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Hardcover. The world-famous French singer Edith Piaf (1915-63) was never just a singer. This book suggests new ways of understanding her, her myth and her meanings over time at home and abroad, by proposing the notion of an 'imagined' Piaf. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781382578
- ISBN
- 9781781382578
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.10
€ 43.10
Paperback. Leo Black, a pupil of Rubbra in the 1950s, presents a full-scale study of his symphonies (the first for twenty years). A biographical sketch throws light on legends about the BBC and Rubbra; there are full programme notes on each symphony, with accounts of important non-symphonic works. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843839330
- ISBN
- 9781843839330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.99€ 28.12
€ 28.99
€ 28.12
Paperback. Edward Elgar is among the greatest of all English composers. Drawing on the vast amount of source material, Jerrold Northrop Moore presents Elgar's life and works as inseparable parts of a single creative career. Series: Clarendon Paperbacks. Num Pages: 858 pages, frontispiece, music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 858
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198163664
- ISBN
- 9780198163664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 206.83
€ 206.83
Paperback. Edward Elgar (1857-1934) is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating, important, and influential figures in the history of British music. This work examines the composer's life, presenting a comprehensive portrait of both the man and the age in which he lived. Editor(s): Adams, Professor Byron. Series: The Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 312 pages, 23 halftones. 25 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691134468
- ISBN
- 9780691134468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.50
€ 38.99
€ 28.50
Paperback. ELO were formed by Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne as a fusion of rock and classically-influenced music with strings. After their 1971 debut, Wood left and Lynne took them into more commercial pastures. They disbanded in 1986, but Lynne returned with an album in 2001 and as Jeff Lynne's ELO in 2014. This book examines all their studio albums in detail. Num Pages: 144 pages, 32 colour photographs. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781556009
- ISBN
- 9781781556009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.73
€ 21.99
€ 16.73
Hardcover. An expert and informative appraisal of all of Elgar's works - from his juvenilia to the unfinished 3rd symphony - by the author of the acclaimed Gerald Finzi. Num Pages: 264 pages, 12, 12 black & white illustrations, 12 black and white. BIC Classification: AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 135 x 26. Weight in Grams: 412. 264 pages, 12, 12 black and white. Explores Elgar's complex personality and his compositional methods, his style and his relationship to his contemporaries. This book focuses on the music - still played, recorded, loved and discussed as much as ever. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AVH. Dimension: 205 x 135 x 26. Weight: 428.
- Publisher
- Boydell Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843832959
- ISBN
- 9781843832959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.99€ 28.07
€ 28.99
€ 28.07
Paperback. Pursues the Elgar and sets out the story of an extraordinary creative life. This book shows themes of childhood, fantasy, and vision fusing into a mature style of nobility and nostalgia. It links the composer to the English landscape that informed his work from his earliest years. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571223381
- ISBN
- 9780571223381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.33
€ 14.99
€ 11.33
Paperback. This book contains an examination of Elgar's most famous work, the 'Enigma' Variations. Series: Cambridge Music Handbooks. Num Pages: 128 pages, 6 tables 13 music examples. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AVH; AVRB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 177 x 9. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521636377
- ISBN
- 9780521636377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.32
€ 36.32
Hardback. Although Elgar achieved fame, status and recognition in his lifetime, his earnings did not match the standard of living to which he aspired. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843837411
- ISBN
- 9781843837411
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.56
€ 89.56
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252078002
- ISBN
- 9780252078002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.57
€ 25.99
€ 23.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780715649985
- ISBN
- 9780715649985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 474
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486266954
- ISBN
- 9780486266954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.01
€ 26.01
Paperback. Presents an autobiographical portrait that touches on everything from the cultural figures that mattered the most to him as a teenager, to author's years in the late 1960s at Bard College, to an account of a recent tour he made with Boz Scaggs and Michael McDonald. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099593331
- ISBN
- 9780099593331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.57
€ 14.99
€ 11.57
Editor(s): Cinque, Toija; Moore, Christopher; Redmond, Sean. Num Pages: 368 pages, 7 bw illus. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628923049
- ISBN
- 9781628923049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 174.68
€ 174.68
Hardback. Includes a catalog of each artist's work, a discography of Beach's music, photographs of sculptures, and numerous musical examples. Series: Composers of North America. Num Pages: 321 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1KB; AFK; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 321
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810819160
- ISBN
- 9780810819160
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.07
€ 153.07
Paperback. Nirvana are one of the most influential bands in rock history. This book examines in forensic detail the band's rise to fame, and their first album, "Bleach". It traces Nirvana's formation, its early recordings and many personnel changes, and the arrival of Dave Grohl to complete the familiar three-piece line up. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 Colour and Black and White in Plate Section. BIC Classification: AVGT; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 213 x 26. Weight in Grams: 852. The Rise of Nirvana. 256 pages, 20 Colour and Black and White in Plate Section. Nirvana are one of the most influential bands in rock history. This book examines in forensic detail the band's rise to fame, and their first album, "Bleach". It traces Nirvana's formation, its early recordings and many personnel changes, and the arrival of Dave Grohl to complete the familiar three-piece line up. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGT; AVH. Dimension: 151 x 213 x 26. Weight: 848.
- Publisher
- Jawbone
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906002893
- ISBN
- 9781906002893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.42
€ 19.99
€ 14.42
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
€ 97.50
€ 97.50
Paperback. "In his tragically short life (1928--1964), Eric Dolphy was a titanic force in the development of the sixties avant-garde (or "new thing") from the hard bop of the late fifties. The searing intensity an" Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Hachette Books
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306805240
- ISBN
- 9780306805240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.59
€ 19.99
€ 15.59
Hardback. Satie's music and ideas are inextricably linked with the City of Light. This book situates Satie's work within the context and sonic environment of contemporary Paris. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 27 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; AVGC6; AVH; AVRG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783270835
- ISBN
- 9781783270835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.10
€ 45.99
€ 38.10
Paperback. Benjamin Britten was one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century. He wrote a feast of music from an early age. This book discusses Britten's music and explores his musical influences, his complex personality, his emotional and professional relationships, and the nooks and crannies of his daily life, normally overlooked. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVGC9; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571290734
- ISBN
- 9780571290734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.50
€ 13.99
€ 11.50
Hardback. Every Night's A Saturday Night finds Bobby Keys setting down the many tales of an over-the-top rock 'n' roll life in his own inimitable voice. Num Pages: 276 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Publisher
- Omnibus Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780387055
- ISBN
- 9781780387055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.29
€ 21.99
€ 17.29
Paperback. The Beatles' "Revolver" has been shocking, provoking and delighting listeners for decades. This collection of essays attempts to define what it is that has enabled "Revolver" to endure as a complex and ambitious statement about the possibilities of popular music. Editor(s): Reising, Russell J. Series Editor(s): Scott, Professor Derek B.; Hawkins, Professor Stan; Burns, Professor Lori. Series: Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series. Num Pages: 260 pages, index. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Ashgate Publishing Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754605577
- ISBN
- 9780754605577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.16
€ 52.16
Paperback. A memoir by the master pianist, conductor and internationalist Daniel Barenboim - 'the closest thing that classical music can offer to Nelson Mandela' [THE TIMES] Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- W&N
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753825945
- ISBN
- 9780753825945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.83
€ 13.99
€ 10.83
Hardcover. In Experiencing Led Zeppelin: A Listener's Companion, musician and writer Gregg Akkerman looks behind the curtain of "rock gods" sensationalism at this performing act's musical legacy. Putting readers right where the band was performing its iconic numbers, Akkerman is the guide for anyone intent on understanding how Led Zeppelin's music works. Series: Listener's Companion. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- y First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810889156
- ISBN
- 9780810889156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.96
€ 67.96