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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
€ 45.99€ 32.97
€ 45.99
€ 32.97
Paperback. Johann Sebastian Bach's the "St Matthew Passion" stands as a singular expression of religious sensibility. Highlighting the inspiration Bach drew from opera, this book illuminates the hybrid forms that comprise the work, thereby clarifying many of the composer's dramatic strategies. Series: Magnum Opus. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC3; AVGC8; AVGD; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 166. A Closer Look. Series: Magnum Opus. 144 pages. Johann Sebastian Bach's the "St Matthew Passion" stands as a singular expression of religious sensibility. Highlighting the inspiration Bach drew from opera, this book illuminates the hybrid forms that comprise the work, thereby clarifying many of the composer's dramatic strategies. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: AVGC3; AVGC8; AVGD; AVH. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826429407
- ISBN
- 9780826429407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.11
€ 33.11
Hardcover. Editor(s): Leaver, Robin A. Series: Contextual Bach Studies. Num Pages: 326 pages, 48 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC3; AVH; AVRG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810881815
- ISBN
- 9780810881815
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.34
€ 157.34
Hardcover. Antony Hegarty, lead singer of the critically acclaimed band Antony and the Johnsons, presents his debut book collection of art - a gorgeous combination of visual art, song lyrics and other various mediums (painting, drawing, photography and collage) that inform each other and provide an interesting commentary on Antony's music. Num Pages: 144 pages, 75 full-color illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 274 x 247 x 21. Weight in Grams: 986. Swanlights. 144 pages, 75 full-color illustrations. Antony Hegarty, lead singer of the critically acclaimed band Antony and the Johnsons, presents his debut book collection of art - a gorgeous combination of visual art, song lyrics and other various mediums (painting, drawing, photography and collage) that inform each other and provide an interesting commentary on Antony's music. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Dimension: 274 x 247 x 21. Weight: 986.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Abrams Image
- Edition
- Har/Com
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810996809
- ISBN
- 9780810996809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.64
€ 36.99
€ 32.64
Paperback. Beginning with her breakthrough alongside husband Sonny Bono in the '60s, it takes in the high highs-and low lows-of the '70s, the big-screen success of the '80s, and global superstardom in the '90s, and continues right up to her comeback alongside Christina Aguilera in Burlesque. Num Pages: 272 pages, Black and White Photo Insert. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 645. All I Really Want to Do. 272 pages, Black and White Photo Insert. Beginning with her breakthrough alongside husband Sonny Bono in the '60s, it takes in the high highs-and low lows-of the '70s, the big-screen success of the '80s, and global superstardom in the '90s, and continues right up to her comeback alongside Christina Aguilera in Burlesque. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Dimension: 215 x 153 x 25. Weight: 644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Backbeat Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617134524
- ISBN
- 9781617134524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.76
€ 21.76
Paperback. Suitable for the heavyweight Berry fans, this work offers things you wanted to know about Chuck Berry. It is comprehensively annotated, with dozens of illustrations of rare record labels and sleeves. It contains Cover Hits (covers of Chuck Berry songs that were hits) and Soundalikes (over 800 soundalike recordings, including many rarities). Num Pages: 546 pages, 261 b/w photos. BIC Classification: AVD; AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 892.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Music Mentor Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 546
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780954706890
- ISBN
- 9780954706890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 27.03
€ 40.99
€ 27.03
Hardback. Updates and expands Claghorn's previous book, Women Composers and Hymnists (Scarecrow, 1984), presenting succinct biographies for female composers in both secular and sacred music. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810831308
- ISBN
- 9780810831308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.40
€ 171.40
Paperback. Steven Patrick Morrissey was born in Manchester on May 22nd 1959. Singer-songwriter and co-founder of the Smiths, Morrissey has been a solo artist for twenty-six years, during which time he has had three number 1 albums in England in three different decades. This book deals with his work and life. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141394817
- ISBN
- 9780141394817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.07
€ 11.99
€ 10.07
Hardback. This is the first fully documented biography of the Italian composer Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857-1919), the beloved and popular composer of the opera Pagliacci. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVH; BGF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810858800
- ISBN
- 9780810858800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.92
€ 169.92
Book.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation
- Edition
- Pap/Com
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781458412423
- ISBN
- 9781458412423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.05
€ 25.99
€ 24.05
Hardcover. A collection of songs, rhymes and stories from the childhood of the 'Mother of Folk', Jean Ritchie Num Pages: 80 pages, Nearly 100 colour and black and white photos and original illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: AVGH; AVH; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 213. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781495007880
- ISBN
- 9781495007880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.78
€ 35.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609805760
- ISBN
- 9781609805760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.57
€ 18.99
€ 17.57
Paperback. Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) has a reputation as one of the leading composers of the twentieth century. This work expands the traditional purview of Shostakovich's world, exploring the composer's creativity and art in terms of the expectations - historical, cultural, and political - that forged them. Editor(s): Fay, Laurel E. Series: Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 432 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691120690
- ISBN
- 9780691120690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 36.95
€ 51.99
€ 36.95
Paperback. With a colleague's condour, sympathy, and expertise, Steenuisen discusses the creative process with thirty-two contemporaries. Num Pages: 344 pages, 32 b/w photos. BIC Classification: AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888644749
- ISBN
- 9780888644749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.56
€ 38.99
€ 28.56
Paperback. A practitioner of sacred drumming for almost his entire life, Felipe practiced his trade in Cuba both before and after the Revolution and brought it with him to New York. This book focuses on three periods of Felipe's life, each marked by changes in his personal life and by important historical events. Series: Studies in Latin American and Caribbean Music Series. Num Pages: 210 pages, 1 figure, 27 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJ; AVGD; AVGE; AVH; BGF; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566397315
- ISBN
- 9781566397315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.38
€ 35.99
€ 32.38
Hardback. Leading composers, producers and writers consider the role of the composer in the community in Britain today and over the last fifty years. Editor(s): Wiegold, Peter; Kenyon, Ghislaine. Series: Aldeburgh Studies in Music. Num Pages: 312 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 33 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVGC9; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843839651
- ISBN
- 9781843839651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99
€ 54.99
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€ 22.50
€ 23.99
€ 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. Traces the influential careers of the three guitarists in rock and roll - Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page - with insightful interviews from the '60s and '70s onwards. This title shows how these guitar heroes developed their styles and sounds as they were doing it. It also contains details on legendary collaborations. Editor(s): Molenda, Michael. Series: Guitar Player Presents. Num Pages: 232 pages, Black and White Photos and Illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; AVRL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Backbeat Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879309756
- ISBN
- 9780879309756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.55
€ 16.55
Paperback. Winner of the 2010 Non-Fiction National Book Award Patti Smith's evocative, honest and moving coming-of-age story of her extraordinary relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVGU; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- SKU
- 9780747568766
- ISBN
- 9780747568766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.19
€ 14.99
€ 12.19
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
Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 36. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574671322
- ISBN
- 9781574671322
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.56
€ 45.56
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€ 17.62
€ 18.99
€ 17.62