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Paperback. Juxtaposes classic literature of the American Renaissance with twentieth-century culture-pairing, for instance, Ralph Waldo Emerson with Finding Nemo, Walt Whitman with Spider-man, and Hester Prynne with Madonna - to investigate how the "Americanness" of American culture constitutes itself in the interplay of cultural imaginary and performance. Series: North American Studies. Num Pages: 350 pages, 13 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APFA; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Campus Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783593398723
- ISBN
- 9783593398723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.21
€ 77.21
Paperback. Harry H. Corbett rose from the slums of Manchester to become one of the best-known television stars of the 20th century. Widely respected as a classical stage actor, he became a leading light in Joan Littlewood's theatre workshop until his life was changed forever by the television comedy Steptoe and Son. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- History Publishing Group
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752487878
- ISBN
- 9780752487878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.70
€ 19.99
€ 15.70
Paperback. This lively book provides practitioners, students and other professionals with practical guidance on how to include musical activity in the care and education of children aged from birth to five years. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AV; JMC; JNU; YNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 190 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415287067
- ISBN
- 9780415287067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 48.84
€ 48.99
€ 48.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 348 pages, 67. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801499661
- ISBN
- 9780801499661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.60
€ 47.60
Paperback. A timeless tale of love, lust, and politics, "Tosca" is one of the most popular operas ever written. In "Tosca's Rome," Susan Vandiver Nicassio explores the surprising historical realities that lie behind Giacomo Puccini's opera and the play by Victorien Sardou on which it is based. Num Pages: 360 pages, 40 halftones, 12 line drawings, 1 table, 14 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1DST; AVGC9; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226579726
- ISBN
- 9780226579726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.35
€ 35.35
Hardback. A fascinating account of the avant-garde photo-based arts from the early Soviet Union, featuring many previously unpublished images Num Pages: 240 pages, 148 color + 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; AJ; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 232 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1374.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300207682
- ISBN
- 9780300207682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.07
€ 57.07
Paperback. Describes the experience of twenty years of rehearsal, concerts and recording of the author who is an example of a leading musician who writes about the craft of performance. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVRD; AVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843831600
- ISBN
- 9781843831600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.85
€ 33.99
€ 27.85
Hardback. The author of Beyond the Notes demonstrates how a working musician draws energy from the events of daily life, and sometimes seeks a refuge from them in music. Num Pages: 276 pages, 8, 8 black and white. BIC Classification: AVRG; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 147 x 29. Weight in Grams: 480. A Pianist's Yearbook. 276 pages, 8, 8 black and white. The author of Beyond the Notes demonstrates how a working musician draws energy from the events of daily life, and sometimes seeks a refuge from them in music. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVRG; BM. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 29. Weight: 494.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 276
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843835578
- ISBN
- 9781843835578
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.02
€ 40.99
€ 39.02
Hardback. Highly acclaimed author Susan Tomes takes up various topics of perennial interest: how music awakens and even creates memories, what 'interpretation' really means, what effect daily practice has on the character, whether playing from memory is a burden or a liberation, and why the piano is the right tool for the job. Num Pages: 263 pages. BIC Classification: AV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 219 x 30. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843839750
- ISBN
- 9781843839750
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 36.38
€ 37.99
€ 36.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 12 illus. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Wallflower Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904764373
- ISBN
- 9781904764373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.89
€ 30.89
Paperback. The author's treatment of the works of the most subtle of all film-makers analyzes the key elements of suspense, humour and tone across the whole of the director's career. The book examines in detail such films as "North by Northwest", "The Birds" and "Notorious", amongst many others. Num Pages: 162 pages, 80 illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Publisher
- British Film Institute
- Number of pages
- 162
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851707792
- ISBN
- 9780851707792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.67
€ 44.99
€ 37.67
Paperback. The first in-depth academic analysis of Elizabeth Taylor's work in film. It examines her distinctive features as a performer and shows how various aspects of her performance repertoire evolved along with her star persona, during the course of her career, both on and off screen. Series: Film Stars. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APB; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844574865
- ISBN
- 9781844574865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.36
€ 30.99
€ 26.36
Paperback. The recording studio, she argues, is at the center of musical culture in the twentieth century. Series: Studies in Industry and Society. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVX; KNTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421418483
- ISBN
- 9781421418483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.80
€ 38.80
Paperback. Series: Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series. Num Pages: 278 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896801448
- ISBN
- 9780896801448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.36
€ 39.36
Hardcover. The aim of this book is to present a detailed account of music in Cork's civic life from the eighteenth century to 1900 and to examine the contexts in which it flourished. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; AVG; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782052203
- ISBN
- 9781782052203
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 31.26
€ 39.00
€ 31.26
Paperback. George Gallup's polling techniques achieved fame when he predicted that Franklin D Roosevelt would be reelected president in 1936. This work traces Gallup's intellectual and methodological developments, examining his comprehensive approach to market research. It takes a look at the film industry's use of opinion polling in the 1930s and '40s. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APF; KJSM; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121330
- ISBN
- 9780231121330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.29
€ 46.29
Hardback. The Flute on Record: The 78 rpm Era is a discography of flute recordings made between 1889 and 1954. Citations include recordings of popular and classical repertory by over two hundred flutists, listing formats such as cylinders, 78 rpm discs, films, and transcriptions of broadcasts and live performances. Num Pages: 676 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVRN; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 223 x 47. Weight in Grams: 2138.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 676
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810852938
- ISBN
- 9780810852938
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 216.56
€ 216.56
Hardcover. Modal Subjectivities covers the span of the sixteenth-century polyphonic madrigal, from its early manifestations in Philippe Verdelot's settings of Machiavelli in the 1520s through the tortured chromatic experiments of Carlo Gesualdo. Num Pages: 386 pages, 75 music examples. BIC Classification: 1DST; AVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 386
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520234932
- ISBN
- 9780520234932
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.12
€ 94.12
Paperback. Exploring the ways that shared musical practices transmit social knowledge, this book offers an account of our own cultural moment in terms of two dominant traditions: tonality and blues. It tackles big issues concerning classical, popular, and postmodern repertoires and their relations to the broader musical worlds that create and enjoy them. Series: Ernest Bloch Lectures. Num Pages: 219 pages, 16 music examples. BIC Classification: AVA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520232082
- ISBN
- 9780520232082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.96
€ 41.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 halftones, music. BIC Classification: AVA; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816641895
- ISBN
- 9780816641895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.85
€ 24.99
€ 23.85