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Dance, Spectacle, and the Body Politick, 1250-1750 by Jennifer Nevile
RRP: £21.99£19.59From the mid-13th to the mid-18th century the ability to dance was an important social skill for both men and women. Dance performances were an integral part of court ceremonies and festivals and, in the 17th and 18th centuries, of commercial theatrical... -
Woodstock Vision: The Spirit of a Generation: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Woodstock Festival by Elliott Landy 9780879309657
RRP: £30.00£25.84In the turbulent sixties the Woodstock Festival and the Generation that came from that event were a manifestation of the desire to create a free loving and just world. Elliott Landy has had his finger on the pulse of the Woodstock generation. He was... -
The Flamingos: A Complete History of the Doo-Wop Legends Todd R. Baptista 9781476679822
RRP: £28.99£24.05Formed by five young black men from Chicago, the Flamingos rose to prominence as one of the top vocal acts of the 1950s rock and roll explosion. They appeared in motion pictures and turned out a string of hit records that have remained popular for... -
Classical Studies for Clarinet: Clarinet Method by H. Voxman 9781458417961
RRP: £11.50£8.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781458417961Author H. VoxmanPage Count 72Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation -
Vincenzo Bellini: Norma by David R. B. Kimbell 9780521485142
RRP: £19.99£17.13Norma is by common consent the finest of the ten operas composed during Vincenzo Bellini's short career, representing his genius more comprehensively than is usually the case with any single work by an operatic composer. This 1998 handbook provides the... -
Shake Your Hips by Fox Randy 9781947026223
RRP: £19.95£13.27The electrifying sounds of groovin' jump blues, Southern-fried rock 'n' roll, fervent black gospel, and the simmering sounds of the Louisiana swamp came bursting out of Nashville, Tennessee in the early 1950s courtesy of Excello Records and its sister... -
Music IS Rapid Transportation ...from the Beatles to Xenakis by Daniel Kernohan
£16.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781895166040Author Daniel KernohanFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Charivari PressPublisher Charivari PressWeight(grams) 487gDimensions(mm) 235mm *... -
Top-Requested Standards Sheet Music: 20 Great American Songbook and Jazz Favorites (Piano/Vocal/Guitar) by Alfred Music 9780739094198
RRP: £14.99£9.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780739094198Author Alfred MusicFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Alfred MusicPublisher Alfred MusicWeight(grams) 272g -
Bruce Springsteen: From Asbury Park, to Born To Run, to Born In The USA by David Gahr
RRP: £12.98£12.49David Gahr (1922 2008) was tapped by Columbia Records designer John Berg to shoot cover art for Bruce Springsteen s second album, The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle. Gahr s earliest photographs of the musician showcase a youthful... -
Message to Our Folks: The Art Ensemble of Chicago by Paul Steinbeck
RRP: £80.00£77.01This year marks the golden anniversary of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, the flagship band of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. Formed in 1966 and flourishing until 2010, the Art Ensemble distinguished itself by its unique... -
The Rocklopedia Fakebandica by T. M. Childs 9780312329440
£11.35Have you ever wondered what was the name of the band Michael J. Fox played with in Back to the Future? Or how to tell if a band is really fake? (One hint - it's made of clay!) Or which fake bands had real Top Ten hits? The Rocklopedia Fakebandica has all... -
Singers and the Song II by Gene Lees 9780195122084
RRP: £11.49£9.01Gene Lees is probably the best jazz essayist in America today, and the book that consolidated his reputation was Singers and the Song, which appeared in 1987. Now this classic work is being released in an expanded edition: Singers and the Song II. This... -
Punk: The Definitive Guide to the Blank Generation and Beyond by Rich Weidman
RRP: £17.99£12.95Infused with a raw and energetic sound that stripped rock 'n' roll to the bone, punk rock transformed rock's landscape in the 1970s, deconstructing bloated arena rock and leaving a lasting influence on the music and cultural scene in the United States... -
Magic Circles: The Beatles in Dream and History by Devin McKinney
RRP: £27.95£25.89No one expressed the heart and soul of the Sixties as powerfully as the Beatles did through the words, images, and rhythms of their music. In Magic Circles, Devin McKinney uncovers the secret history of a generation and a pivotal moment in... -
"Don Giovanni" Captured: Performance, Media, Myth by Richard Will
RRP: £36.00£30.37"Don Giovanni" Captured considers the life of a single opera, engaging with the entire history of its recorded performance. Mozart's opera Don Giovanni has long inspired myths about eros and masculinity. Over time, its performance history has revealed... -
The Bear: An Extravaganza in One Act by William Walton 9780193366145
RRP: £42.50£39.96A newly engraved edition of the vocal score, fully compatible with the new Walton Edition full score. Orchestral parts are available on hire.About the AuthorSir William Walton was born in Oldham, Lancashire in 1902, the son of a choirmaster and a... -
Silent night by John Rutter 9780193416109
£3.12for SATB (with divisions) and piano This arrangement of Gruber's timeless carol is warm and gentle. The first two verses are accompanied by gentle arpeggiated figures, leading to a third and final verse which is given profound depth through its largely... -
Opera and Politics: From Monteverdi to Henze by John Bokina 9780300101232
£24.52In this book Bokina focuses on political aspects and meanings of operas from the baroque to the postmodern period, showing the varied ways that operas become sensuous vehicles for the articulation of political ideas. "What fascinates Bokina about... -
The Mandorla Letters: For the Hopeful by Nicole Mitchell Gantt
RRP: £25.99£20.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781737302827Author Nicole Mitchell GanttFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Green Lantern PressPublisher Green Lantern PressWeight(grams)... -
Le Chant Intime: The Interpretation of French Melodie by Vocal Studies Faculty Member Francois Le Roux
RRP: £24.49£20.78In this translation of the groundbreaking Le Chant Intime, internationally renowned baritone Francois Le Roux, in conversation with journalist Romain Raynaldy, presents a master class on French art song, with a thorough analysis of 60 selected songs that... -
Interpreting Music by Lawrence Kramer 9780520267060
RRP: £30.00£23.29"Interpreting Music" is a comprehensive essay on understanding musical meaning and performing music meaningfully - 'interpreting music' in both senses of the term. Synthesizing and advancing two decades of highly influential work, Lawrence Kramer... -
Birdland: A musical drama for soloists, unison voices, SATB chorus, and instrumental ensemble by Bob Chilcott
RRP: £12.25£9.18This engaging musical drama follows the quest of Pip the Sparrow to be accepted into the Dawn Chorus. Along the way Pip meets characters like the Doc Rock Peacocks, who promise to transform the sparrow into a star, and the troubled residents of The... -
Britten's Unquiet Pasts: Sound and Memory in Postwar Reconstruction by Heather Wiebe 9780521194679
RRP: £90.00£67.65Examining the intersections between musical culture and a British project of reconstruction from the 1940s to the early 1960s, this study asks how gestures toward the past negotiated issues of recovery and renewal. In the wake of the Second World War,... -
The Cyril Scott Companion: Unity in Diversity Desmond Desmond Scott (Customer) 9781783272860
RRP: £50.00£49.45This Companion provides a comprehensive analysis and appraisal of all of Scott's available (published and unpublished) music and a broad picture of his entire output in literary, dramatic and philosophical genres. Cyril Scott (1879-1970) was an... -
The Beatles from A to Zed: An Alphabetical Mystery Tour by Peter Asher
RRP: £13.99£10.34Peter Asher met the Beatles in the spring of 1963, the start of a lifelong association with the band and its members. He had a front-row seat as they elevated pop music into an art form, and he was present at the creation of some of the most iconic music... -
Metaphysical Song: An Essay on Opera by Gary Tomlinson 9780691004099
RRP: £42.00£33.04In this bold recasting of operatic history, Gary Tomlinson connects opera to shifting visions of metaphysics and selfhood across the last four hundred years. The operatic voice, he maintains, has always acted to open invisible, supersensible realms to... -
Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980-1984 by Ian Glasper 9781604867480
RRP: £23.99£18.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604867480Author Ian GlasperFormat PaperbackPage Count 456Imprint PM PressPublisher PM PressWeight(grams) 495g -
In Search of Opera Carolyn Abbate 9780691117317
RRP: £35.00£31.73In her new book, Carolyn Abbate considers the nature of operatic performance and the acoustic images of performance present in operas from Monteverdi to Ravel. Paying tribute to music's realization by musicians and singers, she argues that operatic works... -
Intermezzo, Op. 118, No. 2 by Johannes Brahms 9781581061154
RRP: £15.50£9.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781581061154Author Johannes BrahmsPage Count 13Imprint Lauren Keiser Music PublishingPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation -
Experiencing Herbie Hancock: A Listener's Companion by Eric Wendell 9781442258372
RRP: £37.00£32.66The musical output of jazz pianist and composer Herbie Hancock has toppled genre boundaries and influenced generations of musicians. A child prodigy who worked his way up through classical tradition, found a home for his insatiable creativity in jazz,... -
Sonny Rollins Play-Along: Real Book Multi-Tracks Volume 6 by Sonny Rollins 9781495089190
RRP: £16.99£12.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781495089190Author Sonny RollinsPage Count 43Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation -
Ernest Newman: A Critical Biography Paul Watt 9781783271900
RRP: £65.00£62.21Examines the genesis of Ernest Newman's major publications in the context of prevailing intellectual trends in history, criticism and biography. Ernest Newman (1868-1959) left an indelible mark on British musical criticism in a career spanning more... -
Delius and Norway Andrew J. Boyle 9781783271993
RRP: £45.00£43.61The first detailed study of the vital role that Norway played in the life and work of Frederick Delius This is a study of the vital role that Norway played in the life and work of Frederick Delius. Norway was a primary source of inspiration for... -
Turn Up The Radio: Rock, Pop, and Roll in Los Angeles 1956-1972 by Harvey Kubernik 9781595800794
£36.26Combining oral and illustrated history with a connective narrative, this fascinating compilation captures the zeitgeist of the Los Angeles rock and pop music world between the years of 1956 and 1972. Turn Up the Radio! features hundreds of photographs... -
Ludus Tonalis (1942): Studies in Counterpoint, Tonal Organization and Piano Playing by Paul Hindemith 9783795795627
RRP: £21.50£18.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783795795627Author Paul HindemithPage Count 60Imprint Schott Musik International GmbH & Co KGPublisher Schott Musik International GmbH & Co KG -
Song Book: 21 Songs From 10 Years (1964-74) by Fiona McQuarrie
RRP: £13.99£12.11Every song tells a story, but every song also has its own story - the ideas or events that inspired it, the songwriters who created it, the artists that recorded it, and the impact that it made. With extensive research, critical assessment, and the... -
Gershwin for Guitar by Ray Burley
RRP: £9.99£8.89This dynamic collection brings together 12 of Gershwin's iconic songs arranged for solo classical guitar by the late John W. Duarte. Suitable for classical guitar players from intermediate to advanced level, this unmissable compilation is complete with a... -
Otello (Othello) by Giuseppe Verdi 9780714544113
RRP: £10.00£7.97Winton Dean relates how Otello came into being as much because of the persistence of Verdi's publisher as of the composer's lifelong passion for Shakespeare, and the collaboration of the brilliant poet Arrigo Boito. Benedict Sarnaker argues that this... -
Quick-Reference Chord and Scale Chart: For Harp by Sylvia Woods 9780936661360
RRP: £5.99£4.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780936661360Author Sylvia WoodsPage Count 2Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation -
Bluegrass, Newgrass, Old-Time, and Americana Music by Craig Harris 9781455624010
RRP: £24.95£17.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781455624010Author Craig HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Pelican Publishing CompanyPublisher Pelican Publishing CompanyWeight(grams) 590g