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Hardcover. First English-language publication of fascinating interviews with world-renowned musicians: composers (Gyorgy Ligeti), conductors (Claudio Abbado), singers (Elisabeth Schwarzkopf), instrumentalists (Yehudi Menuhin, Alfred Brendel), and more. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 410 pages. BIC Classification: AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 37. Weight in Grams: 796.
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
410
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464390
ISBN
9781580464390
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.85
€ 47.39

Hardcover. All-new interviews with 33 of the world's leading composers--from Adams and Crumb to Gubaidulina and Rihm--give unique insights into the creative process. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580465939
ISBN
9781580465939
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.36

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Reel Art Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909526341
ISBN
9781909526341
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 39.36

Paperback. What emerges is a compelling portrait of the four musicians themselves, as well as a fresh insight into close-knit entourage that protected them, from Peter Grant to Richard Cole to Ahmet Ertegun, giant figures from long-vanished world of 1970s rock. This book is a history, adventures, myths and realities of this legendary and powerful of bands. Num Pages: 624 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 47. Weight in Grams: 986.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571259380
ISBN
9780571259380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.83

Paperback. Like Bob Dylan and Neil Young, Tom Waits is a chameleonic survivor who's achieved long-term success while retaining cult credibility and outsider mystique. From his perilous 'jazzbo' years in '70s Los Angeles to the multiple-Grammy winner, this biography charts Waits' life step-by-step and album-by-album. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 43. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571235537
ISBN
9780571235537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.07

Hardcover. Num Pages: 632 pages, Includes 24 b&w illustrations and 196 music examples. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 166 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1112.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859678094
ISBN
9780859678094
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.99

Hardcover. Richard Wagner is one of the influential and also the polarizing composers in the history of music. Over the course of his long career, he produced a stream of spellbinding works that challenged musical convention through their experimentation, paving the way for modernism. This title offers an overview of Wagners life, work and times. Num Pages: 320 pages, 285 illustrations, 165 in colour. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVGC9; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 174 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1052.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500516430
ISBN
9780500516430
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.97

Hardback. From his dazzling conducting debut in 1943 until his death in 1990, Leonard Bernstein's star blazed brilliantly. This biography examines Bernstein's career against the backdrop of cold war America - blacklisting by the State Department in 1950 and voluntary exile from the New York Philharmonic in 1951 for fear that he might be blacklisted. Num Pages: 296 pages, 9 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257641
ISBN
9780520257641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.53

Paperback. "In his tragically short life (1928--1964), Eric Dolphy was a titanic force in the development of the sixties avant-garde (or "new thing") from the hard bop of the late fifties. The searing intensity an" Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Hachette Books
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306805240
ISBN
9780306805240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 616.
Publisher
Irish Academic Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780716529484
ISBN
9780716529484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; AVQS; AVRL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 307 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Hal Leonard Corporation
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781480368668
ISBN
9781480368668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.81

Paperback. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVH; AVRL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 304 x 8. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Hal Leonard
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781495080760
ISBN
9781495080760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.22

Paperback. Brings together several Leos Janacek scholars to look closely at a range of issues surrounding his life and work. This book features essays accompanied by translated writings by the composer himself. It includes essays on Naturalism, opera direction, and Tristan and Isolde and four impressionistic chronicles of the 'speech melodies' of daily life. Editor(s): Beckerman, Michael. Series: Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11 halftones. 5 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVGC6; AVGC9; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691116761
ISBN
9780691116761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.06

Paperback. Winning awards, losing love, longing for stability and affection, being pitted against Amy Winehouse by the press - Lily's meteoric rise to fame has been peppered with extreme highs and lows, no lower than when she tragically suffered a miscarriage in 2008. This title presents her story. Num Pages: 244 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Omnibus Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004403
ISBN
9781849380614
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Franz Liszt is most well-known for his compositions for piano and orchestra, but his influence is also strong in chamber music, choral music and orchestral transcriptions. This new collection of essays presents a scholarly overview of all the composer's work. Num Pages: 496 pages, bibliography, indexes. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313306891
ISBN
9780313306891
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.13

hardcover. Ben Earle's study explores twentieth-century music and politics in two of their most extreme forms: modernism and fascism. Series: Music Since 1900. Num Pages: 316 pages, 67 music examples. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJG; 3JJH; AVGC6; AVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 252 x 195 x 23. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521844031
ISBN
9780521844031
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 52.28

Paperback. The first biography of the legendary, beloved, long-running band Little Feat, by veteran music journalist Ben Fong-Torres Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 pages black-&-white photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 25. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Hachette Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306823633
ISBN
9780306823633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.26

Hardback. A year after Prince's death at the age of 57, acclaimed writer brilliantly anatomizes the star's dramatic career and an aesthetic that at times seemed otherworldly. In thematically structured chapters that blend critical consideration of Prince's art with the author's personal connection to the music. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 153. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571333264
ISBN
9780571333264
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.18

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; AVGR; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 660.
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316383899
ISBN
9780316383899
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 19.30

Paperback. * A vivid, accessible life of one of the most romantic figures of the nineteenth century, written with a fantastic sense of location. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Abacus London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0009123
ISBN
9780349116877
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. This newly commissioned opera guide contains a thematic guide, and an up-to-date bibliography, select discography and website guide. Series: Overture Opera Guides in Association with the English National Opera (ENO). Num Pages: 184 pages, ill. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVGC9; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212. Series: Overture Opera Guides in Association with the English National Opera (ENO). 184 pages, ill. This newly commissioned opera guide contains a thematic guide, and an up-to-date bibliography, select discography and website guide. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVGC9; AVH. Dimension: 195 x 135 x 17. Weight: 212.
Publisher
Oneworld Classics
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847495440
ISBN
9781847495440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.34

Hardback. This fifth volume of Britten's letters covers a period of intense activity in his life and works, culminating in his great pacifist choral masterpiece, War Requiem. Editor(s): Reed, Philip; Cooke, Mervyn. Series: Selected Letters of Britten. Num Pages: 830 pages, 145, 55 black and white, 90 line drawing. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 168 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1740.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
830
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843835912
ISBN
9781843835912
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.38
€ 52.26

Hardback. The composer's final decade sees a new outpouring of creativity. Editor(s): Reed, Philip; Cooke, Mervyn. Series: Selected Letters of Britten. Num Pages: 880 pages, 140, 50 black and white, 90 line drawing. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 64. Weight in Grams: 1860. 1966-1976. Series: Selected Letters of Britten. 880 pages, 140, 50 black and white, 90 line drawing. Editor(s): Reed, Philip; Cooke, Mervyn. The composer's final decade sees a new outpouring of creativity. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BJ. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 64. Weight: 1848.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
880
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843837251
ISBN
9781843837251
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.38
€ 52.26

Hardcover. Up-close and personal views, by the renowned music critic and orchestra administrator, of musical luminaries from Alfred Brendel to Jessye Norman and beyond. Num Pages: 326 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
326
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580465410
ISBN
9781580465410
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.44

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