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Paperback. Broadway star Ethel Merman's voice was a mesmerizing force and her vitality was legendary. This detailed biography tells the story of how the stenographer from Queens, New York, became the queen of the Broadway musical in its golden age. Num Pages: 560 pages, 50 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AVGM; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 143 x 35. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520260221
- ISBN
- 9780520260221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.36
€ 49.36
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
€ 54.99€ 52.20
€ 54.99
€ 52.20
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
€ 44.78
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
€ 106.05
€ 106.05
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
€ 29.77
€ 29.77
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€ 13.04
€ 17.99
€ 13.04
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€ 13.03
€ 13.99
€ 13.03
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€ 27.85
€ 30.99
€ 27.85
Paperback. Documents the lives, careers, and music of three British composers, William Selby of London and Boston (1738-98), Rayner Taylor of London and Philadelphia (1745-1825), and George K Jackson of St Andrews, New York, and Boston (1757-1822) who emigrated from England in mid-career and became leaders in the musical life of the American Federal era. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 256 pages, 21 photographs; 14 maps/graphs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; AVGC4; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252075957
- ISBN
- 9780252075957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.17
€ 37.17
Paperback. A revelatory memoir by a legendary rock star. Num Pages: 512 pages, b&w images thru-out; 4-c insert(s) TBD. BIC Classification: AVH; BGFA; BM. Dimension: 198 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471157820
- ISBN
- 9781471157820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.45
€ 13.99
€ 11.45
CD-Audio. A revelatory memoir by a legendary rock star, Bruce Springsteen's BORN TO RUN will be the book of 2016. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781508224228
- ISBN
- 9781508224228
CD
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 37.51
€ 49.99
€ 37.51
Hardcover. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 722 pages, 41 black & white illustrations, 36 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; BGF; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1256.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 722
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810882645
- ISBN
- 9780810882645
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.17
€ 182.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: AVH; AVRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062307866
- ISBN
- 9780062307866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.22
€ 14.99
€ 11.22
paperback. A collection of detailed photographs taken in Manchester during the sixties of the biggest names in American blues music. Editor(s): Stratford, Mark. Num Pages: 160 pages, colour and black & white illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; AJCP; AVGQ; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 210. Weight in Grams: 529.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2025
- Publisher
- Easy on the Eye Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956143945
- ISBN
- 9780956143945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.29
€ 33.99
€ 24.29
Paperback. A vivid biography of John Lee Hooker, from a critically acclaimed journalist Num Pages: 656 pages, ill. BIC Classification: AVGK; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 42. Weight in Grams: 454. The Adventures of John Lee Hooker in the American Twentieth Century. 656 pages, ill. A vivid biography of John Lee Hooker, from a critically acclaimed journalist. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGK; AVH; BGF. Dimension: 131 x 198 x 42. Weight: 452.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857862037
- ISBN
- 9780857862037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.14
€ 25.99
€ 17.14
Paperback. The defintive biography of one of music's greatest legends. Num Pages: 384 pages, 3 x 8pp colour and b&w. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781444733693
- ISBN
- 9781444733693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.83
€ 13.99
€ 11.83
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
€ 112.51
€ 112.51
Paperback. With 30 million records sales to his name, Bobby Womack stood shoulder to shoulder with Ray Charles, James Brown and Marvin Gaye as a true giant of Soul, R&B and Blues music. His life story is an incredible, colourful and moving piece of music history. Honest, insightful and unflinching, this is the authentic voice of a music legend. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white halftones, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGK; AVGQ; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782199847
- ISBN
- 9781782199847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.12
€ 17.99
€ 13.12
Paperback. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGL; AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 122 x 165 x 7. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781623569648
- ISBN
- 9781623569648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.53
€ 13.99
€ 11.53
Hardback. Deals with Bob Marley's career and the history of reggae and dub music. This title features portraits, performance and personal photography of Marley and many of his contemporaries. Num Pages: 160 pages, colour & black & white photos. BIC Classification: AVGS; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 315 x 267 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1318.
- Publisher
- Titan Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848566972
- ISBN
- 9781848566972
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 28.64
€ 45.99
€ 28.64
Paperback. Begins in Berkeley in 1968, and ends with a piece on Dylan's show at the University of Minnesota on election night 2008. This title follows not only recordings but performances, books, movies, and various manner of highways and byways in which Bob Dylan has made himself felt in our culture. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 40. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571254453
- ISBN
- 9780571254453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 17.88
€ 26.99
€ 17.88
paperback. Bob Dylan is an iconic figure in American music and cultural history. This book considers Dylan from four perspectives: his complicated relationship to blackness, the underrated influence of his singing style, his fascinating image in films, and his controversial songwriting methods that have led to charges of plagiarism. Series: Icons of America. Num Pages: 192 pages, 4 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGH; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 208 x 12. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300181876
- ISBN
- 9780300181876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.05
€ 13.99
€ 12.05
Paperback. Provides an introduction to the music of Bob Dylan including an examination of the impact of his work over time and key critical responses. This book locates Dylan's work within a broader context of the history of the American popular song and its various antecedents, examining how his music draws on a heritage of folk, blues and pop tunes. Series: Icons of Pop Music. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7 b&w photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904768258
- ISBN
- 9781904768258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.76
€ 39.76
Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: AJC; AVGK; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 231. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764349638
- ISBN
- 9780764349638
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 24.61
€ 36.99
€ 24.61