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The Materiality of Sound in Chant Manuscripts in the West: Scriptor, Cantor & Notator (Volume I)

The Materiality of Sound in Chant Manuscripts in the...

Author: Elsa de Luca ,  Ivan Moody
ISBN: 9782503606149
Format: Paperback
$327.36

Scriptor, Cantor & Notator is an innovative multi-author project dealing with the complex interconnections between...  Read More >>

Tommy at 50: The Mood, the Look, and the Legacy of the Who's Legendary Rock Opera, Revised and Extended Edition

Tommy at 50: The Mood, the Look, and the Legacy of the...

Author: Chris Charlesworth ,  Mike McInnerney
ISBN: 9780764367199
Format: Paperback
$65.00

"The definitive illustrated history of ""Tommy,"" the album that made the Who one of the greatest and most influential...  Read More >>

Basso Continuo in Italy: Sources, Pedagogy and Performance

Basso Continuo in Italy: Sources, Pedagogy and Performance...

Author: Marcello Mazzetti
ISBN: 9782503608501
Format: Hardback
$364.32

"The volume explores the long-lasting phenomenon of basso continuo in the Italian peninsula, from its origins -...  Read More >>

Literature and the Arts: Interdisciplinary Essays in Memory of James Anderson Winn

Literature and the Arts: Interdisciplinary Essays in...

Author: Anna Battigelli ,  Anna Battigelli
ISBN: 9781644533116
Format: Paperback
$113.39

The ten essays in Literature and the Arts explore the intermedial plenitude of eighteenth-century English culture,...  Read More >>

Music and the Making of Portugal and Spain: Nationalism and Identity Politics in the Iberian Peninsula

Music and the Making of Portugal and Spain: Nationalism...

Author: Matthew Machin-Autenrieth ,  Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco
ISBN: 9780252087448
Format: Paperback
$72.99

How music embodies and contributes to historical and contemporary nationalism What does music in Portugal and Spain...  Read More >>

Becoming Audible: Sounding Animality in Performance

Becoming Audible: Sounding Animality in Performance...

Author: Austin McQuinn
ISBN: 9780271087979
Format: Paperback
$79.99

Explores the phenomenon of human and animal acoustic entanglements in art and performance.  Read More >>

The Pipes of War; A Record of Achievements of Pipers of Scottish and Overseas Regiments during the War, 1914-18

The Pipes of War; A Record of Achievements of Pipers...

Author: John Grant Seton
ISBN: 9789357721370
Format: Paperback
$49.71

The Pipes of War; A Record of Achievements of Pipers of Scottish and Overseas Regiments during the War, 1914-18,...  Read More >>

Music and the Making of Portugal and Spain: Nationalism and Identity Politics in the Iberian Peninsula

Music and the Making of Portugal and Spain: Nationalism...

Author: Matthew Machin-Autenrieth ,  Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco
ISBN: 9780252045325
Format: Hardback
$285.00

How music embodies and contributes to historical and contemporary nationalism What does music in Portugal and Spain...  Read More >>

La Vida de Britney Spears: Más Allá de los Escenarios

La Vida de Britney Spears: Más Allá de los Escenarios...

Author: Christian Francesco Schio ,  Christian Francesco Schio
ISBN: 9798868465529
Format: Paperback
$31.79

"""La Vida de Britney Spears: Más Allá de los Escenarios"" Sumérgete en la emocionante y conmovedora biografía de...  Read More >>

The Oud: An Illustrated History

The Oud: An Illustrated History

Author: Rachel Beckles Willson
ISBN: 9781623717520
Format: Hardback
$105.60

According to a literary tradition of Iraq, the origin of the oud lies in the grief of Lamak, a descendent of Cain,...  Read More >>

Listen: On Music, Sound and Us

Listen: On Music, Sound and Us

Author: Michel Faber ,  Nathaniel Priestley
ISBN: 9798212721783
Format: Audio
$124.05

An enlightening, thoughtful and witty exploration into how and why we listen to music, from the award-winning author...  Read More >>

Listen: On Music, Sound and Us

Listen: On Music, Sound and Us

Author: Michel Faber ,  Nathaniel Priestley
ISBN: 9798212721790
Format: Audio
$110.85

An enlightening, thoughtful and witty exploration into how and why we listen to music, from the award-winning author...  Read More >>

The "Charges Made Against Sean ""Diddy"" Combs": """A Decade of Control, Abuse, and Betrayal in the Music Industry"""

The "Charges Made Against Sean ""Diddy"" Combs": """A...

Author: Peters Bob
ISBN: 9798868020599
Format: Paperback
$34.29

"In ""Unmasked,"" go behind the flash and glamour of the music business to discover the terrifying truth. Explore...  Read More >>

Elisabeth Lutyens and Edward Clark: The Orchestration of Progress in British Twentieth-Century Music

Elisabeth Lutyens and Edward Clark: The Orchestration...

Author: Annika Forkert (Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester)
ISBN: 9781009337359
Format: Hardback
$219.94

Combining analyses of modernist concert and stage music by Elisabeth Lutyens with those of her audio-visual scores,...  Read More >>

Live!: Why We Go Out

Live!: Why We Go Out

Author: Robert Elms
ISBN: 9781800182820
Format: Hardback
$44.99

'ABC', as perfect as anything I've ever witnessed up until that point in my tiny little life. Three minutes of divine...  Read More >>

Tupac Shakur: Spirituality and Politics

Tupac Shakur: Spirituality and Politics

Author: William Whalen
ISBN: 9781861719096
Format: Hardback
$79.17

Tupac Shakur (1971-1996) is one of the great hip-hop stars. Still a hugely influential figure in the music world,...  Read More >>

Statesman of the Piano: Jazz, Race, and History in the Life of Lou Hooper

Statesman of the Piano: Jazz, Race, and History in the...

Author: Sean Mills ,  Eric Fillion
ISBN: 9780228018803
Format: Hardback
$77.60

Jazz pianist Lou Hooper (1894–1977), Paul Robeson’s first accompanist and teacher to Oscar Peterson, came to prominence...  Read More >>

Red, White, and Black. America's Czech with Balance!: Antonín Dvořák

Red, White, and Black. America's Czech with Balance!:...

Author: Gary Kelley
ISBN: 9781948509497
Format: Paperback
$42.21

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60 Songs That Explain the '90s

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

Author: Rob Harvilla
ISBN: 9781538759462
Format: Hardback
$79.20

NAMED A BEST MUSIC BOOK OF 2023 by PITCHFORK, VARIETY, AND ROLLING STONE A companion to the #1 music podcast on...  Read More >>

The Early Trombone: A Catalogue of Music

The Early Trombone: A Catalogue of Music

Author: Howard T Weiner ,  Charlotte A Leonard
ISBN: 9782503602042
Format: Paperback
$330.00

This catalogue documents nearly 9000 musical works specifying the trombone, from anonymous pieces mentioned in early...  Read More >>

Music Is Power: Popular Songs, Social Justice, and the Will to Change

Music Is Power: Popular Songs, Social Justice, and the...

Author: Brad Schreiber
ISBN: 9781978839021
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Music Is Power takes us on a guided tour through the past 100 years of politically-conscious popular music, from...  Read More >>

Bridge and Tunnel Boys: Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, and the Metropolitan Sound of the American Century

Bridge and Tunnel Boys: Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel,...

Author: Jim Cullen
ISBN: 9781978835221
Format: Hardback
$76.43

Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen are among the most well-known and beloved figures in American popular music in...  Read More >>

Reach for the Stars: 1996–2006: Fame, Fallout and Pop’s Final Party: Winner of the 2024 Penderyn Music Book Prize

Reach for the Stars: 1996–2006: Fame, Fallout and Pop’s...

Author: Michael Cragg
ISBN: 9781788707275
Format: Paperback
$32.99

From Girl Power to Girls Aloud (and all the glorious points in between), the definitive study of British pop music...  Read More >>

Solid Rock: The book of guitar gods - with K.K. Downing

Solid Rock: The book of guitar gods - with K.K. Downing...

Author: Dean Richards ,  K K Downing
ISBN: 9781739381516
Format: Hardback
$118.80

Solid Rock is a visual celebration of the evolution of heavy guitar music. A coffee table book with a unique commentary...  Read More >>

Queen Uncovered: Unseen photographs, rarities and insights from life with a rock 'n' roll band

Queen Uncovered: Unseen photographs, rarities and insights...

Author: Peter Hince
ISBN: 9781802796278
Format: Hardback
$69.99

Packed with images and ephemera from Queen's head roadie, covering life on the road and in the studio, backstage...  Read More >>

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