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Irving Berlin New York Genius
ISBN: HB: 9780300180480, Yale University Press, January 2020
424 pp., 21x14.6 cm, 1 black&white illus.
Irving Berlin (1888-1989) has been called – by George Gershwin, among others – the greatest songwriter of the golden age of the American popular song. "Berlin has no place in American music", legendary composer Jerome Kern wrote; "he is American musi...
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£16,99
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I'd Fight the World A Political History of Old-Time, Hillbilly, and Country Music
ISBN: PB: 9780226923000, ISBN: HB: 9780226922997, University of Chicago Press, September 2019
336 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 20 halftones
Long before the United States had presidents from the world of movies and reality TV, we had scores of politicians with connections to country music. In "I'd Fight the World", Peter La Chapelle traces the deep bonds between country music and politics...
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£15,00
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£54,00
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I due Foscari Tragedia lirica in Three Acts by Francesco Maria Piave
ISBN: SET: 9780226074511, University of Chicago Press, February 2018
670 pp., 36.8x26.7 cm, 8 halftones, 28 tables
"I due Foscari" enjoys pride of place among Verdi's early operas for its commanding music and striking use of recurring themes to identify the principal characters. Here, the young composer can be seen experimenting with new means of musical and dram...
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£221,50
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In Concert! Musical Instruments in Art, 1860-1910
ISBN: HB: 9780300230093, Yale University Press, April 2017
180 pp., 29.2x23.5 cm, 150 colour and black&white illus.
The rise of democratic ideals and the burgeoning middle class of the late 19th and early 20th centuries precipitated an important surge in the prevalence of music in everyday life. Cafe concerts, dances, and operas all flourished in major cities acro...
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£25,00
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I Feel So Good The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy
ISBN: PB: 9780226007090, ISBN: HB: 9780226717456, University of Chicago Press, September 2012
366 pp., 23x15 cm, 31 halftones
A major figure in American blues and folk music, Big Bill Broonzy (1903-1958) left his Arkansas Delta home after World War I, headed north, and became the leading Chicago bluesman of the 1930s. His success came as he fused traditional rural blues wit...
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£13,00
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£22,00
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I Belong to This Band, Hallelujah! Community, Spirituality, and Tradition among Sacred Harp Singers
ISBN: PB: 9780226109596, ISBN: HB: 9780226109589, University of Chicago Press, September 2011
224 pp., 22.4x15 cm
The Sacred Harp choral singing tradition originated in the American South in the mid-nineteenth century, spread widely across the country, and continues to thrive today. Sacred Harp isn't performed but participated in, ideally in large gatherings whe...
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£26,00
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£72,00
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