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Theory of Music & Entertainment

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Theory of Music & Entertainment

Paperback. A collection of essays that illustrates the ways in which music - as a cultural practice, a commercial product, and an aesthetic form - has become enmeshed in debates about human rights, international law, and struggles for social justice. Editor(s): Weintraub, Andrew N.; Yung, Bell. Num Pages: 336 pages, 17 photographs. BIC Classification: AVA; JFC; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252076626
ISBN
9780252076626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.47

Paperback. Series: Ethnomusicology Multimedia. Num Pages: 360 pages, 91 music exx., 27 b&w illus., 2 maps, 33 video, 30 audio. BIC Classification: AVA; AVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253019455
ISBN
9780253019455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 41.24

Paperback. How meaning has been made in music throughout history Series: Musical Meaning & Interpretation. Num Pages: 334 pages, 23 b&w illus., 63 music exx. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253223166
ISBN
9780253223166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.87

Hardcover. This work celebrates composers and creators such as Harry Partch, Raymond Scott, Leon Theremin, and George Ives, who had to invent new instruments to capture the music heard in their "mind's ear". It's subject is the artist's dilemma - how to deliver a new idea through existing media. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; AVA; DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st edition.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268030544
ISBN
9780268030544
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.34

Hardcover. Designed to introduce the reader to a variety of analytic techniques applicable to music of our century, this valuable new book is written in a straightforward, clear style and includes abundant music examples, practical exercises, and reinforcing overviews. Num Pages: 320 pages, music, index. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393957624
ISBN
9780393957624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.80
€ 76.15

Paperback. Rhythm Reading: Elementary through Advanced Training reduces the rhythms of Western music to a series of short, frequently encountered patterns. Num Pages: 256 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 231 x 20. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393970739
ISBN
9780393970739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.42

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

€ 50.25

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

€ 101.01

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

€ 36.99
€ 27.25

Hardback. Argues that the seemingly disparate styles of post-triadic music in fact share common structural elements. This book describes the foundational assumptions of this post-diatonic tonality and illustrates its compositional functions with numerous musical examples. It also discusses new developments in the theory and practice of twelve-tone tonality. Num Pages: 272 pages, 120 music examples. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 181 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
2 Rev Exp
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520201422
ISBN
9780520201422
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.91
€ 54.68

Paperback. Addressing Western and non-Western music, composers from Francesca Caccini to Charles Ives, and musical communities from 12th-century monks to contemporary opera queens, these essays explore questions of gender and sexuality. Editor(s): Solie, Ruth A. Num Pages: 353 pages, 5 figures, 17 music examples, 3 tables. BIC Classification: AVA; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
353
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520201460
ISBN
9780520201460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.25

Paperback. Shows how classical music can take on new meaning and new life when approached from postmodernist standpoints. This book provides an account of the postmodernist ethos, explains its relationship to music, and explores that relationship in a series of case studies ranging from Haydn and Mendelssohn to Ives and Ravel. Num Pages: 278 pages, 1 b&w illustration, 34 music examples. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520207004
ISBN
9780520207004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.25

Paperback. A selection of the author's critical essays on music, which includes an analysis of Beethoven's obsession with the key of C minor, an account of William Byrd as a spokesman for the Elizabethan Catholic minority, and papers on the operas "Don Giovanni", "The Magic Flute" and "Tristan and Isolde". Num Pages: 359 pages, 80 music examples, 3 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
359
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520213777
ISBN
9780520213777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.92

Paperback. Bartok's music is greatly prized by concertgoers. Bartok is often seen as a lonely genius emerging from a gray background of an 'underdeveloped country.' This book offers a broader perspective on Bartok's art by grounding it in the social and cultural life of turn-of-the-century Hungary and the intense creativity of its modernist movement. Num Pages: 367 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 48 music examples. BIC Classification: 1DVH; AVA; AVGC5; AVH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
367
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520222540
ISBN
9780520222540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.18

Paperback. Exploring the ways that shared musical practices transmit social knowledge, this book offers an account of our own cultural moment in terms of two dominant traditions: tonality and blues. It tackles big issues concerning classical, popular, and postmodern repertoires and their relations to the broader musical worlds that create and enjoy them. Series: Ernest Bloch Lectures. Num Pages: 219 pages, 16 music examples. BIC Classification: AVA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520232082
ISBN
9780520232082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.94

Hardback. Though known chiefly as a writer of novels and stories, Paul Bowles (1910-99) thought of himself first and foremost as a composer. This book collects the music criticism that Bowles published between 1935 and 1946 as well as an interview conducted by Irene Herrmann shortly before his death. Editor(s): Mangan, Timothy; Herrmann, Irene. Num Pages: 310 pages, 1 music example. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVA; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520236554
ISBN
9780520236554
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.05
€ 62.16

Hardback. The gamelan music of Central Java is one of the world's great orchestral traditions. Its rich sonic texture is not based on Western-style harmony or counterpoint, but revolves around a single melody. The nature of that melody, however, is puzzling. This book discusses the art of gamelan and the nature of musical knowledge in general. Num Pages: 273 pages, 1 table, 44 music examples. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520239562
ISBN
9780520239562
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.05
€ 62.38

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520262836
ISBN
9780520262836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.60

Hardback. Suitable for those interested in contemporary musicology or media history, this title offers translation of the author's pioneering work - at once a journal of his experiments in sound composition and a treatise on the raison d'etre of concrete music. Translator(s): Dack, John; North, Christine. Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 244 pages, 36 line illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520265738
ISBN
9780520265738
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.03
€ 55.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: AVA; CF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276536
ISBN
9780520276536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.10

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