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Paperback. When we think of composers like Mozart or Beethoven, we usually envision an isolated artist separate from the orchestra. For most of Japan's musical history, however, no such role existed - composition and performance were deeply intertwined. This book offers fresh insights not just into Japanese music but Japanese modernity at large. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AVA; AVH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226085357
- ISBN
- 9780226085357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.99
€ 36.99
€ 28.99
Paperback. A biography of Paul Bowles, the famously enigmatic writer-composer. It questions the biographer's role, the subject's credibility, and the very nature of 'truth' in the telling of a life. It talks of Bowles' difficult childhood and of his grief over his wife's - the author Jane Bowles, who died in 1973 - illness, of exile, dreams, and madness. Num Pages: 354 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; AVH; BGF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224933
- ISBN
- 9780520224933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.27
€ 32.99
€ 24.27
Hardcover. Num Pages: 554 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: AVH; BGFA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 167 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1052.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 554
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884020783
- ISBN
- 9780884020783
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.06
€ 37.99
€ 32.06
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Plumbago Books and Arts United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956600752
- ISBN
- 9780956600752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.12
€ 21.99
€ 20.12
Hardback. Separating fact from fiction, this book explores how the legendary violinist challenged the very notion of what it meant to be a musician. Num Pages: 304 pages, 29, 15 black & white illustrations, 14 black & white line drawings, 15 black and white, 1. BIC Classification: AVH; AVRL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843837565
- ISBN
- 9781843837565
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.03
€ 78.03
Hardback. Investigating the later music of Franz Schubert, this book explores the rich terrain of his impromptus and last piano sonatas. It explains how Schubert's view of his own life may well have shaped his music in the years shortly before his death. Series: California Studies in 19th Century Music. Num Pages: 319 pages, 3 figures, 71 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVGC5; AVH; AVRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780520225640
- ISBN
- 9780520225640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.60€ 52.29
€ 66.60
€ 52.29
Hardback. The Beatles, the most popular, influential, and important band of all time, have been the subject of countless books of biography, photography, analysis, history, and conjecture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611683806
- ISBN
- 9781611683806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.05
€ 30.99
€ 24.05
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486497648
- ISBN
- 9780486497648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.45
€ 30.45
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- powerHouse Books,U.S. United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781576874813
- ISBN
- 9781576874813
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 37.82
€ 42.99
€ 37.82
Paperback. "Previously published in much different forms as Wheeler-dealer, and Wheeling the deal"--Title page verso. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rare Bird Books United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781942600244
- ISBN
- 9781942600244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.69
€ 17.69
Hardback. Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) was one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century. Selected unpublished correspondence written between 1903 and 1950 includes the responses of the addressees. Gives a vivid picture of the historical controversies between the composer and other major figures in the field. Num Pages: 340 pages, Fr.Ill.mus.exs. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AVGC6; AVH; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810824522
- ISBN
- 9780810824522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.34
€ 153.34
Hardback. This work focuses on the work of the romantic composer Robert Schumann. Num Pages: 624 pages, frontispiece, halftones, music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 160 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1052.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 618
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195091809
- ISBN
- 9780195091809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.99
€ 69.99
Paperback. I Never Met a Story I Didn't Like, which collects Todd Snider's stories in print for the first time, takes readers on a tour through one of the most inventive and idiosyncratic minds at work today. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: APB; AVGH; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 211 x 22. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306822605
- ISBN
- 9780306822605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.65
€ 20.99
€ 18.65
Hardback. An assessment of Clark's work and his place in the history of the development of piano technique. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC5; AVH; AVRG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810840461
- ISBN
- 9780810840461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.87
€ 130.87
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300091052
- ISBN
- 9780300091052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.47
€ 29.99
€ 21.47
Paperback. Long-overdue biography of the enigmatic Western Canadian luthier, musician, and guitar virtuoso Frank Gay. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGL; AVH; AVRL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781772120479
- ISBN
- 9781772120479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.38
€ 29.99
€ 21.38
Paperback. Series: Fallen Leaf Monographs in Contemporary Composers. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780914913429
- ISBN
- 9780914913429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.19
€ 77.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 33 halftoens, 4 line drawings, 25 musical examples, 12 tables. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226703909
- ISBN
- 9780226703909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.81
€ 38.99
€ 30.81
Paperback. Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) is acknowledged as one of the significant and multifaceted composers. This work captures Schoenberg at critical periods of his career: during the first decades of the century, primarily in his native Vienna; from 1926 to 1933, in Berlin; and from 1933 on, in the US. Editor(s): Frisch, Walter. Series: The Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691048611
- ISBN
- 9780691048611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.64
€ 53.99
€ 38.64
Paperback. Musician, political critic, and hedonist, international superstar Fela Anikulapo-Kuti created a sensation throughout his career. His music offers a perspective on race, class, and nation on both sides of the Atlantic and he synthesized a musical language while also clearing a space for political dissent and a type of counter-cultural expression. Num Pages: 352 pages, 36 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 3JJP; AVG; AVH; BGF; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 173 x 27. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566397650
- ISBN
- 9781566397650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 46.17
€ 50.99
€ 46.17
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
€ 54.23
€ 54.23
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€ 32.76
€ 45.99
€ 32.76
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. Num Pages: 354 pages, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810882225
- ISBN
- 9780810882225
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.65
€ 70.65