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The Thematic Process in Music by Rudolph Richard Reti 9780837198750
£83.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837198750Author Rudolph Richard RetiFormat HardbackPage Count 362Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO -
Instrumental Music Printed Before 1600 by Howard Mayer Brown 9780674731660
£55.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674731660Author Howard Mayer BrownFormat HardbackPage Count 559Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 1102g -
Alun Hoddinott: A Bio-Bibliography by Professor Stewart R. Craggs 9780313273216
£60.75Internationally known Welsh composer Alun Hoddinott has played a major role in the promotion of contemporary music in his country through his own prolific compositions--operas; orchestral, chamber, band, and solo instrumental pieces; choral music; songs;... -
African Music: A Bibliographical Guide to the Traditional, Popular, Art, and Liturgical Musics of Sub-Saharan Africa by John Gray 9780313277696
£73.77African Music is devoted to ethnographic, anthropological, musicological, and popular studies of sub-Saharan African music from the 1890s to the present. The bibliography is organized into six basic sections. Section one covers works on cultural policy... -
International Music Journals by Linda M. Fidler 9780313250040
£72.57Fidler and James have edited a guide that characterizes and evaluates, in depth, the leading journals throughout the musical professions. The listings number some 170 titles, selected for their historical as well as contemporary significance. . . ... -
Heitor Villa-Lobos: A Bio-Bibliography by David P. Appleby 9780313253461
£72.57One of the most prolific composers of the 20th century, Heitor Villa-Lobos' influence on the music of Latin America was enormous. This bio-bibliography, published to coincide with the centennial celebration of the composer's birth, contains comprehensive... -
Steve Reich: A Bio-Bibliography by D. J. Hoek 9780313312076
£103.17In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Steve Reich was considered a fringe experimentalist. His work consisted largely of repeating, slowly changing patterns unlike either the serialism or the aleatory that predominated at that time. Today, however, Reich is... -
Forty Years of Steel: An Annotated Discography of Steel Band and Pan Recordings, 1951-1991 by Jeffrey Thomas 9780313279522
£72.57The first book of its kind, this discography covers the history of steel band and pan music on recordings from their beginnings. In more than 775 entries, it comprises all known recordings on phonograph records, cassettes, and compact disks in which one... -
Frank Sinatra and Popular Culture: Essays on an American Icon by Leonard Mustazza 9780275964955
£95.82Frank Sinatra's influence on American popular culture has been wide reaching and long lasting. This diverse collection of essays written by historians, music critics, and popular culture personalities offers a myriad of perspectives and commentaries on... -
Peter Schickele: A Bio-Bibliography by Tammy Ravas 9780313320705
£83.24Covers the life and works of classical music composer, Peter Schickele, who is probably best known for his humorous alter ego, P.D.Q. Bach. Schickele has walked the line between a professional composer and musical satirist for over 35 years, and his... -
Composers on Composers by John L. Holmes 9780313266027
£76.60This reference provides a new perspective on the work of music's great composers from Bach to Stravinsky, by compiling the comments and criticism offered by other composers, such as Mahler, Wagner, Ravel, Tchaikovsky, and many others. Holmes presents an... -
Wiser Than Despair: The Evolution of Ideas in the Relationship of Music and the Christian Church by Quentin Faulkner 9780313296451
£83.24This book addresses a highly complex and elusive matter: why the Christian Church was able to contribute so generously to music from its earliest days through the 18th century and why it has suffered since that time from a creeping artistic paralysis... -
Proust as Musician by Jean-Jacques Nattiez 9780521363495
RRP: £90.00£67.25Does one need to know the rules of harmony to be considered a musician? Throughout A la recherche du temps perdu, and particularly ' Swann in Love', Proust displays a surprising sensitivity to the way music is heard, a sensitivity to which we owe some of... -
Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra by John Williamson 9780521400763
RRP: £75.00£47.90Richard Strauss's tone poem Also sprach Zarathustra is one of his most controversial works. Its greatest popularity has been achieved when its connection with Nietzsche's book of the same name has seemed less relevant than its associations with Kubrick's... -
Orlando di Lasso Studies by Peter Bergquist 9780521593878
RRP: £90.00£67.25Orlando di Lasso was probably the most famous and most popular composer of the second half of the 1500s. This book of essays written by leading scholars from Europe and the United States is a survey of a broad spectrum of Lasso's music. The essays... -
Music in Eighteenth-Century Austria by David Wyn Jones 9780521453493
RRP: £90.00£67.65The music of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven forms a cornerstone of the modern repertoire, but very little is known about the context in which these composers worked. This volume of twelve essays by leading international scholars considers some of the... -
The Early Clarinet: A Practical Guide by Colin Lawson 9780521624596
RRP: £90.00£61.57This practical guide is intended for all clarinettists with a desire to investigate music of earlier periods. It contains practical help on both the aquisition and playing of historical clarinets, while players of modern instruments will find much advice... -
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 by David Lee Brodbeck 9780521474320
RRP: £75.00£48.87Brahms' First Symphony has been hailed as Beethoven's Tenth. Its controversial status and relationship in the Beethovenian tradition is considered alongside other important issues in the early reception history of this key work in the symphonic repertory... -
Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps by Anthony Pople 9780521584975
RRP: £75.00£48.87The Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time) is among the best-known compositions by Olivier Messiaen (1908-92). Like virtually all of his works, it combines the striking technical achievement of Messiaen's rich and attractive musical... -
Vocal Authority: Singing Style and Ideology by John Potter 9780521563567
RRP: £90.00£67.25Why do singers sing in the way they do? Why, for example, is western classical singing so different from pop singing? How is it that Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballe could sing together? These are the kinds of questions which John Potter, a singer... -
Music of the World War II Era by William H. Young 9780313338915
£64.82In the World War II era, big bands and swing music reached the heights of popularity with soldiers as well as friends and loved ones back home. Many entertainers such as Glenn Miller also served in the military, or supported the war effort with bond... -
Richard Mico: The Four-Part Consort Music by Richard Mico 9780951752449
£17.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780951752449Author Richard MicoFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint Fretwork PublishingPublisher Fretwork PublishingWeight(grams) 210g -
Artist Music Release Journal by Hanson Asiedu 9781008992535
RRP: £19.12£16.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781008992535Author Hanson AsieduFormat HardbackPage Count 102Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 152g -
Death at the Podium by Senior Conservator Ethnology Robert Barclay 9780986787928
£14.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986787928Author Senior Conservator Ethnology Robert BarclayFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Loose Cannon PressPublisher Loose Cannon... -
America's Musical Pulse: Popular Music in Twentieth-Century Society by Kenneth J. Bindas 9780313274657
£65.93Popular music may be viewed as primary documents of society, and America's Musical Pulse documents the American experience as recorded in popular sound. Whether jazz, blues, swing, country, or rock, the music, the impulse behind it, and the reaction to... -
Healed with Style and Grace by Jai Hudson 9780996686600
RRP: £30.93£27.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996686600Author Jai HudsonFormat HardbackPage Count 534Imprint Cre8ive PublishingPublisher Cre8ive PublishingWeight(grams) 862g -
Studies in Musicology: Essays in the History, Style, and Bibliography of Music in Memory of Glen Haydon by James W. Pruett 9780837188836
£83.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837188836Author James W. PruettFormat HardbackPage Count 286Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO -
Music on My Beat: An Intimate Volume of Shop Talk by Hyman H. Taubman 9780837194332
£55.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837194332Author Hyman H. TaubmanFormat HardbackPage Count 267Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO -
The Education of a Concert-Goer by Homer Ulrich 9780837198729
£55.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837198729Author Homer UlrichFormat HardbackPage Count 257Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO -
Music as Metaphor: The Elements of Expression by Donald Nivison Ferguson 9780837169811
£65.53Analysis of the elements of musical expression, correlating musical theme with the nervous tension and impulses which characterize human emotion.Book InformationISBN 9780837169811Author Donald Nivison FergusonFormat HardbackPage Count 198Imprint Praeger... -
Emma Lou Diemer: A Bio-Bibliography by Ellen Grolman Schlegel 9780313318146
£72.57Emma Lou Diemer--a composer who successfully combines a classicist's interest in form with a fresh, contemporary, harmonic vocabulary--has produced a diverse, sophisticated, and largely unheralded opus, including 350 works composed for orchestra,... -
Dictionary of Musical Technology by Tristam Cary 9780313286940
£73.17Tristram Cary's remarkable encyclopedia is the first comprehensive book on the technology of music. Its 600 copiously illustrated main entries and 200 subsidiary ones cover an immense musical field. Included are entries on traditional and electronic... -
Gunther Schuller: A Bio-Bibliography by Norbert Carnovale 9780313250842
£72.57Product information not available.Book InformationISBN 9780313250842Author Norbert CarnovaleFormat HardbackPage Count 350Imprint Greenwood PressPublisher ABC-CLIO -
The Prestige Label: A Discography by Michel Ruppli 9780313220197
£72.57Although somewhat more specialized than the Atlantic set because of Prestige's emphasis on jazz, this work is valuable for record collectors and researchers. American Reference Books AnnualBook InformationISBN 9780313220197Author Michel RuppliFormat... -
Kenneth Leighton: A Bio-Bibliography by Carolyn J. Smith 9780313305153
£83.24Kenneth Leighton, best known for his organ and sacred choral music, was a composer of great depth and talent who wrote a significant body of works. Many of those works were written for large orchestras and a significant number of pieces of chamber music... -
Tour Memories: Concert Journal by Jennifer Kerr 9780578287683
RRP: £9.99£7.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578287683Author Jennifer KerrFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Jennifer KerrPublisher Jennifer KerrWeight(grams) 222g -
Mark! My Words (How to Discover the Joy of Music, the Delight of Language, and the Pride of Achievement in the Age of Trash Talk and Cultural Chaos) by Mark Evans 9780984767984
RRP: £21.99£19.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984767984Author Mark EvansFormat PaperbackPage Count 572Imprint Cultural ConservationPublisher Cultural ConservationWeight(grams) 830g -
Blue: The Murder Of Jazz by Eric Nisenson 9780306809255
£18.09Once a thriving body of innovative and fluid music, jazz is now the victim of destructive professional and artistic forces, says Eric Nisenson. Corruption by marketers, appropriation by the mainstream, superficial media portrayal, and sheer lack of skill... -
Ravel Studies by Deborah Mawer 9780521886970
RRP: £90.00£70.59Demonstrating the vibrant nature of current research on Maurice Ravel, one of the most significant figures in twentieth-century French music, a team of distinguished international scholars provides new interdisciplinary perspectives and insights. Through... -
Musical Thought by Carlos Chavez 9780674732902
RRP: £54.95£54.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674732902Author Carlos ChavezFormat HardbackPage Count 126Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 263g