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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
€ 24.99€ 22.50
€ 24.99
€ 22.50
paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, 92. BIC Classification: 3JH; AVGC4; AVGC5; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 32. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780801494215
- ISBN
- 9780801494215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 25.49
€ 49.99
€ 25.49
Paperback. Taking account of the research, to which Vivaldi himself has made important contributions - including the discovery in 1973 of an unknown set of violin sonatas - this book examines the life and works of this remarkable musician, in their Venetian, Italian, and international settings. Series: Master Musicians Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 pp black and white halftones, 32 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC3; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198164975
- ISBN
- 9780198164975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.16
€ 33.16
Paperback. Rickenbacker is the guitar maker who brought the electric 12-string to market and has been responsible for the idea of what such a guitar should do. This book tells the story of those heady days in the 60s, of the competitors who tried and failed to match the sound, and of the instrument's production by Rickenbacker and use by modern guitarists. Num Pages: 160 pages, 160 colour photos. BIC Classification: AVH; AVRL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 215 x 12. Weight in Grams: 652. The Story of the Guitars, the Music, and the Great Players. 160 pages, 160 colour photos. Rickenbacker is the guitar maker who brought the electric 12-string to market and has been responsible for the idea of what such a guitar should do. This book tells the story of those heady days in the 60s, of the competitors who tried and failed to match the sound, and of the instrument's production by Rickenbacker and use by modern guitarists. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVH; AVRL1. Dimension: 277 x 215 x 12. Weight: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Backbeat Books
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879309886
- ISBN
- 9780879309886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.71
€ 34.99
€ 30.71
Multiple-component retail product.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation
- Edition
- Pap/Psc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781480354746
- ISBN
- 9781480354746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.19
€ 24.99
€ 21.19
Paperback. Lee Morgan was a prodigy: recruited to Dizzy Gillespie's big band while still a teenager, joining Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. But Morgan's personal life remained troubled, and during a fight with his girlfriend at a New York club, he was shot and killed, aged 33. This is a biography of the jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan (1938-72). Series: Popular Music History. Num Pages: 256 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 233 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845533823
- ISBN
- 9781845533823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.51
€ 41.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691168067
- ISBN
- 9780691168067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.00
€ 29.99
€ 22.00
Hardback. Contrary to the widely held opinion that most of our hit and standard songs were composed by a handful of top writers-Berlin, Gershwin, Kern, Porter, and Rodgers-the fact is that the vast majority of them were written by relatively unknown composers. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 784 pages, 57 photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVGK; AVH; BGF; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 50. Weight in Grams: 975.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 784
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810835702
- ISBN
- 9780810835702
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 234.38
€ 234.38
Paperback. Editor(s): Opienski, Henryk. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC3; AVH; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486255644
- ISBN
- 9780486255644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.89
€ 18.99
€ 17.89
Paperback. Many musicians have enjoyed the solo and chamber music of Robert Valentine, especially that for flute or recorder, but few know anything of this composer's life and other music. This volume lists all of Valentine's known works, including original works, arrangements, and fragments. Series: MLA Index and Bibliography Series. Num Pages: 97 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 8. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 97
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780914954460
- ISBN
- 9780914954460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.37
€ 73.37
Paperback. Series: Women in Culture and Society. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; AVGC2; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 38. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226132136
- ISBN
- 9780226132136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 39.36
€ 50.99
€ 39.36
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781423455158
- ISBN
- 9781423455158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.38
€ 26.99
€ 23.38
Paperback. Focuses on Benjamin Britten, one of the great British composers. Addressing urgent questions of how an artist's sexual, cultural, and personal identity feeds into specific musical texts, this title examines most of Britten's operas as well as his role in the British cultural establishment of the mid-twentieth century. Editor(s): Haggerty, George E. Num Pages: 295 pages, 15 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520246102
- ISBN
- 9780520246102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.68
€ 40.99
€ 28.68
Mixed media pr. Tom Talbert is a composer, arranger, bandleader and pianist. He has been a important influence on the jazz scene since the 1940s, when he formed his own band in Los Angeles. Later he moved to New York where he composed for Buddy Rich, Charlie Burnet and other giants of American jazz. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 264 pages, 24 b&w photos. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810848122
- ISBN
- 9780810848122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 91.69
€ 91.69
Hardback. Writings, Prints and Drawings. 242 pages, 100, 100 line drawing. Hans Keller's text and Milein Cosman's vibrant illustrations combine to produce a unique and enlightening book on Stravinsky. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 23. Weight: 712.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Toccata Press
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- V9780907689690
- ISBN
- 9780907689690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.38
€ 51.99
€ 43.38
Paperback. A full-scale examination of the amazing range of works resulting from the creative collaboration of George and Ira Gershwin. Num Pages: 560 pages, facsimiles, music, portraits. BIC Classification: AVGF; AVGM; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 216 x 32. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- n
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472084692
- ISBN
- 9780472084692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.48
€ 30.99
€ 26.48
Hardcover. Kathleen Ferrier, the greatest lyric contralto Britain has ever produced, lost her courageous battle with breast cancer. This collection of 300+ letters and twelve years of her personal diaries give a picture of her life in the muted post-war years. Editor(s): Fifield, Christopher. Num Pages: 356 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; AVG; AVH; BGFA; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 668. 356 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Fifield, Christopher. Kathleen Ferrier, the greatest lyric contralto Britain has ever produced, lost her courageous battle with breast cancer. This collection of 300+ letters and twelve years of her personal diaries give a picture of her life in the muted post-war years. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; AVG; AVH; BGFA; BJ. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 26. Weight: 668.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- BOYE6
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843830122
- ISBN
- 9781843830122
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.36
€ 45.99
€ 38.36
Paperback. Series: North Texas Lives of Musicians Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of North Texas Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574413250
- ISBN
- 9781574413250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.34
€ 19.99
€ 18.34
Paperback. Helps discover the piano works of one of the century's most interesting minds. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; AVRG; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253213839
- ISBN
- 9780253213839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.49
€ 20.99
€ 20.49
Hardback. When they were creating and releasing their most influential albums in the mid to late 1970s, Kraftwerk were far from the musical mainstream. This collection of original essays looks at Kraftwerk - their legacy and influence - from a variety of angles. Editor(s): Albiez, Sean; Pattie, David. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVGV; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441165077
- ISBN
- 9781441165077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.52€ 131.78
€ 140.52
€ 131.78
Hardback. In this attempt to shed new light on Alban Berg's life and music, the three main sections are each devoted to a particular genre. The first essay in each section surveys Berg's development within the genre concerned, whilst the subsequent chapters discuss particular works in more detail. Editor(s): Jarman, Douglas. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGC; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333427187
- ISBN
- 9780333427187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.79
€ 135.79
Hardback. The official Austin Mahone book! Num Pages: 208 pages, full-colour, with fully integrated photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 194 x 19. Weight in Grams: 842.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751556209
- ISBN
- 9780751556209
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.64
€ 19.99
€ 14.64
Paperback. Two Frenchmen, an idea, and a blank piece of paper - that's how it started. Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg are the creators of the multi-award-winning and much-loved musicals "Les Miserables", "Miss Saigon", "Martin Guerre", and "The Pirate Queen". "Les Mis" has been seen by over 50-million people. Num Pages: 352 pages, 48 full-colour & 35 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AVGM; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 781.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557837158
- ISBN
- 9781557837158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.22
€ 22.22
Hardcover. This is the first study of Wilson to eschew chronology for a topical organization that allows discussion of lyrical themes and musical motifs outside of any prejudicial presumptions about their place in the trajectory of his career. Series: Icons of Pop Music. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 black and white photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781908049919
- ISBN
- 9781908049919
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.81
€ 115.81