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Hardcover. In 1957, New York photojournalist Jerry Dantzic spent time with the iconic singer Billie Holiday during a two-week run of performances at the Newark, New Jersey, nightclub Sugar Hill. This book presents the resulting images which offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse of Billie with her family, friends and her pet chiuhuaha, among others. Num Pages: 144 pages, 190 illustrations, 100 in colour. BIC Classification: AJB; AJCP; AVGQ; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 230. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500544655
- ISBN
- 9780500544655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 7.28
€ 32.99
€ 7.28
Hardback. This work commemorates the 60th birthday of performer, composer, conductor, author and teacher, Anthony Newman. It contains a brief chronology of his life, reviews and interviews, personal reflections on Newman by his friends and Newman's own writing on his life. Editor(s): Donahue, Thomas. Num Pages: 304 pages, index. BIC Classification: AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810838758
- ISBN
- 9780810838758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.33
€ 127.33
Paperback. An authoritative guide to Arvo Part, this Companion provides a rounded picture of the man and his music. Editor(s): Shenton, Andrew. Series: Cambridge Companions to Music. Num Pages: 268 pages, 8 b/w illus. 3 tables 45 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 14. Weight in Grams: 536. Series: Cambridge Companions to Music. 272 pages, 8 b/w illus. 3 tables 45 music examples. Editor(s): Shenton, Andrew. An authoritative guide to Arvo Part, this Companion provides a rounded picture of the man and his music. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 14. Weight: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521279109
- ISBN
- 9780521279109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.86
€ 33.99
€ 31.86
Hardback. Now in its third edition, Latin American Classical Composers provides a singular English-language resource for biographical information on hundreds of composers from Central and South America and the Hispanic Caribbean. Gathered from a variety of sources, it fills the gaps left by other major English-language music dictionaries and encyclopedias. Editor(s): Schleifer, Martha Furman; Galvan, Gary. Num Pages: 764 pages, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; AVGC; AVH; BK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1262.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 764
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810888708
- ISBN
- 9780810888708
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.68
€ 198.68
Hardcover. Offers a study of Verdi's operas in Florence in 1859, in the middle of the composer's career. This title features a systematic examination of Verdi's operas, it covered the twenty works produced between 1842 and 1857 - from Nabucco and Macbeth to Il trovatore, La traviata, and Aroldo. Editor(s): Castelvecchi, Stefano. Translator(s): Schneider, Edward; Castelvecchi, Stefano. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226094915
- ISBN
- 9780226094915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.46€ 50.49
€ 59.46
€ 50.49
Hardcover. In this collection of essays and interviews, nine gifted composers openly discuss their work. Editor(s): Slayton, Michael K. Num Pages: 496 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC6; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 868.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810877429
- ISBN
- 9780810877429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.39
€ 150.39
Hardback. Presents a volume of 453 letters written by and to composer Charles Ives (1874-1954). This book provides insight into one of the most paradoxical careers in American music history. It offers a view on Ives's personality and his creative process. It includes correspondence with musicians and critics such as John Cage, Aaron Copland, and others. Editor(s): Owens, Tom C. Num Pages: 410 pages, 31 b/w photographs, 4 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 188 x 30. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520246065
- ISBN
- 9780520246065
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.78€ 63.57
€ 82.78
€ 63.57
Paperback. A celebration of the musical genius of Cash and a look at every album Cash released, the stories behind the hits, and how he sustained a fantastic nearly 50-year career. Series: FAQ Series. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: AVGL; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Backbeat Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781480385405
- ISBN
- 9781480385405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.08
€ 26.99
€ 25.08
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
€ 45.99€ 33.15
€ 45.99
€ 33.15
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
€ 58.30€ 53.21
€ 58.30
€ 53.21
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
€ 55.36
€ 55.36
Hardcover. Through rap and hip hop, entertainers have provided a voice questioning and challenging the sanctioned view of society. Examining the moral and social implications of Kanye West's art in the context of Western civilization's preconceived ideas, the contributors consider how West both challenges religious and moral norms and propagates them. Editor(s): Bailey, Julius. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AVGR; AVH; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137395818
- ISBN
- 9781137395818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.67
€ 143.67
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€ 43.38
€ 51.99
€ 43.38
Hardback. The "Treatise on Musical Objects" by Pierre Schaeffer is regarded as his most important work on music and its relationship with technology. Drawing on acoustics, physics, and physiology, but also philosophy and the relationship between subject and object, this book summarizes his theoretical and practical work in music composition. Translator(s): North, Christine; Dack, John. Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 543 pages, 6 music ex, 7 b/w halftones, 55 line art. BIC Classification: AVC; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 543
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520294295
- ISBN
- 9780520294295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.27€ 71.30
€ 93.27
€ 71.30
paperback. "I'm in the Band" charts White Zombie's rise from the gritty music scene of New York's Lower East Side in the 80s to arena headliners during the 90s alternative-explosion that followed, while sharing the unlikely story of a female musician who won the respect and adoration of male metal musicians and fans. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 281 x 13. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Counterpoint United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781593762995
- ISBN
- 9781593762995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.40
€ 33.99
€ 25.40
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Perigee Trade
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780399537547
- ISBN
- 9780399537547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.98
€ 15.99
€ 14.98
Paperback. A comprehensive overview of the magnificent, but relatively unknown, body of music by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach which makes the case for regarding him as one of the major classical composers Series: Unlocking the Masters Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Amadeus Press
- Edition
- Pap/Com
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574674675
- ISBN
- 9781574674675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.41
€ 33.41
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€ 16.18
€ 21.99
€ 16.18
Hardback. Radie Britain (1899-1994) was a famous twentieth-century composer whose orchestral compositions have been performed by leading orchestras around the world and one composition, 'A String Quartet,' was performed at the White House. Includes a chronology of events and awards and a chronological list of her works. Series: Composers of North America. Num Pages: 444 pages, music, ports. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJ; AVGC6; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 149 x 29. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810827332
- ISBN
- 9780810827332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.54
€ 191.54
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. Blind Tom was the stage name of Thomas Greene Wiggins, a blind black pianist born into slavery in 1849. In this focused, consequential study, Southall reformulates the debate surrounding Blind Tom and expands its dimensions significantly. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 b&w photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AVH; BGF; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810845459
- ISBN
- 9780810845459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.22
€ 57.22
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
€ 86.28€ 77.59
€ 86.28
€ 77.59
Paperback. A survey of the impressive career of Hugo Friedhofer, composer for Hollywood movies. His life is examined through essays, personal letters, and interviews with film historians and friends of the composer, but the largest contribution is by Friedhofer himself in the form of an oral history. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 b&w photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APF; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 214 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810844780
- ISBN
- 9780810844780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.82
€ 65.82
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
€ 134.08€ 109.88
€ 134.08
€ 109.88