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Hardcover. Robert Schumann (1810-56) is one of the most important and representative composers of the Romantic era. Born in Zwickau, Germany, he began piano instruction at age seven and immediately developed a passion for music. This book tells the story of this multifaceted genius, set in the context of the political and social revolutions of his time. Translator(s): Spencer, Mr. Stewart. Num Pages: 280 pages, 23 halftones, 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226284699
- ISBN
- 9780226284699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.18
€ 40.99
€ 31.18
Paperback. Translator(s): Miriam John, by; John, M. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714504902
- ISBN
- 9780714504902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.40
€ 15.40
Hardcover. 176 pages, illustrations. Over the 15 years, photographer Autumn de Wilde and Beck Hansen's friendship and collaboration have yielded a body of work every bit as playful, and lyrical as his music. This title, created in collaboration with Beck himself collects the photographs, including images documenting the recording of his seminal album "Mutations". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Dimension: 240 x 286 x 20. Weight: 1116.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811869522
- ISBN
- 9780811869522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.19
€ 36.99
€ 35.19
Hardcover. From one of the leading scholars of the composer's works, an exploration of the unswerving artistic vision underlying Beethoven's symphonies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 illustrations; 10 music examples. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393076448
- ISBN
- 9780393076448
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.72
€ 31.99
€ 26.72
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580463614
- ISBN
- 9781580463614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.68
€ 47.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, charts. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVGT; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782194262
- ISBN
- 9781782194262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.11
€ 16.99
€ 15.11
Hardcover. Series: American Music Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8 b&w photos. BIC Classification: AVGR; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 585. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292759435
- ISBN
- 9780292759435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.66
€ 29.99
€ 29.66
Hardcover. Series: Collected Works of Norbert Elias. 200 pages, col. Illustrations. Editor(s): Baker, Eric R.; Mennell, Stephen. Like his father Leopold, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was dependent on a court aristocracy in whose eyes he was little more than a domestic servant. This title presents an account of this extraordinarily gifted artist born into a society that did not yet possess either the concept of 'genius' or (at least in music) that of freelance artist. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVH. Dimension: 242 x 167 x 25. Weight: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press Dublin
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906359096
- ISBN
- 9781906359096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.54€ 52.12
€ 57.54
€ 52.12
Hardback. Investigates Chadwick's symphonic compositions based on their historical background. Detailed musical analysis provides an understanding of the stylistic and structural tendencies. An exhaustive review of the critical reception of Chadwick's symphonic oeuvre places the works in a cultural context. Series: Composers of North America. Num Pages: 238 pages, music. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810830387
- ISBN
- 9780810830387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.06
€ 117.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Quest Books,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780835609159
- ISBN
- 9780835609159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.43
€ 17.99
€ 17.43
Paperback. This volume examines the creative work of the avant-gardist John Cage, from an interdisciplinary perspective. His activities as a composer, performer, thinker and artist are explored. Num Pages: 304 pages, 7 halftones, 11 drawings, 4 colour plates, 1 table, 22 musical reproductions. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC6; AVH; DSBH; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226044088
- ISBN
- 9780226044088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.17
€ 41.99
€ 32.17
Hardback. The account of Bartok's compositional processes stresses the composer's position as one of the masters of Western music history, and avoids a purely theoretical approach or one that emphasizes him as an enthusiast for Hungarian folk music. Series: Ernest Bloch Lectures. Num Pages: 340 pages, 90 b&w illustrations, 84 music examples. BIC Classification: 1DVH; AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 187 x 27. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520084858
- ISBN
- 9780520084858
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.71€ 58.09
€ 75.71
€ 58.09
Paperback. Paying particular attention to hula performances that toured throughout the U.S. beginning in the late nineteenth century, Adria L. Imada investigates the role of hula in the American colonization of Hawai'i. Num Pages: 392 pages, 80 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352075
- ISBN
- 9780822352075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.74
€ 35.99
€ 31.74
Hardback. A detailed and long-overdue study of Frank Bridge's music and its socio-cultural and aesthetic contexts Num Pages: 259 pages, 108 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 179 x 247 x 20. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783270590
- ISBN
- 9781783270590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.15
€ 88.15
hardcover. Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) was the most influential composer for the organ in the 20th century. Using Messiaen's own analytical and aesthetic notes as a point of departure, this title offers commentary on the performance of Messiaen's 66 organ works. It provides background information on the composition and premiere of each piece. Num Pages: 428 pages, 7 b&w illus., 35 musical exx. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; AVRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 38. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253353733
- ISBN
- 9780253353733
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.73
€ 46.99
€ 46.73
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810869110
- ISBN
- 9780810869110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.48
€ 127.48
Paperback. Presents an account of Britten's life, exploring his deeply held and controversial pacifism; his complex forty-year relationship with Peter Pears; and his creation of an artistic community in Aldeburgh. This book helps us understand the relationship of Britten's music to his life, and takes us as far into its alchemy as we are ever likely to go. Num Pages: 688 pages, black & white illustrations, 32pp b/w inset. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781846142338
- ISBN
- 9781846142338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 14.93
€ 24.99
€ 14.93
Paperback. Morrissey FAQ will put to rest any questions and doubts about the singer known around the world for his meaningful lyrics and biting wit. Series: FAQ Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, black and white images throughout. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 32. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781480394483
- ISBN
- 9781480394483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.02
€ 26.99
€ 25.02
Paperback. The Creole Band, which existed from 1914-1918, was the first important jazz band, bringing jazz to the wider American public, from California to Massachusetts. This is the first history of the important group, written by a renowned scholar of early jazz. Num Pages: 400 pages, 47 halftones & line illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199732333
- ISBN
- 9780199732333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.71
€ 41.99
€ 41.71
Hardcover. Series: Tempo: A Rowman & Littlefield Music Series on Rock, Pop, and Culture. Num Pages: 308 pages, 1 tables. BIC Classification: AVGH; AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810884205
- ISBN
- 9780810884205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.41
€ 74.41
Paperback. Refreshing and insightful, Beatlemania offers a deeper understanding the days of the Fab Four and the band's long-term effects on the business and culture of pop music. Series: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; JFC; KNTF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405254
- ISBN
- 9781421405254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99
€ 34.99
Hardcover. The story of the new Australian band taking the pop world by storm, from their humble beginnings posting videos of their songs on YouTube, to touring with One Direction and releasing their first album. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Michael O'Mara
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782433675
- ISBN
- 9781782433675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.93
€ 24.99
€ 22.93
Paperback. This owner's manual, accompanied by a full-length audio CD, surveys all the major works with orchestra: symphonies, concertos, tone poems, operas, ballets, suites, and songs. Series: Unlocking the Masters Series. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Amadeus Press
- Edition
- Pap/Com
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574674422
- ISBN
- 9781574674422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.73
€ 38.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, Photo's, Tickets, Programmes & Memorabilia. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 279 x 36. Weight in Grams: 354. Clean copy with minor shelf wear and some sunning
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1900
- Publisher
- Red Planet
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KOG0000224
- ISBN
- 9781905959945
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99