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Theory of Music & Entertainment
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Theory of Music & Entertainment
Paperback. Many different disciplines are analyzing the impact of music. How and why this ancient cultural asset molds, empowers and makes use of us can only become apparent in a synopsis and exchange involving scientific research. This title covers psycho-physiological, neuro-developmental and cognitive aspects associated with the experience of music. Editor(s): Haas, Roland; Brandes, Vera. Num Pages: 342 pages, 99 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AVA; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 18. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag GmbH Austria
- Edition
- 2009
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783211751206
- ISBN
- 9783211751206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 184.98
€ 184.98
Hardback. The only things truly universal in music are those that are based on biological and/or perceptual facts. Consonance and dissonance are foundation of harmonic music. This book focuses on perceptions of consonance and dissonance. It begins by asking (and answering) the question: how can we build a device to measure consonance and dissonance? Num Pages: 426 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2005
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852337971
- ISBN
- 9781852337971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 213.90
€ 213.90
Hardback. People naturally identify the rhythm of music as they tap their feet and sway in time with the beat. Underlying such motions is an act of cognition that is not easily reproduced in a computer program or automated by machine. This work asks (and answers) the question: How can we build a device that can "tap its foot" along with the music? Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: AVA; UYU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 669.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2007
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846286391
- ISBN
- 9781846286391
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.62
€ 184.62
Hardcover. Guide to Brain-Computer Music Interfacing Editor(s): Miranda, Eduardo Reck; Castet, Julien. Num Pages: 313 pages, 103 black & white illustrations, 20 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: AVA; MQW; PSAN; UYZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447165835
- ISBN
- 9781447165835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.35
€ 68.35
The Palgrave Handbook of Sound Design and Music in Screen Media. Integ...
. Ed(S): Greene, Liz; Kulezic-Wilson, Danijel...
Hardcover. Editor(s): Greene, Liz; Kulezic-Wilson, Danijela. Num Pages: 468 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APF; AVA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 889.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 468
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137516794
- ISBN
- 9781137516794
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.64
€ 163.64
Hardcover. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, The Visual Music Film explores the concept and expression of musicality in the visual music film, in which visual presentations are given musical attributes such as rhythmical form, structure and harmony. Series: Palgrave Studies in Audio-Visual Culture. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137492814
- ISBN
- 9781137492814
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.69
€ 182.69
Hardcover. The Musicality of Narrative Film is the first book to examine in depth the film/music analogy. Using comparative analysis, Kulezic-Wilson explores film's musical potential, arguing that film's musicality can be achieved through various cinematic devices, with or without music. Series: Palgrave Studies in Audio-Visual Culture. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137489982
- ISBN
- 9781137489982
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Condition: New
€ 116.83
€ 116.83
Hardcover. Metaphysics and Music in Adorno and Heidegger explains how two notoriously opposed German philosophers share a rethinking of the possibility of metaphysics via notions of music and waiting. This is connected to the historical materialist project of social change by way of the radical Italian composer Luigi Nono. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AVA; HPCF; HPJ; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137487247
- ISBN
- 9781137487247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66
Hardcover. Relocating Popular Music uses the lens of colonialism and tourism to analyse types of music movements, such as transporting music from one place or historical period to another, hybridising it with a different style and furnishing it with new meaning. It discusses music in relation to music video, film, graphic arts, fashion and architecture. Editor(s): Mazierska, Ewa; Gregory, Georgina; Miller, William L. Series: Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 514 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137463371
- ISBN
- 9781137463371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Hardcover. This book looks at the historic and contemporary links between music's connection to emotions and men's supposed discomfort with their own emotional experience. Looking at music tastes and distaste, it demonstrates how a sociological analysis of music and gender can actually lead us to think about emotions and gender inequalities in different ways. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10. BIC Classification: AVA; JFSJ2; JFSK2; JMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137436085
- ISBN
- 9781137436085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.91
€ 182.91
Hardcover. Using narrative accounts from a sample of 69 New York City-based musicians of various genres who are self-acknowledged heroin users, the book addresses the reasons why these musicians started using heroin and the impact heroin had on these musicians' playing, creativity, and careers. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AVA; JFFH1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137308566
- ISBN
- 9781137308566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardback. Deals with the origin of the modern conception of the object as well as the subject of music. Starting from the magic of numbers of Pythagorean and neo-Platonic doctrines, this volume leads the readers to 'sound' and 'affections' in modern terms. Editor(s): Gozza, Paolo. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AVA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792360698
- ISBN
- 9780792360698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.47
€ 200.47
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
€ 66.54
€ 66.54
Hardback. Music has extraordinary power to move us, but how and why does it affect us? What is going on, emotionally, physically and cognitively when listeners have strong emotional responses to music? This is a highly readable, original and philosophically important book for anyone who has ever been moved by music. Num Pages: 183 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AVA; HPM; HPN; JMR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 183
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230209893
- ISBN
- 9780230209893
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.46
€ 72.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC9; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press New York
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801485893
- ISBN
- 9780801485893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Hardcover. Haydn's music has been performed continuously for more than two hundred years. But what do we play, and what do we listen to, when it comes to Haydn? This book delves deeply into eighteenth-century history and musicology to help us hear a properly complex Haydn. Num Pages: 368 pages, 17 colour plates, 23 halftones, 69 line drawings, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 3JF; AVA; AVGC3; AVGC4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 721.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226156774
- ISBN
- 9780226156774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.07€ 49.03
€ 57.07
€ 49.03
hardcover. "On Track" offers a comprehensive guide to scoring for film and television. Covering all styles and genres, the authors, both noted film composers, cover everything from timing, cuing, and recording through balancing the composer's aesthetic vision with the needs of the film itself. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; AVA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1519.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415941358
- ISBN
- 9780415941358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.17
€ 175.17
Presents an overview of Heinrich Schenker's complex but fascinating approach to the analysis of tonal music. This book presents an introduction to Schenkerian analysis, outlining the concepts that involved in analysis. It outlines a working method to help students to get started on the process of analysis. Num Pages: 272 pages, 236 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415973977
- ISBN
- 9780415973977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.17
€ 175.17
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
€ 15.14
€ 15.14
Hardcover. Num Pages: 754 pages, 16 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1DND; AVA; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 177 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1782.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press
- Number of pages
- 754
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763505871
- ISBN
- 9788763505871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.84€ 62.72
€ 80.84
€ 62.72