, 7 tables, 1 compact disc. BIC Classification: 1HBT; AVA; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 360.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Pap/Com
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226392196
- ISBN
- 9780226392196
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.77
€ 37.99
€ 29.77
Paperback. This text contains Arnold Schoenberg's thoughts on classical and romantic harmony. It presents a resume of the principles of the "Theory of Harmony", then demonstrates the concept of "monotonality". The music examples range from the entire development sections of classical symphonies. Num Pages: 224 pages, music. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571196579
- ISBN
- 9780571196579
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.54
€ 19.99
€ 14.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1,765 black and white music illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 275 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195376999
- ISBN
- 9780195376999
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Condition: New
€ 133.42
€ 133.42
Paperback. Translator(s): Gjerdingen, Robert O. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 406 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691608624
- ISBN
- 9780691608624
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Condition: New
€ 56.85€ 44.59
€ 56.85
€ 44.59
Hardback. Translator(s): Gjerdingen, Robert O. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 406 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691637044
- ISBN
- 9780691637044
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Condition: New
€ 195.85
€ 195.85
Paperback. Leonard Meyer proposes a theory of style and style change that relates the choices made by composers to the constraints of psychology, cultural context, and musical traditions. The latter part of this book contains a sketch-history of 19th-century music. Num Pages: 376 pages, musical examples throughout. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226521527
- ISBN
- 9780226521527
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.48
€ 42.99
€ 33.48
Paperback. Peter Cooper's critical study, 'Style in Piano Playing', examines the history of the piano within the context of musical taste and its development; it also contains a close study of the piano's extensive repertoire, and provides the programmes of many historic performances. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. Weight in Grams: 215.
- Publisher
- Overture Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714543765
- ISBN
- 9780714543765
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.67
€ 23.99
€ 20.67
Hardback. This book will be of interest to scholars of Anglophone literary modernism and to musicologists interested in how music was given new literary and cultural meaning during that complex interdisciplinary period. Series: Hopkins Studies in Modernism. Num Pages: 384 pages, 12, 3 black & white illustrations, 9 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC6; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415239
- ISBN
- 9781421415239
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Condition: New
€ 56.45€ 51.80
€ 56.45
€ 51.80
Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 71. BIC Classification: 1DD; 3H; AVA; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 169 x 242 x 28. Weight in Grams: 672.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801444913
- ISBN
- 9780801444913
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Condition: New
€ 84.46
€ 84.46
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
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.57
€ 38.99
€ 30.57
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Eulenburg London (Schott)
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783795766979
- ISBN
- 9783795766979
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.05
€ 19.99
€ 17.05