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Individual composers & Music & Entertainment

Paperback. John Zorn is an active American composers/performer. This book offers a number of perspectives for understanding Zorn's music and musical practices, while challenging certain assumptions that limit the ways in which contemporary music is typically addressed. Num Pages: 248 pages, 28 b&w photos, 46 figures. BIC Classification: AVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253220257
ISBN
9780253220257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.49

hardcover. Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) was the most influential composer for the organ in the 20th century. Using Messiaen's own analytical and aesthetic notes as a point of departure, this title offers commentary on the performance of Messiaen's 66 organ works. It provides background information on the composition and premiere of each piece. Num Pages: 428 pages, 7 b&w illus., 35 musical exx. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; AVRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 38. Weight in Grams: 817.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253353733
ISBN
9780253353733
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.84

hardcover. Seeks to understand the composer as he exists in the American imagination and explores how Beethoven became a cultural icon Num Pages: 418 pages, 61 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC4; AVH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 237 x 36. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
418
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253357045
ISBN
9780253357045
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.21

Paperback. The Norton Critical Score of Brahm's Fourth Symphony is the latest volume in this highly-regarded series, in which an authoritative score--here the first edition as corrected by the composer--is combined with illuminating essays and documents for an in-depth study of the work. Editor(s): Hull, Kenneth. Num Pages: 336 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: AVH; AVQ; AVRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780393966770
ISBN
9780393966770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.39

Hardback. Investigating the later music of Franz Schubert, this book explores the rich terrain of his impromptus and last piano sonatas. It explains how Schubert's view of his own life may well have shaped his music in the years shortly before his death. Series: California Studies in 19th Century Music. Num Pages: 319 pages, 3 figures, 71 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVGC5; AVH; AVRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
319
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780520225640
ISBN
9780520225640
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.40
€ 51.26

Hardback. With roots in popular music traditions, improvisation, and the avant-garde, this book provides a lens through which we can better understand the meaning and creation of the counterculture community. It examines the wider significance and impact of its politics of improvisation. Editor(s): Meriwether, Nicholas. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; AVC; AVGP; AVH; HBLX; HPCF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520286641
ISBN
9780520286641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.20
€ 69.51

Hardback. The "Treatise on Musical Objects" by Pierre Schaeffer is regarded as his most important work on music and its relationship with technology. Drawing on acoustics, physics, and physiology, but also philosophy and the relationship between subject and object, this book summarizes his theoretical and practical work in music composition. Translator(s): North, Christine; Dack, John. Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 543 pages, 6 music ex, 7 b/w halftones, 55 line art. BIC Classification: AVC; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
543
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520294295
ISBN
9780520294295
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.20
€ 69.88

Paperback. In this text, Allen Shawn puts aside ultimate judgements about Arnold Schoenberg's place in music history to explore the composer's world in a series of linked essays that are searching and suggestive. Num Pages: 368 pages, 22 halftones, 2 line illustrations, 124 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 27. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674011014
ISBN
9780674011014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.57

Paperback. Shows Charles Ives in the context of his world in a number of ways. This volume features essays which examine Ives' relationships to European music and to American music, politics, business, and landscape. It also shows Ives as a composer well versed in four distinctive musical traditions who blended them in his mature music. Editor(s): Burkholder, Peter J. Series: The Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 464 pages, 13 halftones 3 b&w illus 1 map 50+ music exs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVA; AVGC6; AVH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780691011639
ISBN
9780691011639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Todd, R. Larry. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 305 x 26. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691607023
ISBN
9780691607023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.01
€ 48.87

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 1DDF; 3H; AVGC2; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 28.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780691624679
ISBN
9780691624679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.18

Hardback. Editor(s): Kearney, Leslie. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691632100
ISBN
9780691632100
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.09
€ 114.92

Paperback. Chronically associates artistic maturity either with transcendence, degeneration, or irrelevance. This volume looks to the non-representational arts of music, abstract painting and sculpture, and architecture for fresh insight into the juncture of aesthetics and mortality. Editor(s): Painter, Karen; Crow, Thomas. Num Pages: 264 pages, 17 b&w and 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AGB; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780892368136
ISBN
9780892368136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 32.36

Hardback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 38, 38 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPL; AVGP; AVH; AVX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781501704321
ISBN
9781501704321
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.06

Hardback. The first full-length analytic study devoted to the Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments, combining sketch studies, musicological context, and straightforward analyses of all three movements. Num Pages: 176 pages, 73 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 242 x 15. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580465137
ISBN
9781580465137
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.15

Paperback. Suitable for new and experienced collectors alike, this volume melds the artwork of talented concert poster artists with the melodies of great musicians as we investigate the influences of artists such as Wes Wilson, Bonnie MacLean, Rick Griffin and Frank Kozik with bands like Jefferson Airplane and The Grateful Dead. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: AKLP; AVH; WCU. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Gemstone Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603602013
ISBN
9781603602013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.04

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

€ 45.99
€ 28.92

Paperback. When Sir Reginald Goodall died in 1990, at the age of 88, he had already acquired cult status and was considered one of the greatest Wagner conductors of our times. This book examines the mysteries of Goodall's early career, his Fascist sympathies, his remarkable late flowering and the renewed fame of his last 20 years. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white plates. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843835172
ISBN
9781843835172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.69

Paperback. Focusing on one of the legendary trumpet players in jazz, this book examines Miles Davis' often overlook music of the mid-1960s. It spotlights Davis during an extraordinarily creative period when the artist struggled with personal and musical reinvention and emerged the leader of a new wave in contemporary music. Num Pages: 184 pages, 2 b&w illus., 23 music exx. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; AVRN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 147 x 12. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253219527
ISBN
9780253219527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.26

Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGC; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 268 x 22. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253021595
ISBN
9780253021595
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.00

Hardback. Series: Bio-Bibliographies in Music. Num Pages: 281 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 579.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313253119
ISBN
9780313253119
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.44

Paperback. The Beatles' "Revolver" has been shocking, provoking and delighting listeners for decades. This collection of essays attempts to define what it is that has enabled "Revolver" to endure as a complex and ambitious statement about the possibilities of popular music. Editor(s): Reising, Russell J. Series Editor(s): Scott, Professor Derek B.; Hawkins, Professor Stan; Burns, Professor Lori. Series: Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series. Num Pages: 260 pages, index. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780754605577
ISBN
9780754605577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.68

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

€ 21.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. Taking us into a composer's workshop, this title reevaluates what we call 'twentieth-century music' - a term used to refer to modern or contemporary music that represents a radical break from the tonal tradition, or 'common practice', of the preceding three centuries. Series: Ernest Bloch Lectures. Num Pages: 202 pages, 149 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 59.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520205185
ISBN
9780520205185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.68

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