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Paperback. Documents the lives, careers, and music of three British composers, William Selby of London and Boston (1738-98), Rayner Taylor of London and Philadelphia (1745-1825), and George K Jackson of St Andrews, New York, and Boston (1757-1822) who emigrated from England in mid-career and became leaders in the musical life of the American Federal era. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 256 pages, 21 photographs; 14 maps/graphs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; AVGC4; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252075957
- ISBN
- 9780252075957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.16
€ 38.16
paperback. In this title, Walter Frisch provides a sensitive, analytical commentary on Braham's four symphonies as well as a consideration of their place within his oeuvre, within the symphonic repertory of his day, and within the broader musical culture of 19th-century Germany and Austria. Series: Yale Music Masterworks. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 233 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300099652
- ISBN
- 9780300099652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.97
€ 23.99
€ 17.97
Paperback. Translator(s): Mendel, Arthur; Broder, Nathan. Series: Galaxy Books. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: AVH. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1965
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195007329
- ISBN
- 9780195007329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.95
€ 28.95
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
Paperback. Suitable for the heavyweight Berry fans, this work offers things you wanted to know about Chuck Berry. It is comprehensively annotated, with dozens of illustrations of rare record labels and sleeves. It contains Cover Hits (covers of Chuck Berry songs that were hits) and Soundalikes (over 800 soundalike recordings, including many rarities). Num Pages: 546 pages, 261 b/w photos. BIC Classification: AVD; AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 892.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Music Mentor Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 546
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780954706890
- ISBN
- 9780954706890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 27.03
€ 40.99
€ 27.03
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
€ 39.36
€ 39.36
Hardback. A revelatory account of the life of beloved American music icon, Paul Simon, by the bestselling rock biographer Peter Ames Carlin Num Pages: 432 pages, 2x 8pp colour plate section. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 310 x 38. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781472125842
- ISBN
- 9781472125842
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.00€ 6.02
€ 20.00
€ 6.02
hardcover. Simosko details the life and music of Serge Chaloff in an engaging style, from his childhood in Boston, Massachusetts, through his untimely death in 1957. He also provides a discography of Chaloff's recorded output, much of which has been made available by the 1993 Mosaic Records release of The Complete Serge Chaloff Sessions. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 208 pages, 16 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVGK; AVH; BGF; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810833968
- ISBN
- 9780810833968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.53
€ 115.53
Hardback. Featuring ten essays on different aspects of the compositions, artistic influences, and persona of Richard Strauss, this title explores the composer's relationship to his own work and to that of his noted contemporaries. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVGC6; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 37. Weight in Grams: 929.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313279010
- ISBN
- 9780313279010
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.07€ 77.34
€ 85.07
€ 77.34
Hardback. Num Pages: 822 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1198.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- 4 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 822
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810872646
- ISBN
- 9780810872646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 305.48
€ 305.48
Hardcover. Best-known as Mozart's envious nemesis, Antonio Salieri was actually among the leading opera composers of his age. This study seeks to restore Salieri's musical reputation, and identifies some orchestration, melodic style and form as distinctly "Salierian". It includes many excerpts from his works. Num Pages: 664 pages, 2 colour plates, 51 halftones, 223 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JF; AVGC4; AVGC9; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 175 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 664
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226711256
- ISBN
- 9780226711256
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.20€ 109.13
€ 132.20
€ 109.13
Paperback. It's been over forty years since the tragic death of Jimi Hendrix, yet his popularity is undiminished and his place as the preeminent electric guitarist of the ages is still unrivaled. This book delves into the legendary life and career of the greatest man to ever pick up a guitar. Num Pages: 368 pages, 60 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611458701
- ISBN
- 9781611458701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.62
€ 16.99
€ 15.62
paperback. Bringing together reception history, music analysis and criticism, the history of music theory, and the philosophy of music, this book explores the nature and persistence of Beethoven's heroic style. It is of interest to those interested in canon formation in the arts and in music as a cultural, ethical, and emotional force. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC5; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780691050584
- ISBN
- 9780691050584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.76
€ 52.76
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781423455158
- ISBN
- 9781423455158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.85
€ 26.99
€ 23.85
Hardcover. Essays and memoirs by and about one of Britain's leading symphonists. A lively collection by contributions from Roger Scruton, Judith Weir, John McCabe, Arnold Whittall, Hugh Wood and many others. Editor(s): Hyde, Thomas. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, frontispiece, printed music items. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Plumbago Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956600769
- ISBN
- 9780956600769
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.00
€ 55.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: AVGL; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- BenBella Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781940363172
- ISBN
- 9781940363172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.82
€ 20.99
€ 18.82
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843837893
- ISBN
- 9781843837893
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.10
€ 51.99
€ 43.10
paperback. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 225 x 12. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Apogee Books (US) Canada
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781926837291
- ISBN
- 9781926837291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.29
€ 27.99
€ 19.29
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
€ 66.67€ 52.29
€ 66.67
€ 52.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, recorded music items. BIC Classification: AVH; BGFA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 121 x 15. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816667697
- ISBN
- 9780816667697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.26
€ 15.99
€ 15.26
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
€ 137.95€ 131.78
€ 137.95
€ 131.78
Hardback. In this attempt to shed new light on Alban Berg's life and music, the three main sections are each devoted to a particular genre. The first essay in each section surveys Berg's development within the genre concerned, whilst the subsequent chapters discuss particular works in more detail. Editor(s): Jarman, Douglas. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGC; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333427187
- ISBN
- 9780333427187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.43
€ 135.43
Hardcover. Antony Hegarty, lead singer of the critically acclaimed band Antony and the Johnsons, presents his debut book collection of art - a gorgeous combination of visual art, song lyrics and other various mediums (painting, drawing, photography and collage) that inform each other and provide an interesting commentary on Antony's music. Num Pages: 144 pages, 75 full-color illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 274 x 247 x 21. Weight in Grams: 986. Swanlights. 144 pages, 75 full-color illustrations. Antony Hegarty, lead singer of the critically acclaimed band Antony and the Johnsons, presents his debut book collection of art - a gorgeous combination of visual art, song lyrics and other various mediums (painting, drawing, photography and collage) that inform each other and provide an interesting commentary on Antony's music. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Dimension: 274 x 247 x 21. Weight: 986.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Abrams Image
- Edition
- Har/Com
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810996809
- ISBN
- 9780810996809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.19
€ 36.99
€ 33.19
Paperback. Searching for the disappearing subject in Kid A and Amnesiac Series: Profiles in Popular Music. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 music exx. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253222725
- ISBN
- 9780253222725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.72
€ 27.99
€ 25.72