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Hardback. What do we mean when we identify a composer as the creator of a piece of music? Does a printed piece of music embody the work, even if the composer is not the person who puts the work on paper? In this cultural history of Western music's adaptation to print, this title looks at how the concept of musical authorship took root. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 8 tables, 4 music examples. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3JB; AVGC2; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276505
- ISBN
- 9780520276505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.47
€ 81.47
Paperback. This volume brings together eight of Blacking's most important theoretical papers which reveal his theoretical themes such as the innateness of musical ability and the properties of music as a symbolic or quasi-linguistic system. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 288 pages, music. BIC Classification: 1H; AVGH; DNF; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 239 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226088303
- ISBN
- 9780226088303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.73
€ 58.73
Hardback. The 1990s have seen a growth of interest in questions of music history and meaning, together with their relationships to culture and society. This reader includes works which explore the cultural and social significance of music. Editor(s): Scott, Professor Derek B. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 figures, 22 music examples. BIC Classification: AV; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 523.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198790112
- ISBN
- 9780198790112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 218.87
€ 218.87
Paperback. How musicians can be disabled and how musicality itself can be disabling Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: AV; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439900260
- ISBN
- 9781439900260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.40
€ 40.40
Paperback. Music has a universal and timeless potential to influence how we feel, yet, only recently, have researchers begun to explore and understand the positive effects that music can have on our wellbeing.This book brings together research from a number of disciplines to explore the relationship between music, health and wellbeing. Editor(s): MacDonald, Raymond; Kreutz, Gunter; Mitchell, Laura. Num Pages: 532 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; JMH; MBNH9; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 32. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 532
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199686827
- ISBN
- 9780199686827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.66
€ 62.66
Hardcover. Investigates the significance of a range of digital technologies in contemporary Indigenous musical performance, exploring interdisciplinary issues of music production, representation, and transmission. Editor(s): Hilder, Thomas R.; Stobart, Henry; Tan, Shzr Ee. Series: Eastman/Rochester Studies: Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 236 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580465731
- ISBN
- 9781580465731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.73
€ 59.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 520 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; CFD; JMM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 526
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199755301
- ISBN
- 9780199755301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 93.46
€ 93.46
Hardback. Considers the particular representations that link music and madness, investigating the underlying motives, preconceptions, and ideological premises that facilitate the association of these two experiences. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231142205
- ISBN
- 9780231142205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.36
€ 128.36
Paperback. Music communicates where words fail, and music therapy has been proven to connect with those who were thought to be unreachable, making it an ideal medium for working with those who have suffered psychological trauma. Music, Music Therapy and Trauma addresses the need for an exploration of current thinking on music and trauma. Editor(s): Sutton, Julie. Num Pages: 272 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: AV; MMJT; MQTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843100270
- ISBN
- 9781843100270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.15
€ 40.99
€ 40.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 418 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; AV; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 418
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226489025
- ISBN
- 9780226489025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.25
€ 65.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 376 figures. BIC Classification: AVA; PHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486217697
- ISBN
- 9780486217697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.52
€ 17.99
€ 14.52
Hardcover. Studying the construction of Irish national identity from the early eighteenth until the mid-nineteenth centuries, this book focuses on how texts concerning Irish music, and the social settings within which those texts emerged, contributed to the imagining of Ireland as "the Land of Song." Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; AVGH; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268025779
- ISBN
- 9780268025779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.46
€ 164.46
Hardback. Paints a picture of the study of music in eleventh- and early twelfth-century Germany. This book focuses on the activity of a group of prominent intellectuals based in the monastic and cathedral schools of the German Kingdom, charting their sources and shared concerns, while examining their reception and modification of each others' ideas. Series Editor(s): Rigby, Steve. Series: Manchester Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3H; AV; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719078897
- ISBN
- 9780719078897
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.40
€ 144.40
Paperback. Editor(s): Wierzbicki, James. Num Pages: 232 pages, 3 black & white tables, 50 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: APF; AV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415898942
- ISBN
- 9780415898942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.14
€ 53.14
Paperback. An anthology of primary documents that collects material from the end of the 19th century up through World War II on the material history of sound technologies and music in America. It is divided into three sections: on the phonograph, sound in the cinema (including musical accompaniment), and music on radio. Editor(s): Taylor, Timothy Dean; Katz, Mark; Grajeda, Tony. Num Pages: 432 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; APW; AVX; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349464
- ISBN
- 9780822349464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.28
€ 53.28
Hardback. An anthology of primary documents that collects material from the end of the 19th century up through World War II on the material history of sound technologies and music in America. It is divided into three sections: on the phonograph, sound in the cinema (including musical accompaniment), and music on radio. Editor(s): Taylor, Timothy Dean; Katz, Mark; Grajeda, Tony. Num Pages: 432 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; APW; AVX; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349273
- ISBN
- 9780822349273
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 206.94
€ 206.94
Hardback. In his timely book Music, Style, and Aging, cultural sociologist Andy Bennett explains how people move on from youth and effectively grow older with popular music. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: AVGN; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439908075
- ISBN
- 9781439908075
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.00
€ 75.00
Paperback. In his timely book Music, Style, and Aging, cultural sociologist Andy Bennett explains how people move on from youth and effectively grow older with popular music. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: AVGN; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439908082
- ISBN
- 9781439908082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.41
€ 37.41
Hardback. Leonard Meyer proposed that when musical tendencies or expectations are inhibited by musical ambiguity of the unexpected, those inhibitions and their subsequent resolutions are likely to be provocative or engaging. This text explores the relevance of this theory to music and other disciplines. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810838901
- ISBN
- 9780810838901
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.57
€ 132.57
Paperback. Meyer makes a valuable statement on aesthetics, criteria for assessing great works of music, compositional practices and theories of the present day, and predictions of the future of Western culture. His postlude, written for the book's twenty-fifth anniversary, looks back at his thoughts on the direction of music in 1967. Series: Centennial Publications of The University of Chicago Press. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACX; AVGC6; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 354
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226521435
- ISBN
- 9780226521435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.36
€ 49.36
Hardcover. Opera and musical theater dominated French culture in the 1800s, and the influential stage music that emerged from this period helped make Paris, as Walter Benjamin put it, the 'capital of the nineteenth century'. This book explores the institutions that shaped Parisian music and extended its influence across Europe, the Americas, and Australia. Editor(s): Fauser, Annegret; Everist, Mark. Num Pages: 440 pages, 37 halftones, 5 musical examples, 16 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; AVGC9; AVGM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 183 x 257 x 31. Weight in Grams: 986.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226239262
- ISBN
- 9780226239262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.00
€ 93.00
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199947317
- ISBN
- 9780199947317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 158.18
€ 158.18
Paperback. A new and exciting interdisciplinary resource which integrates the worlds of music and literature. The first primary and secondary source collection of its kind to focus on the relationship between words and music and between musical and literary forms. Editor(s): Clayton, Martin. Num Pages: 328 pages, Printed music items|Illustrations, colour. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719077883
- ISBN
- 9780719077883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.31
€ 37.31
Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; AV; JFC; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226305493
- ISBN
- 9780226305493
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.49
€ 126.49