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Hardback. Walter Piston (1894-1976) taught for over thirty years (1926-1960) at Harvard, where he taught such well-known composers as Harold Shapiro and Leonard Bernstein. The biographies, major accomplishments, stylistic developments, and technical resources of 33 of his students are described. Num Pages: 508 pages, Ill.100mus.exs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVGC6; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 32. Weight in Grams: 717.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 508
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810824935
- ISBN
- 9780810824935
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.87
€ 179.87
Hardcover. This book explores how funk emerged in the mid-1960s at the very apex of the civil rights movement and shows how this music mirrored the broader changes taking place within the African-American community at a crucial political time and continues to underpin remix culture. It traces the extent of the Brown legacy, musically and culturally. Series: Icons of Pop Music. Num Pages: 176 pages, 10 black and white photos. BIC Classification: AVGQ; AVH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908049926
- ISBN
- 9781908049926
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.39
€ 116.39
Hardback. Felix Mendelssohn is chiefly remembered for the oratorios "Paulus" and "Elijah". This is an analysis of "Paulus", beginning with an overview of the oratorio traditions of the early 19th century. He details phases of the compositional process as well as principles governing its development. Num Pages: 264 pages, 18 illustrations, tables. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC5; AVGD; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810840478
- ISBN
- 9780810840478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.32
€ 135.32
Hardcover. During his 13 year career between 1955 and 1968, Paul Chambers was one of the leading double bass players in jazz. Using interviews with family members, friends and colleagues with the jazz fraternity, this book represents the first time that much of his story has been told. Series: Popular Music History. Num Pages: 416 pages, 18 photos. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845536367
- ISBN
- 9781845536367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.20
€ 68.20
Hardcover. You Fascinate Me So takes readers into the world and work of Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award-winning composer/performer Cy Coleman, exploring his days as a child prodigy in the 1930s, his time as a hot jazz pianist and early television celebrity in the 1950s, and his life as one of Broadway's preeminent composers Num Pages: 400 pages, 2x 8-page photo inserts. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 239 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1040.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781480355903
- ISBN
- 9781480355903
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.64
€ 34.99
€ 32.64
Hardback. This second volume of Chopin essays contains Chopin research by twelve leading scholars. Editor(s): Rink, John; Samson, Jim. Series: Cambridge Composer Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 b/w illus. 77 music examples. BIC Classification: AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521416474
- ISBN
- 9780521416474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.67
€ 149.67
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Amadeus Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574671698
- ISBN
- 9781574671698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.57
€ 37.57
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253352415
- ISBN
- 9780253352415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.62
€ 43.62
Paperback. Bob Dylan's impact on popular music has been incalculable. Having transformed staid folk music into a vehicle for coruscating social commentary, he then swept away the romantic platitudes of rock 'n' roll with his searing intellect. This title includes interviews, essays, features and reviews from Dylan intimates and scholars. Series: Mammoth Books. Num Pages: 618 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 142 x 36. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Number of pages
- 618
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849014663
- ISBN
- 9781849014663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.90
€ 7.90
Paperback. Beethoven is a classic study of the composer's music, written by one of the most important thinkers of our time. Throughout his life, Adorno wrote extensive notes, essay fragments and aides-memoires on the subject of Beethoven's music. This book brings together all of Beethoven's music in relation to the society in which he lived. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745630458
- ISBN
- 9780745630458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.15
€ 27.15
William Kinderman's detailed study of Parsifal, described by the composer as his "last card," explores the evolution of the text and music of this inexhaustible yet highly controversial music drama across Wagner's entire career. Series: Studies in Musical Genesis, Structure, and Interpretation. Num Pages: 336 pages, 17 halftone illustrations, 93 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVGC9; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 167 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195366921
- ISBN
- 9780195366921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 151.70
€ 151.70
Hardcover. Warren Roberts has discovered a Rossini that others have not seen, a composer who commented ironically and satirically on religion and politics in Post-Napoleonic Europe. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 254 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580465304
- ISBN
- 9781580465304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.32
€ 97.32
Paperback. Argues that Schubert envisioned many songs as components of cyclical arrangements that were never published as such. By studying Schubert's original manuscripts, Kramer recovers some of these "distant cycles" and accounts for idiosyncrasies in the songs which other analyses have failed to explain. Num Pages: 246 pages, 3 halftones, 80 musical examples, 4 tables. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 173 x 243 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226452357
- ISBN
- 9780226452357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.83
€ 52.99
€ 40.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 836.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691027081
- ISBN
- 9780691027081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.82€ 64.27
€ 82.82
€ 64.27
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Perigee Trade
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780399537547
- ISBN
- 9780399537547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.83
€ 15.99
€ 14.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVH; BGFA; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609804244
- ISBN
- 9781609804244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.67
€ 19.99
€ 17.67
Hardback. This first biography of Rudolph Ganz provides a balanced appraisal of his music and its effect on the western tradition. Illustrated. Extensive endnotes and appendixes. Num Pages: 211 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810828834
- ISBN
- 9780810828834
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.67
€ 101.67
Paperback. Presents a selection of Mozart's letters, translated into English, complete with notes, linking commentary and chronology. Editor(s): Eisen, Professor Cliff. Translator(s): Spencer, Mr. Stewart. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF; BGH; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 33. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition
- F First Edition Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441467
- ISBN
- 9780141441467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.19
€ 21.99
€ 20.19
From Musical Folklore to Twelve Tone Technique: Memoirs of a Musician ...
Albrecht, Georg Von. Ed(S): Antokoletz, Ellio...
hardcover. These memoirs of the Russian-born German composer Georg von Alberecht are an important document in the history of 20th century music, particularly for the light they shed on the development of tonal systems and compositional methods. Editor(s): Antokoletz, Elliott. Translator(s): Albrecht, Michael von; Schwartz, Francis R. Num Pages: 166 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810849693
- ISBN
- 9780810849693
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.05
€ 118.05
Hardback. The author captured in photographs James, Sean, Richey and Nicky in their most uncompromising, glam-fixated early years. This is a unique record of a band on a mission to reclaim rock and roll through literature, image and thrilling guitar pop. Num Pages: 192 pages, chiefly illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 207 x 18. Weight in Grams: 864.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571312139
- ISBN
- 9780571312139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 6.75
€ 32.99
€ 6.75
Hardcover. Join the world's hottest pop star on his rollercoaster ride to superstardom..plus FREE wall poster, just for you! Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 200 x 23. Weight in Grams: 982. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTG0016040
- ISBN
- 9780007395934
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. In Ravel: A Listener's Guide, Victor Lederer surveys and explores this master's refined and utterly distinctive oeuvre. Series: Unlocking the Masters Series. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation United States
- Edition
- Pap/Com
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574674774
- ISBN
- 9781574674774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.63
€ 34.63
Paperback. In this remarkable history of one of the most popular symphonic works of the modern period, Esteban Buch traces the complex and contradictory uses - and abuses - of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony since its premiere in 1824. Translator(s): Miller, Richard, QC. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, music. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226078243
- ISBN
- 9780226078243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.44
€ 32.99
€ 25.44
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613747889
- ISBN
- 9781613747889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.93
€ 19.99
€ 18.93