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Hardcover. A biography of Ignaz Friedman that offers the reader the behind and the between of the life and career of this extraordinary pianist. It examines Friedman's life as a cultured Jewish musician in Poland; his studies in Leipzig and Vienna; his relationship with Manya Friedman; and, his performing career, teaching, and retirement in Australia. Num Pages: 416 pages, 21 b&w illus., 10 music exx. BIC Classification: AVH; AVRG; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170 x 32. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780253353108
- ISBN
- 9780253353108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.76
€ 68.76
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
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
€ 204.84
€ 204.84
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252036163
- ISBN
- 9780252036163
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.54
€ 138.54
Paperback. Brings together several Leos Janacek scholars to look closely at a range of issues surrounding his life and work. This book features essays accompanied by translated writings by the composer himself. It includes essays on Naturalism, opera direction, and Tristan and Isolde and four impressionistic chronicles of the 'speech melodies' of daily life. Editor(s): Beckerman, Michael. Series: Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11 halftones. 5 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVGC6; AVGC9; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691116761
- ISBN
- 9780691116761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.06
€ 52.99
€ 38.06
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
€ 34.99€ 31.70
€ 34.99
€ 31.70
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
€ 54.33
€ 54.33
Hardback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 38, 38 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPL; AVGP; AVH; AVX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781501704321
- ISBN
- 9781501704321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.06
€ 26.06
Hardcover. Discusses Debussy's music in the context of pop culture Num Pages: 248 pages, 8 colour plates, 41 music excerpts. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253357168
- ISBN
- 9780253357168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.54
€ 39.54
Hardback. George Grove, founder of the "Dictionary of Music and Musicians", was also an engineer, biblical scholar, administrator, educationalist and writer. This study surveys his life and assesses the qualities that led him to play a major role in Victorian cultural life. Num Pages: 366 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; AVA; AVH; BGF; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333948040
- ISBN
- 9780333948040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.88
€ 123.88
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 203 x 18. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781517902582
- ISBN
- 9781517902582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 11.64
€ 18.99
€ 11.64
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- ECW Press,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 111
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550228762
- ISBN
- 9781550228762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 14.74
€ 20.99
€ 14.74
Paperback. A bumper anthology of interviews, accounts and recollections of the Beatles. Series: Mammoth Books. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Robinson
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845299439
- ISBN
- 9781845299439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.96
€ 21.99
€ 15.96
Hardcover. Born in 1766, Franz Xaver Niemetschek came from a musical family, which gave him a deep appreciation and admiration for Mozart's genius. This book, based on documents, letters and other sources, conveys a picture of the social and especially courtly life that formed the background of Mozart's sheer magical talents as composer and virtuoso. Translator(s): Mautner, Helene. Num Pages: 77 pages, 6 ills, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 146 x 11. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- English ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845452315
- ISBN
- 9781845452315
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.46
€ 31.99
€ 25.46
Hardcover. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: AFC; AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 183 x 17. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Puncture Publications United States
- Edition
- Har/Com
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781891241307
- ISBN
- 9781891241307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.02
€ 20.99
€ 15.02
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
Hardback. A 2007 study situating the music of the Hungarian composers Ligeti and Kurtag in political context. Series: Music in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 302 pages, 42 music examples. BIC Classification: 1DVH; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 174 x 17. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521827331
- ISBN
- 9780521827331
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.84
€ 103.84
Hardcover. A reading of the letters between Mozart and his father, placing them in the context of the stylized strategies of the 18th-century epistolary tradition. The book argues that the letters reveal a rebelliousness deep within Mozart's life and work. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JF; AVGC4; AVH; BGF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300075427
- ISBN
- 9780300075427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 28.10
€ 37.99
€ 28.10
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
€ 26.20
€ 26.20
Hardcover. Examines the decline and resurgence of Haydn's reputation in an effort to better understand the forces that shape critical reception on a broad scale. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 300 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, 32 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580465120
- ISBN
- 9781580465120
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.75
€ 115.75
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
€ 50.99€ 39.42
€ 50.99
€ 39.42
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€ 22.26
€ 23.99
€ 22.26
Paperback. Since his death, the legend and popularity of Stevie Ray Vaughn has only grown. This collection of interviews and insights is suitable for a fan of Stevie Ray Vaughn or a professional musician. Series: Guitar World Presents. Num Pages: 258 pages, Black and White Photos throughout. BIC Classification: AVGK; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 420. Stevie Ray Vaughan in His Own Words. Series: Guitar World Presents. 258 pages, Black and White Photos throughout. Since his death, the legend and popularity of Stevie Ray Vaughn has only grown. This collection of interviews and insights is suitable for a fan of Stevie Ray Vaughn or a professional musician. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGK; AVH; BGF. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 16. Weight: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Backbeat Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879309718
- ISBN
- 9780879309718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.79
€ 16.79
Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; AVRB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810869745
- ISBN
- 9780810869745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 102.63€ 55.61
€ 102.63
€ 55.61