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Anton Corbijn: 1-2-3-4 New Edition
ISBN: HB: 9783791384016, Prestel Publishing, February 2019
400 pp., 29x24 cm, 60 colour illus., 380 black&white illus.
Corbijn's interest in music has been the engine of an illustrious decades-long career that has most recently involved the making of feature length films such as The American, A Most Wanted Man, and Life. This gloriously illustrated, oversized book pa...
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£55,00
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Stolen Time Black Fad Performance and the Calypso Craze
ISBN: PB: 9780226568447, ISBN: HB: 9780226568300, University of Chicago Press, September 2018
272 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 35 halftones
In 1956, Harry Belafonte's "Calypso" established a historic landmark in becoming the first LP to sell more than a million copies. For a few fleeting months, calypso music was the top selling genre in the US – it even threatened to supplant rock and r...
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£22,50
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£67,50
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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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Verdi-Boito Correspondence
ISBN: PB: 9780226273891, University of Chicago Press, July 2015
384 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 14 halftones, musical examples throughout
These 301 letters between Giuseppe Verdi and his last, most gifted librettist, Arrigo Boito, document an extraordinary chapter in musical history. Now available for the first time in English, this correspondence records both a unique friendship and i...
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£19,00
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Ancient Music Adapted to Modern Practice
ISBN: PB: 9780300184167, Yale University Press, November 2011
558 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, black&white illus.
First published in Rome in 1555, Nicola Vicentino's treatise was one of the most influential music theory texts of the sixteenth century. This translation by Maria Rika Maniates is the first English-language edition of Vicentino's important work. Unl...
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£38,00
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