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Hardcover. This collection of essays celebrates the spirit of the music of the author's adopted home in Georgia's southern Appalachian mountains. Descriptions of music, hills and people blend together as Harvey explores where music has taken him, and where music can take anyone. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; AVGH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820321974
ISBN
9780820321974
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 27.67

Guides readers through a number of classic films from the 1930s and '40s and investigates why films featuring Irish American characters were so popular among American audiences during a period when the Irish were still stereotyped and scorned for their religion. This book also considers films such as "Angels with Dirty Faces", and "Kitty Foyle". Num Pages: 200 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Scranton Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589662001
ISBN
9781589662001
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, col. BIC Classification: AV; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 666. A New Career in a New Town. 320 pages, col. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AV; BG. Dimension: 216 x 151 x 25. Weight: 650.
Publisher
Jawbone Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906002084
ISBN
9781906002084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.46

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Musica Russica United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881883602
ISBN
9780881883602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.11

Paperback. Informed, controversial, ranging from a melancholy study of rock and roll's descent into show business to a hilarious look at the spectacle that is the "Jerry Lewis Telethon, " these twenty essays offer an unusual and (ironically) entertaining study of American media by one of its foremost critics. Num Pages: 349 pages, samples. BIC Classification: APT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810107922
ISBN
9780810107922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.73

Paperback. Tells the story of author's formative years in the pre- and post-punk music scenes of London, counting down, from fifty to number one: attendance at seminal gigs and encounters with musical heroes; schoolboy projects that became national success stories; the style culture of punks, mods and skinheads and the tribal violence that enveloped them. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
William Heinemann
Condition
New
SKU
V9780434021673
ISBN
9780434021673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.73

Hardback. Theatre lovers know that Irving Berlin wrote the score for "Annie Get Your Gun", and that Frank Loesser penned the musical numbers for "Guys and Dolls". But who wrote the librettos for these Broadway classics? This text presents a different perspective for looking at the American musical theatre. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index, footnotes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810844407
ISBN
9780810844407
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJPN; AVGP; AVH; AVX; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Pomona United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904590309
ISBN
9781904590309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.31

Paperback. A rhapsodic and beautifully composed memoir from American singer-songwriter legend, Carly Simon. Num Pages: 432 pages, Integrated b+w photographs. BIC Classification: AVGN; AVH; BGFA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 257 x 30. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472124043
ISBN
9781472124043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.31

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hal Leonard Corporation United States
Edition
Pap/Com
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9781423484080
ISBN
9781423484080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.04

paperback. In this title, Walter Frisch provides a sensitive, analytical commentary on Braham's four symphonies as well as a consideration of their place within his oeuvre, within the symphonic repertory of his day, and within the broader musical culture of 19th-century Germany and Austria. Series: Yale Music Masterworks. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 233 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300099652
ISBN
9780300099652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.50

Hardcover. Brahms Among Friends identifies patterns of listening, performance, and composition among friends of Johannes Brahms and explores how those patterns informed the creation and reception of his music in intimate genres. Series: AMS Studies in Music. Num Pages: 400 pages, 131 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH; AVRG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 738.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199982646
ISBN
9780199982646
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.34

Paperback. An analytical study of eighteen important works by Brahms, using Schoenberg's concept of 'developing variation'. It traces a genuine evolution through Brahms' compositions. It considers their relationship not only to each other, but also to significant works by Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, and Schoenberg. Series: California Studies in 19th Century Music. Num Pages: 232 pages, music. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520069589
ISBN
9780520069589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.78

Paperback. This book is a collection of essays on various aspects of the life and work of Brahms. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780521088367
ISBN
9780521088367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.78

Paperback. Brain and Music explores how, when, and where in the brain music is processed. The book is the first one to cover all core aspects of music perception with regards to their neural correlates. Num Pages: 322 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: AVA; JMM; MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 190 x 15. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470683392
ISBN
9780470683392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.95

Hardcover. Brain and Music explores how, when, and where in the brain music is processed. The book is the first one to cover all core aspects of music perception with regards to their neural correlates. Num Pages: 322 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; JMM; MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 196 x 21. Weight in Grams: 728.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470683408
ISBN
9780470683408
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 405 pages. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
405
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816634477
ISBN
9780816634477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.11

Hardcover. A groundbreaking work that reveals how Marlon Brando shaped his legacy in art and life. Num Pages: 512 pages, 78 illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 158 x 40. Weight in Grams: 866.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393082869
ISBN
9780393082869
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 27.44

Paperback. A groundbreaking work that reveals how Marlon Brando shaped his legacy in art and life. Num Pages: 512 pages, 78 illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 142 x 41. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393351200
ISBN
9780393351200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.09

Paperback. Anyone who has seen a wedding procession in northern India would have heard and seen the band of professional musicians accompanying the procession. This book is a detailed and colourful study of India's wedding bands. Series: Oxford India Paperbacks. Num Pages: 344 pages, NA. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AVGE; JHBT. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199474905
ISBN
9780199474905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.32

Paperback. Widely believed to be Terry Gilliam's best film, Brazil's brilliantly imaginative vision of a retro-futuristic bureaucracy has had a lasting influence on genre cinema. Exploring its complex history and relationship with other dystopias, Paul McAuley explains why this satire on the unchecked power of the state is more relevant than ever. Series: BFI Film Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 191 x 137 x 7. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844577941
ISBN
9781844577941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.96

Paperback. From the documentary to the cinema novo and cannibalism, from Nelson Pereira dos Santos's Vidas Secas to music in the films of Glauber Rocha, this third, revised edition is a century-spanning introduction to the story of a medium that flourished in one of the most developed of 'underdeveloped' nations. Editor(s): Johnson, Randal; Stam, Robert. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 491 pages, 140 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 680. Series: Film and Culture Series. 491 pages, 140 black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Johnson, Randal; Stam, Robert. From the documentary to the cinema novo and cannibalism, from Nelson Pereira dos Santos's Vidas Secas to music in the films of Glauber Rocha, this third, revised edition is a century-spanning introduction to the story of a medium that flourished in one of the most developed of 'underdeveloped' nations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; APF. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 26. Weight: 672.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
third edition
Number of pages
491
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231102674
ISBN
9780231102674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.49

Paperback. Brazilian Jive uncovers the genius of Brazilian song, both as a sophisticated, articulate art form crafted out of the dialogue between music and language and as a powerfully eloquent expression of the country's social and political history. Series: Reverb. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 black and white. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AVGE; AVGW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780230856
ISBN
9781780230856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.46

paperback. .
Publisher
Schott Music Ltd., London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847613370
ISBN
9781847613370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.81

Paperback. Covering more than one hundred years of history, this multidisciplinary collection of essays illuminates the important links between citizenship, national belonging, and popular music in Brazil. Editor(s): Avelar, Idelber; Dunn, Christopher. Num Pages: 376 pages, 22 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AVG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528. 376 pages, 22 photographs. Editor(s): Avelar, Idelber; Dunn, Christopher. Explores the vital connections between popular music and citizenship in Brazil. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AVG; JFC. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 24. Weight: 528.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349068
ISBN
9780822349068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.28

Paperback. How gender and politics intersect in Brazilian women's cinema Num Pages: 248 pages, 15 black and white photographs, filmography. BIC Classification: 1KLS; APF; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252078736
ISBN
9780252078736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.62

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Hal Leonard Corporation United States
Number of pages
63
Condition
New
SKU
V9781423409564
ISBN
9781423409564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 30 halftones, 12 figs., 5 maps. BIC Classification: AVGR; JFSL; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469632759
ISBN
9781469632759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.72

Hardback. This text brings together Henry A. Giroux's best-known essays from the last 20 years, centring on important subjects on the cultural studies and pop culture agenda, including violence, race, class, gender, identity, politics, and children's culture. Num Pages: 312 pages, 0. BIC Classification: APFA; JFCA; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631226031
ISBN
9780631226031
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.44

Paperback. This text brings together Henry A. Giroux's best-known essays from the last 20 years, centring on important subjects on the cultural studies and pop culture agenda, including violence, race, class, gender, identity, politics, and children's culture. Num Pages: 312 pages, 0. BIC Classification: APFA; JFCA; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631226048
ISBN
9780631226048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.28

Hardback. Based on fieldwork in Kinshasa and Paris, Breaking Rocks examines patronage payments within Congolese popular music. This book offers insights into both the ideologies of power and value in central Africa's troubled post-colonial political economy, and the economic flows that make up the hidden side of the globalization. Series: Dislocations. Num Pages: 290 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: AV; JHMC; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 2. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785333989
ISBN
9781785333989
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.02

Hardcover. An in-depth look at the Rolling Stones in their early days, published to coincide with the first major exhibition dedicated to the band. Editor(s): Morgan, Robin. Num Pages: 252 pages, 100 colour, 100 b&w. BIC Classification: AJC; AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 237. .
Publisher
Antique Collectors Club Dist
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851498161
ISBN
9781851498161
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 27.75

Paperback. Film characters are not supposed to look at the camera, so what happens when they do acknowledge our presence as spectators? This book revaluates these and other fundamental assumptions about the medium by demonstrating that direct address is compatible with - and is in some cases a convention of - various traditions of filmmaking. Num Pages: 188 pages, 31 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
188
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748683079
ISBN
9780748683079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.69

Hardback. Providing heterogeneous accounts of the intersections between the fine art world with literature, jazz, film, and theater in New York, Paris, Milan, Brazil, and Cuba between 1959 and 1960, the contributors show this period to be pivotal in the culture and politics of Western Europe and the Americas. Editor(s): Guilbaut, Serge; O'Brian, John. Num Pages: 352 pages, 67 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1K; 3JJPG; ACXD; APFA; HBTB; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822360230
ISBN
9780822360230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.41

paperback. Providing heterogeneous accounts of the intersections between the fine art world with literature, jazz, film, and theater in New York, Paris, Milan, Brazil, and Cuba between 1959 and 1960, the contributors show this period to be pivotal in the culture and politics of Western Europe and the Americas. Editor(s): Guilbaut, Serge; O'Brian, John. Num Pages: 352 pages, 67 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1K; 3JJPG; ACXD; APFA; HBTB; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822360414
ISBN
9780822360414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.16

Hardback. Argues that Brecht's simultaneous work on opera and Lehrstuck in the 1920s generated the concept of audience experience that would come to define epic theater, and that his revisions to the theory of Gestus in the mid-1930s are reminiscent of nineteenth-century opera performance practices of mimesis. Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 tables, 18 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520254824
ISBN
9780520254824
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.05

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Music Sales Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780388533
ISBN
9781780388533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 31 pages. BIC Classification: AVRL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 299 x 225 x 6. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Centerstream Publishing United States
Number of pages
31
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574241464
ISBN
9781574241464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.01

Paperback. A biographical approach to the films of a controversial and provocative director Num Pages: 364 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781496809728
ISBN
9781496809728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.61

Paperback. It was the strange and mystical "Another Green World" (1975) that was the cosmic bridge between Old Eno and New Eno, between Rock and Ambient, between the guitar and the synthesizer, between the old world and electronic music as we know it. This book excavates the album's past, and untangles how it was a link to the future of electronic music. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 122 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136. Series: 33 1/3. 144 pages. It was the strange and mystical "Another Green World" (1975) that was the cosmic bridge between Old Eno and New Eno, between Rock and Ambient, between the guitar and the synthesizer, between the old world and electronic music as we know it. This book excavates the album's past, and untangles how it was a link to the future of electronic music. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVA; AVGP. Dimension: 165 x 122 x 8. Weight: 106.
Publisher
Continuum
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826427861
ISBN
9780826427861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.52