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Hardcover. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 722 pages, 41 black & white illustrations, 36 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; BGF; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1256.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 722
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810882645
- ISBN
- 9780810882645
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.38€ 70.34
€ 142.38
€ 70.34
Hardback. 536 pages, 41, 41 black and white. Makela's study brings together German, Nordic and Anglo-American work on Sibelius, and synthesizes these various strands of Sibelius reception into a single coherent critical narrative. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVGC6; AVH. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 41. Weight: 1344.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843836889
- ISBN
- 9781843836889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 48.40
€ 50.99
€ 48.40
Hardcover. Tito Puente was the popular and combative King of Latin rhythm who climbed from El Barrio to international fame and recognition, influencing multiple generations of jazzers and Latin rockers from Dizzy Gillespie to Santana. This book reclaims Tito's rightful place in the history of music, and tells the story of Tito's intensity for perfection. Num Pages: 512 pages, Black and White Photo Insert. BIC Classification: AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 37. Weight in Grams: 918. My Journey with Tito Puente. 512 pages, Black and White Photo Insert. Tito Puente was the popular and combative King of Latin rhythm who climbed from El Barrio to international fame and recognition, influencing multiple generations of jazzers and Latin rockers from Dizzy Gillespie to Santana. This book reclaims Tito's rightful place in the history of music, and tells the story of Tito's intensity for perfection. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVH. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 37. Weight: 918.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Backbeat
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617130298
- ISBN
- 9781617130298
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 16.94
€ 31.99
€ 16.94
Hardcover. All-new interviews with 33 of the world's leading composers--from Adams and Crumb to Gubaidulina and Rihm--give unique insights into the creative process. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580465939
- ISBN
- 9781580465939
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.36
€ 50.99
€ 42.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Silman-James Press,U.S.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935247135
- ISBN
- 9781935247135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.30
€ 25.99
€ 24.30
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
€ 74.42€ 58.21
€ 74.42
€ 58.21
Hardcover. From the Middle Ages onwards, writers, artists, and composers became self-consciously aware of the vast potential for external references to enrich their works. This volume represents a multidisciplinary approach to the themes of citation and intertextual play. It includes essays that investigate work by renowned authors, composers, and artists. Editor(s): Plumley, Yolanda; Di Bacco, Giuliano; Jossa, Stefano. Series: Exeter Studies in Medieval Europe. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10. BIC Classification: ACK; AVA; AVH; AVQ; DSBB; DSC; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB; JMRM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 238 x 23. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898515
- ISBN
- 9780859898515
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.53
€ 135.53
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 337
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783270828
- ISBN
- 9781783270828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.48
€ 99.48
Hardback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 272 pages, 49 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; AVGL; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252040108
- ISBN
- 9780252040108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.26
€ 123.26
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
€ 65.40€ 51.26
€ 65.40
€ 51.26
Hardback. When they were creating and releasing their most influential albums in the mid to late 1970s, Kraftwerk were far from the musical mainstream. This collection of original essays looks at Kraftwerk - their legacy and influence - from a variety of angles. Editor(s): Albiez, Sean; Pattie, David. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVGV; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441165077
- ISBN
- 9781441165077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.30€ 130.54
€ 135.30
€ 130.54
hardcover. A biography of Mozart, it presents a study of Mozart's life and works. It aims to reach a better understanding of the composer by viewing him in the context of his times. It considers how his extraordinary experiences as a child prodigy coloured his approach to the world and his contemporaries. Num Pages: 672 pages, 15 music examples; 35 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JF; AVGC4; AVGC9; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 167 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1088.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780198165293
- ISBN
- 9780198165293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.51
€ 30.51
Paperback. Traces the influential careers of the three guitarists in rock and roll - Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page - with insightful interviews from the '60s and '70s onwards. This title shows how these guitar heroes developed their styles and sounds as they were doing it. It also contains details on legendary collaborations. Editor(s): Molenda, Michael. Series: Guitar Player Presents. Num Pages: 232 pages, Black and White Photos and Illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; AVRL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Backbeat Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879309756
- ISBN
- 9780879309756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.60
€ 15.99
€ 15.60
Hardcover. This volume analyses the work of Nick Cave, a singular, idiosyncratic and brilliant musician, specifically through his engagements with theology and the Bible. Series: Studies in Popular Music. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; HRCG; HRCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908049674
- ISBN
- 9781908049674
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.21
€ 88.21
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Omnibus Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780383170
- ISBN
- 9781780383170
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 19.09
€ 36.99
€ 19.09
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
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, 40 photographs. BIC Classification: AVGK; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 173 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195395570
- ISBN
- 9780195395570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.83
€ 29.83
Hardcover. As the 1960s ended, Herbie Hancock embarked on a grand creative experiment. Having just been dismissed from the celebrated Miles Davis Quintet, he brought a new group of musicians together into what would become a revolutionary band. This book offers a comprehensive study of this seminal group. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 halftones, 22 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; AVH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226300047
- ISBN
- 9780226300047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.20€ 75.68
€ 90.20
€ 75.68
Hardback. examines the influence of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on two major nineteenth-century composers, Richard Wagner and Robert Schumann. During 1845 46 the compositional styles of Schumann and Wagner changed in a common direction, toward a style that was more contrapuntal, more densely motivic, and engaged in processes of thematic transformation. Num Pages: 232 pages, 116. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVGC5; AVGC9; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285569
- ISBN
- 9780520285569
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.01€ 49.03
€ 62.01
€ 49.03
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Plumbago Books and Arts United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956600745
- ISBN
- 9780956600745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.74€ 47.52
€ 50.74
€ 47.52
Paperback. A photographic journey, including a selection of previously unpublished images, that reveal the man 'behind the scenes' at work and play. A new and often surprising portrait of this major musical genius. Editor(s): Brimmer, Jude; Clark, Nicholas. Num Pages: 288 pages, 400, 80 colour, 320 black and white. BIC Classification: AJCP; AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 253 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1256. 288 pages, 400, 80 colour, 320 black and white. Editor(s): Brimmer, Jude; Clark, Nicholas. A photographic journey, including a selection of previously unpublished images, that reveal the man 'behind the scenes' at work and play. A new and often surprising portrait of this major musical genius. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AJCP; AVGC6; AVH. Dimension: 252 x 253 x 20. Weight: 1238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843837497
- ISBN
- 9781843837497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.86
€ 25.99
€ 22.86
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