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Music: styles & genres

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Music: styles & genres

Paperback. This text explains why Elvis Presley is an enduring image in American popular culture. It demonstrates the power of pictures in visual culture and reveals much about American attitudes toward religion, sex, race and celebrity, and the construction of American identity in the late 20th century. Num Pages: 304 pages, 67 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700613373
ISBN
9780700613373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.88

Paperback. Celebrates hip-hop and confronts the cult of authenticity that defines its essential character. Deftly balancing an insider's love of the culture with a scholar's detached critique, the author traces hip-hop's rise as a cultural juggernaut and challenges widely held notions that hip-hop is socially dangerous - to black youth in particular. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 248 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGR; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
60219th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700616510
ISBN
9780700616510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.78

Paperback. Reveals how the new technologies of mass culture--the phonograph, radio, and film played a key role in accelerating the diffusion of jazz as a modernist art form across the nation's racial divide. Focuses on four cities--New Orleans, New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles--to show how each city produced a distinctive style of jazz." Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVC; AVGJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700618897
ISBN
9780700618897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99

Hardcover. The only book-length study to document the history, meanings, impact, and place of "West Side Story" in American film history and film studies. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 232 pages, , black & white halftones, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; AVGM; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700619214
ISBN
9780700619214
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.56

Paperback. African American Music Trails of Eastern North Carolina Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; AVGJ; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469610795
ISBN
9781469610795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.27

paperback. Battle Hymns: The Power and Popularity of Music in the Civil War Series: Civil War America (Paperback). Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AVC; AVGP; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University North Carolina Pr United States
Condition
New
Edition
New
SKU
V9781469613673
ISBN
9781469613673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.98

Paperback. Strange Career of Porgy and Bess: Race, Culture, and America s Most Famous Opera" Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; AVGC9; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469617534
ISBN
9781469617534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10ill. BIC Classification: AVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 300 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 876.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hal Leonard Corporation United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780793530380
ISBN
9780793530380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.70

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Hal Leonard Corporation United States
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9780793598281
ISBN
9780793598281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.12

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

€ 46.99

Paperback. In American music, the notion of "roots" has been a powerful refrain, but the musical traditions that constitute the US musical heritage are hotly debated. This book explores the competing musical visions of America's past that vie for influence over the public imagination. Series: Cultural Studies of the United States. Num Pages: 400 pages, 22 illustrations, notes, discography, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGH; HBT; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807848623
ISBN
9780807848623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.82

Hardcover. Num Pages: 201 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809314294
ISBN
9780809314294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.66

Paperback. Collected articles, previously published. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
409
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810127050
ISBN
9780810127050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.88

Paperback. Bringing together interviews with nineteen leading composers, lyricists, librettists, directors, choreographers, and producers, this book details the careers of the individuals who shaped popular performance art during its most prolific period. It gives insight into "a nightly miracle" - the creation of the American musical. Editor(s): Bryer, Jackson R.; Davison, Richard A. Num Pages: 344 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813536132
ISBN
9780813536132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.64

Hardback. Though some dismiss opera as old-fashioned, it shows no sign of disappearing from the world's stage. So why do audiences continue to flock to it? This title proposes ways of thinking about our relationship to art. It shows how, far from merely enhancing aspects of everyday life, art allows us to transcend it. Num Pages: 264 pages, 17 halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: AVGC9; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226043401
ISBN
9780226043401
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.42

Hardback. The triumph of avant-gardes in the 1920s tends to dominate our discussions of the music, art, and literature of the period. In this book, the author offers a compelling account of that movement. Focusing on the works of Stravinsky, Picasso, and T S Eliot, It shows how the turn to classicism manifested itself. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJG; ACQH; AVGC6; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 85 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226183985
ISBN
9780226183985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.04

Hardback. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJD; AVGH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226405322
ISBN
9780226405322
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.42

Hardback. Series: Big Issues in Music. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; AVGH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226407425
ISBN
9780226407425
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.55

Hardback. Love it or hate it, the world that radio made has steered popular music and provided the soundtrack of American life for more than half a century. The author studies the evolution of this multicentered pop landscape, along the way telling the stories of the Isley Brothers, Dolly Parton, A&M Records, and Elton John, among others. Num Pages: 312 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVG; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226896168
ISBN
9780226896168
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.89

Hardback. Editor(s): Butler, Gregory. Series: Bach Perspectives. Num Pages: 136 pages, 2 photographs. BIC Classification: AVGC4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 262 x 17. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252031656
ISBN
9780252031656
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.40