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"Features the voices .. of twenty-six of the most luminous artists and thinkers in the American cultural firmament, from Eudora Welty, Pete Seeger, and Alice Walker to William Eggleston, Bobby Rush, and C. Vann Woodward .. drawn from one-on-one interviews conducted by folklorist William Ferris over the past forty years"--Dust jacket flap. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: AGB; AJ; AVH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 215 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1024.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469607542
- ISBN
- 9781469607542
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 38.42
€ 41.99
€ 38.42
This entire volume is organized in a clear, readable format, resulting in a book that will help to make productions of The Cunning Little Vixen in the original Czech much easier a task than ever before. Series: Opera Librettis. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 line illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810846715
- ISBN
- 9780810846715
Condition: New
€ 120.17
€ 120.17
Paperback. Explores how musicians, both individually and collectively, learn to improvise. Chronicling musicians from their first encounters with jazz to the development of a unique improvisatory voice, Berliner demonstrates that a lifetime of preparation lies behind the skilled improviser's every note. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 904 pages, 2 halftones, 250 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVGK; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 228 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1220. The Infinite Art of Improvisation. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. 904 pages, 2 halftones, 250 music examples. Explores how musicians, both individually and collectively, learn to improvise. Chronicling musicians from their first encounters with jazz to the development of a unique improvisatory voice, Berliner demonstrates that a lifetime of preparation lies behind the skilled improviser's every note. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVGK; AVH. Dimension: 157 x 228 x 48. Weight: 1220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 904
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226043814
- ISBN
- 9780226043814
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 28.96
€ 43.99
€ 28.96
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- powerHouse Books,U.S. United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781576874813
- ISBN
- 9781576874813
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.82
€ 41.99
€ 37.82
Hardback. At a time when the hottest issue in US immigration law is the proposed action by President Obama to protect from deportation as many as 5 million illegals in the United States, the 1972 John Lennon deportation case takes on special relevance today. This book tells the story of this landmark case - John Lennon vs The USA. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVH; LAZ; LNDA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- American Bar Association
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634254267
- ISBN
- 9781634254267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.79
€ 29.99
€ 27.79
Hardback. A complete musical biography and an exhaustive bibliography with a catalog of David Diamond's works and premiere performances through 1986. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810820586
- ISBN
- 9780810820586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.49
€ 84.49
Hardback. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) was a popular and important British composer, born of a West African doctor and a British mother. This volume traces the development of his compositional style, from his final years at the Royal College of Music (1895-1897) to the time of his death in 1912. Num Pages: 207 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810827370
- ISBN
- 9780810827370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.92
€ 109.92
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
€ 26.99€ 18.52
€ 26.99
€ 18.52
hardcover. A multi-volume authoritative reference source for information about the life and career of George Frideric Handel. Editor(s): Burrows, Donald; Coffey, Helen; Greenacombe, John; Hicks, Anthony. Num Pages: 872 pages, 16 b/w illus. 4 colour illus. BIC Classification: AVGC3; AVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 174 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1900.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 972
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107019546
- ISBN
- 9781107019546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.97
€ 199.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 472 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: AVA; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520067479
- ISBN
- 9780520067479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.65
€ 37.99
€ 27.65
Hardback. The first black American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for music (for his composition Lilacs), George Walker recounts the most significant events in his life and distinguished career as a composer and a musician. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations, printed music items. BIC Classification: AVH; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810869400
- ISBN
- 9780810869400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.30
€ 79.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 25 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 239 x 29. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Books
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822314738
- ISBN
- 9780822314738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.10
€ 34.99
€ 31.10
Hardcover. A collection of songs, rhymes and stories from the childhood of the 'Mother of Folk', Jean Ritchie Num Pages: 80 pages, Nearly 100 colour and black and white photos and original illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: AVGH; AVH; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 213. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781495007880
- ISBN
- 9781495007880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.78
€ 35.78
Hardcover. Warren Roberts has discovered a Rossini that others have not seen, a composer who commented ironically and satirically on religion and politics in Post-Napoleonic Europe. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 254 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580465304
- ISBN
- 9781580465304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.84
€ 106.84
Paperback. "Previously published in much different forms as Wheeler-dealer, and Wheeling the deal"--Title page verso. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rare Bird Books United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781942600244
- ISBN
- 9781942600244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.69
€ 17.69
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
€ 51.99€ 40.03
€ 51.99
€ 40.03
Paperback. Editor(s): Huss, John; Werther, David. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: AVGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cricket Books, a division of Carus Publishing Co United States
- Edition
- First Printing
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812696455
- ISBN
- 9780812696455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.40
€ 31.99
€ 27.40
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€ 22.50
€ 23.99
€ 22.50
Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Gignoux, Dany. Num Pages: 136 pages, illus. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; AVRN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 294 x 227 x 17. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1899
- Publisher
- Nieswand-Verlag GmbH. Germany
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783926048608
- ISBN
- 9783926048608
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.90€ 46.28
€ 64.90
€ 46.28
Hardcover. An expert's guide to the skills of the greatest conductors Num Pages: 352 pages, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; AVRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 167 x 35. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300093261
- ISBN
- 9780300093261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.57
€ 42.99
€ 30.57
Hardcover. Num Pages: 194 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; AVX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 32. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810884328
- ISBN
- 9780810884328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.62
€ 126.62
Paperback. This is the first study of Brian Wilson to eschew chronology in favor of a topical organization that allows discussion of lyrical themes and musical motifs outside of any prejudicial presumptions about their place in the trajectory of his career. Series: Icons of Pop Music. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 black and white photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845536633
- ISBN
- 9781845536633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.36
€ 42.36
Paperback. Beginning with her breakthrough alongside husband Sonny Bono in the '60s, it takes in the high highs-and low lows-of the '70s, the big-screen success of the '80s, and global superstardom in the '90s, and continues right up to her comeback alongside Christina Aguilera in Burlesque. Num Pages: 272 pages, Black and White Photo Insert. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 645. All I Really Want to Do. 272 pages, Black and White Photo Insert. Beginning with her breakthrough alongside husband Sonny Bono in the '60s, it takes in the high highs-and low lows-of the '70s, the big-screen success of the '80s, and global superstardom in the '90s, and continues right up to her comeback alongside Christina Aguilera in Burlesque. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Dimension: 215 x 153 x 25. Weight: 644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Backbeat Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617134524
- ISBN
- 9781617134524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.76
€ 21.76
Paperback. Luigi Russolo (1885-1947) - painter, composer, builder of musical instruments, and first-hour member of the Italian Futurist movement - was a crucial figure in the evolution of twentieth-century aesthetics. This title emphasizes the futurist's interest in the occult, showing it to be a leitmotif for his life and a foundation for his art of noises. Num Pages: 296 pages, 29 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: ACXD; AGB; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406. Noise, Visual Arts, and the Occult. 296 pages, illustrations. Luigi Russolo (1885-1947) - painter, composer, builder of musical instruments, and first-hour member of the Italian Futurist movement - was a crucial figure in the evolution of twentieth-century aesthetics. This title emphasizes the futurist's interest in the occult, showing it to be a leitmotif for his life and a foundation for his art of noises. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ACXD; AGB; AVH. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 18. Weight: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270640
- ISBN
- 9780520270640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35