×


 x 

Shopping cart

Theory of Music & Entertainment

Results 381 - 400 of 533

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816645374
ISBN
9780816645374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199969975
ISBN
9780199969975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877226772
ISBN
9780877226772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312240158
ISBN
9780312240158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.23

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 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.
Format
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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 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.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801444913
ISBN
9780801444913
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 30.57

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Eulenburg London (Schott)
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9783795766979
ISBN
9783795766979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.05

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!