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Hardback. A study of the works of the composer Luigi Boccherini. In analyzing the striking qualities of Boccherini's music - its virtuosity, repetitiveness, obsessively nuanced dynamics, delicate sonorities, and rich palette of melancholy affects - it covers a historicized critical method based on the embodied experience of the performer. Num Pages: 374 pages, 10 b/w illustrations, 27 music examples, CD. BIC Classification: AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Har/Com
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520240179
- ISBN
- 9780520240179
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.63€ 62.24
€ 81.63
€ 62.24
Paperback. Presents a study of the great composer, Dmitri Shostakovich, based on reminiscences from his contemporaries. This work covers the composer's life from his early successes to his struggles under the Stalinist regime, and his international recognition as one of the leading composers of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 49. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571220502
- ISBN
- 9780571220502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.67
€ 19.99
€ 14.67
Paperback. Presents a study of the great composer Dmitri Shostakovich, based on reminiscences from his contemporaries. This book covers the composer's life from his early successes to his struggles under the Stalinist regime, and his international recognition as one of the leading composers of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 600 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 50. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University Press Group Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128863
- ISBN
- 9780691128863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.60
€ 59.60
Hardback. This volume examines the life and work of the composer Joan Tower, offering a detailed biography, musical analysis, a complete bibliography of musical works, a discography, and reflections from peers such as Zubin Mehta and Leonard Slatkin about one of the world's most admired and celebrated composers. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810856530
- ISBN
- 9780810856530
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.71
€ 128.71
Hardcover. An intimate portrait of Handel's life and inner circle, modeled after one of the composer's favorite forms: the fugue. Num Pages: 496 pages, 43 illustrations; 3 maps. BIC Classification: AVGC3; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 37. Weight in Grams: 972.
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393088953
- ISBN
- 9780393088953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.07
€ 41.99
€ 35.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 472 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: AVA; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520067479
- ISBN
- 9780520067479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.25
€ 37.99
€ 27.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: AVGL; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- A Cappella Books United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Updated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556527470
- ISBN
- 9781556527470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.33
€ 26.99
€ 24.33
Paperback. Born Declan Patrick MacManus, Elvis Costello was raised in London and Liverpool, grandson of a trumpet player on the White Star Line and son of a jazz musician who became a successful radio dance band vocalist. This book describes how his career has somehow endured for almost four decades through a combination of dumb luck and animal cunning. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 41. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241968123
- ISBN
- 9780241968123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.99
€ 16.99
€ 12.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 474
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486266954
- ISBN
- 9780486266954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.58
€ 25.58
Paperback. As the man whose voice and style came to define pop music in the eighties and beyond, George Michael will forever be remembered as one of the all-time greats of British music. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JMC; AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 195.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786064561
- ISBN
- 9781786064561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.85
€ 11.99
€ 9.85
Paperback. Using original interviews, archival material, and poetry, this book tells the story of the brutally honest, daringly gorgeous music Hathaway created for Donny Hathaway Live as he battled the onset of paranoid schizophrenia. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: AVGQ; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 165 x 11. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628929805
- ISBN
- 9781628929805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.69
€ 10.99
€ 10.69
Paperback. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AVC; AVG; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501322747
- ISBN
- 9781501322747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.50
€ 11.50
Hardback. Offering a collection of over 200 pages of rock-n-roll comics, this title features over twenty-seven new grooves inspired by, and in tribute to, the myth and magic of this club of lost stars and their shining, tragic legacy. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BK; DQ; FX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 175 x 17. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Action Lab Entertainment, Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781632291219
- ISBN
- 9781632291219
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 28.90
€ 46.99
€ 28.90
Paperback. Investigates and documents the interest that cartoonists, publishers and enthusiasts have shown in their special relationship with the universe of comic strips; a rich and variegated relationship with thousands of publications, in every part of the world, and a production that continues. Num Pages: 240 pages, 222 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AKLC; AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 207 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1144.
- Publisher
- Skira Italy
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Har/Pstr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788857208114
- ISBN
- 9788857208114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.90
€ 42.99
€ 38.90
Hardback. Nearly one hundred years after the death of its composer, the music of Claude Debussy has lost none of its appeal. In this authoritative biography, author Eric Frederick Jensen brings together the most recent biographical research, including a revised catalogue of Debussy's compositions and the first complete edition of his correspondence. Series: Master Musicians Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 31 music examples, 15 halftones (gallery). BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199730056
- ISBN
- 9780199730056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 36.91
€ 52.99
€ 36.91
Hardback. An author's collection of photographs of the early days and life of one of the world's most legendary performers Bruce Springsteen that span from an afternoon spent in Holmdel at Telegraph Hill Road, drives on Highway 9, afternoons spent in the author's studio, to the days goofing around playing softball with the rest of the E Street Kings. Num Pages: 128 pages, Black and White throughout. BIC Classification: AJCP; AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 264 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1022.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062133458
- ISBN
- 9780062133458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.26
€ 32.99
€ 29.26
Paperback. Weaves together three dramatic narratives: the first features Bach and the missing manuscript of the suites; the next, the legendary Spanish Catalan cellist Pablo Casals and his historic discovery of the music; and finally, author's own infatuation. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC3; AVH; AVRL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099546788
- ISBN
- 9780099546788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.83
€ 13.99
€ 10.83
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Plume
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780142181614
- ISBN
- 9780142181614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.25
€ 21.99
€ 17.25
Hardback. Despite the apparent incompatibility between Mozart's humanitarian and cosmopolitan outlook and Nazi ideology, the Third Reich tenaciously promoted the great composer's music to further the goals of the fascist regime. This book provides a fresh understanding of how the Nazis shamelessly manipulated Mozart for their own political advantage. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300123067
- ISBN
- 9780300123067
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.02
€ 35.99
€ 26.02
Paperback. In this remarkable history of one of the most popular symphonic works of the modern period, Esteban Buch traces the complex and contradictory uses - and abuses - of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony since its premiere in 1824. Translator(s): Miller, Richard, QC. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, music. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226078243
- ISBN
- 9780226078243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.30
€ 31.99
€ 25.30