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Guitar in Georgian England A Social and Musical History
ISBN: HB: 9780300212471, Yale University Press, October 2020
304 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 20 colour illus., 30 black&white illus.
This book is the first to explore the popularity and novelty of the guitar in Georgian England, noting its impact on the social, cultural, and musical history of the period. The instrument possessed an imagery as rich as its uses were varied; it emer...
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£30,00
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Classical Music Lover's Companion to Orchestral Music
ISBN: PB: 9780300254822, ISBN: HB: 9780300120691, Yale University Press, September 2020
968 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm
Robert Philip, scholar, broadcaster, and musician, has compiled an essential handbook for lovers of classical music, designed to enhance their listening experience to the full. Covering four hundred works by sixty-eight composers from Corelli to Shos...
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£19,99
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£35,00
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Both from the Ears and Mind Thinking about Music in Early Modern England
ISBN: HB: 9780226701592, University of Chicago Press, May 2020
384 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 5 colour plates, 25 halftones
"Both from the Ears and Mind" offers a bold new understanding of the intellectual and cultural position of music in Tudor and Stuart England. Linda Phyllis Austern brings to life the kinds of educated writings and debates that surrounded musical perf...
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£44,00
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London Voices, 1820-1840 Vocal Performers, Practices, Histories
ISBN: HB: 9780226670188, University of Chicago Press, January 2020
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 13 halftones, 5 line drawings
London, 1820. The British capital is a metropolis that overwhelms dwellers and visitors alike with constant exposure to all kinds of sensory stimulation. Over the next two decades, the city's tumult will reach new heights: as population expansion pla...
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£49,00
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On Track… The Rolling Stones 1963-1980 Every Album, Every Song
ISBN: PB: 9781789520170, Bookport, Sonicbond Publishing, April 2019
144 pp., 21.1x14.7 cm
The Rolling Stones: Still going strong and defying the doubters, over 55 years since their formation, they possess a longevity almost unheard of in popular music – especially with three of the five original members still present. The majority of peop...
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£14,99
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Portrait in Four Movements The Chicago Symphony under Barenboim, Boulez, Haitink, and Muti
ISBN: HB: 9780226609911, University of Chicago Press, April 2019
272 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 12 halftones
"Playing in an orchestra in an intelligent way is the best school for democracy" – Daniel Barenboim The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has been led by a storied group of conductors. And from 1994 to 2015, through the best work of Daniel Barenboim, Pierr...
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£21,00
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Tenor
ISBN: PB: 9780300168938, Yale University Press, August 2010
306 pp., 19.8x12.9 cm, 12 black&white illus.
From its emergence in the sixteenth century to the phenomenon of the 'Three Tenors' and beyond, the tenor voice has grown in popularity and esteem. This engaging and authoritative book – the first comprehensive history of tenor singing – presents fas...
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£10,99
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Flute
ISBN: PB: 9780300094985, Yale University Press, May 2002
352 pp., 23.4x19 cm, 20 colour plates, 45 black&white illus.
The story of the flute in the musical life of Europe and North America from the 12th century to the 21st. It seeks to illustrate the relationship that has bound the instrument, its music, and performance technique together through eight centuries of...
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£42,00
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Language of Jazz
ISBN: PB: 9781857541649, Carcanet, November 1997
220 pp., 21.5x13.5 cm
"I invented jazz in 1902", said Jelly Roll Morton. He was in the right place at the right time – New Orleans at the turn of the century – so in a sense his claim is as good as anyone else's; but jazz actually evolved from a complex variety of sources...
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