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Paperback. Irish rock'n'roll wild man Phil Lynott was a skillful survivor of rock trends and a world-class hellraiser. This eye-opening biography traces his life from 1950s Dublin, to the time in "Thin Lizzy", to his schizophrenic solo career, and the bitter feud that followed his tragic death. Num Pages: 228 pages, b&w photographs, discography. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 330. Irish rock'n'roll wild man Phil Lynott was a skillful survivor of rock trends and a world-class hellraiser. This eye-opening biography traces his life from 1950s Dublin, to the time in "Thin Lizzy", to his schizophrenic solo career, and the bitter feud that followed his tragic death. Num Pages: 228 pages, b&w photographs, discography. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 330. 8vo.Original Printed wrappers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Omnibus Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- KEX0307014
- ISBN
- 9780711991040
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
Hardback. Radie Britain (1899-1994) was a famous twentieth-century composer whose orchestral compositions have been performed by leading orchestras around the world and one composition, 'A String Quartet,' was performed at the White House. Includes a chronology of events and awards and a chronological list of her works. Series: Composers of North America. Num Pages: 444 pages, music, ports. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJ; AVGC6; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 149 x 29. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810827332
- ISBN
- 9780810827332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.54
€ 191.54
Paperback. The defintive biography of one of music's greatest legends. Num Pages: 384 pages, 3 x 8pp colour and b&w. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781444733693
- ISBN
- 9781444733693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.89
€ 13.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Blind Tom was the stage name of Thomas Greene Wiggins, a blind black pianist born into slavery in 1849. In this focused, consequential study, Southall reformulates the debate surrounding Blind Tom and expands its dimensions significantly. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 b&w photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AVH; BGF; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810845459
- ISBN
- 9780810845459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.22
€ 57.22
Paperback. The first biography of the elusive musician who influenced an entire generation of country songwriters as his tragic life became the stuff of legend Num Pages: 360 pages, 40 photographs. BIC Classification: AVGL; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Hachette Books United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306816048
- ISBN
- 9780306816048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.05
€ 23.99
€ 18.05
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
€ 37.25
€ 37.25
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. Presents Clapton's professional life in music in a day-by-day format, giving details of which bands he joined and left, all recordings made - both released and unreleased - as well as guest appearances he made on other artists' records, and concert tours. Series: Day-By-Day. Num Pages: 704 pages, 100s of Black and White and Colour Images Throughout. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 294 x 63. Weight in Grams: 3740.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation United States
- Edition
- Box
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617135712
- ISBN
- 9781617135712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 95.43
€ 95.43
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
Paperback. Num Pages: 138 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Brick Tower Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781883283933
- ISBN
- 9781883283933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.19
€ 17.99
€ 13.19
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. 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
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
€ 21.35
€ 21.35
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
€ 41.99€ 27.03
€ 41.99
€ 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
€ 26.99€ 24.02
€ 26.99
€ 24.02
Hardback. This is the first biography of jazz clarinetist Kenny Davern. Drawing from Davern's many interviews and the recollections of his friends and family, Meyer tells the story of the man and his music and why both were unique and irreplaceable. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 476 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; AVRN; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 476
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810876927
- ISBN
- 9780810876927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.93
€ 149.93
hardcover. An essential reference work which provides comprehensive coverage of Mozart's life and works. Editor(s): Eisen, Professor Cliff; Keefe, Simon P. Num Pages: 674 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1215.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 674
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521856591
- ISBN
- 9780521856591
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 244.07
€ 244.07
Paperback. Bob Dylan is an iconic figure in American music and cultural history. This book considers Dylan from four perspectives: his complicated relationship to blackness, the underrated influence of his singing style, his fascinating image in films, and his controversial songwriting methods that have led to charges of plagiarism. Series: Icons of America. Num Pages: 192 pages, 4 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGH; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 208 x 12. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300181876
- ISBN
- 9780300181876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.44
€ 14.99
€ 12.44
Hardcover. Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright (b. 1973) is famous around the world for his multi-faceted musical style, shown through both his recorded output and his engaging live performances. In this book, Katherine Williams combines his aspects of his life story with scholarly readings drawn from several methodologies. Series: Popular Music History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 figures. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 2204.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845532932
- ISBN
- 9781845532932
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.16
€ 53.16