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Hardback. Updates and expands Claghorn's previous book, Women Composers and Hymnists (Scarecrow, 1984), presenting succinct biographies for female composers in both secular and sacred music. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810831308
- ISBN
- 9780810831308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.40
€ 169.40
hardcover. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGT; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 238 x 2. Weight in Grams: 618. Good clean copy showing minor age and shelfwear, with light wear to dust jacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Dey Street Books New York
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0000422
- ISBN
- 9780062265395
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.44
€ 5.44
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 728
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252069000
- ISBN
- 9780252069000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.06
€ 46.99
€ 42.06
Hardback. This is the first fully documented biography of the Italian composer Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857-1919), the beloved and popular composer of the opera Pagliacci. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVH; BGF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810858800
- ISBN
- 9780810858800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.94
€ 167.94
Hardback. This is the first biography of jazz clarinetist Kenny Davern. Drawing from Davern's many interviews and the recollections of his friends and family, Meyer tells the story of the man and his music and why both were unique and irreplaceable. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 476 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; AVRN; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 476
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810876927
- ISBN
- 9780810876927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.20
€ 148.20
Paperback. Attempts to capture the complexity of Claude Debussy's personal and artistic identity within the picture of the musical, social, and political world of fin-de-siecle Paris. This book traces his perpetual reinvention, both social and creative, from his earliest to his last works. Editor(s): Fulcher, Jane F. Series: The Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 408 pages, facsimiles, music. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; AVH; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691090429
- ISBN
- 9780691090429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 42.11
€ 53.24
€ 42.11
Hardcover. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 192 x 16. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Time
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781618931146
- ISBN
- 9781618931146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.40
€ 19.40
Paperback. With a glimpse of the daily life of European art and artists during the fertile last decades of the nineteenth century, this book is suitable for anyone passionate about opera. Editor(s): Conati, Marcello; Medici, Mario. Translator(s): Weaver, William. Num Pages: 384 pages, 14 halftones, musical examples throughout. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 37. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226273891
- ISBN
- 9780226273891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.92
€ 32.99
€ 25.92
Presents the biography of Michael Jackson with a roster of literary reviews that outnumber and outclass any other MJ bio on the market. Num Pages: 600 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 958.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Blood Moon Productions, Ltd United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936003105
- ISBN
- 9781936003105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 28.71
€ 29.99
€ 28.71
Hardback. examines the influence of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on two major nineteenth-century composers, Richard Wagner and Robert Schumann. During 1845 46 the compositional styles of Schumann and Wagner changed in a common direction, toward a style that was more contrapuntal, more densely motivic, and engaged in processes of thematic transformation. Num Pages: 232 pages, 116. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVGC5; AVGC9; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285569
- ISBN
- 9780520285569
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.07€ 51.06
€ 65.07
€ 51.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 620 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: AVH; BJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 249 x 179 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 620
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772897196
- ISBN
- 9788772897196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.86€ 40.41
€ 50.86
€ 40.41
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Plumbago Books and Arts United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956600745
- ISBN
- 9780956600745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 49.38
€ 53.24
€ 49.38
Hardback. Separating fact from fiction, this book explores how the legendary violinist challenged the very notion of what it meant to be a musician. Num Pages: 304 pages, 29, 15 black & white illustrations, 14 black & white line drawings, 15 black and white, 1. BIC Classification: AVH; AVRL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843837565
- ISBN
- 9781843837565
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.66
€ 79.66
Hardback. The "Treatise on Musical Objects" by Pierre Schaeffer is regarded as his most important work on music and its relationship with technology. Drawing on acoustics, physics, and physiology, but also philosophy and the relationship between subject and object, this book summarizes his theoretical and practical work in music composition. Translator(s): North, Christine; Dack, John. Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 543 pages, 6 music ex, 7 b/w halftones, 55 line art. BIC Classification: AVC; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 543
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520294295
- ISBN
- 9780520294295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.65€ 72.70
€ 94.65
€ 72.70
Hardcover. Num Pages: 632 pages, Includes 24 b&w illustrations and 196 music examples. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 166 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1112.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Ashgate Publishing Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859678094
- ISBN
- 9780859678094
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.37
€ 172.37
Hardcover. Num Pages: 194 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; AVX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 32. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810884328
- ISBN
- 9780810884328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.95
€ 128.95
Paperback. Taking account of the research, to which Vivaldi himself has made important contributions - including the discovery in 1973 of an unknown set of violin sonatas - this book examines the life and works of this remarkable musician, in their Venetian, Italian, and international settings. Series: Master Musicians Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 pp black and white halftones, 32 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC3; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198164975
- ISBN
- 9780198164975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.55
€ 36.55
Paperback. This owner's manual, accompanied by a full-length audio CD, surveys all the major works with orchestra: symphonies, concertos, tone poems, operas, ballets, suites, and songs. Series: Unlocking the Masters Series. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Amadeus Press
- Edition
- Pap/Com
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574674422
- ISBN
- 9781574674422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.31
€ 40.31
paperback. Mahler's music is an intimate reflection of his life and thought, and his continual self-questioning on matters of belief and the role of mankind. This volume draws on documentary evidence, and gives an account of his childhood and youth, and of his years as an opera conductor in Cassel, Prague, Leipzig, Budapest, Hamburg, and Vienna. Series: Master Musicians Series. Num Pages: 244 pages, 8 pp black and white halftones, 26 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400. Good clean copy. Covers showing v. light shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032023
- ISBN
- 9780198164807
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.49
€ 6.49
Multiple-component retail product.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation
- Edition
- Pap/Psc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781480354746
- ISBN
- 9781480354746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.77
€ 24.99
€ 20.77
Hardback. Contrary to the widely held opinion that most of our hit and standard songs were composed by a handful of top writers-Berlin, Gershwin, Kern, Porter, and Rodgers-the fact is that the vast majority of them were written by relatively unknown composers. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 784 pages, 57 photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVGK; AVH; BGF; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 50. Weight in Grams: 975.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 784
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810835702
- ISBN
- 9780810835702
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 231.64
€ 231.64
Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 36. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574671322
- ISBN
- 9781574671322
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.29
€ 44.29
Paperback. Many musicians have enjoyed the solo and chamber music of Robert Valentine, especially that for flute or recorder, but few know anything of this composer's life and other music. This volume lists all of Valentine's known works, including original works, arrangements, and fragments. Series: MLA Index and Bibliography Series. Num Pages: 97 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 8. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 97
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780914954460
- ISBN
- 9780914954460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.53
€ 72.53
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300091052
- ISBN
- 9780300091052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.15
€ 30.99
€ 22.15