Connecting Sounds. The Social Life of Music, Hardback - Nick Crossley

An original and compelling account of the social nature of music and its interplay with the wider society to which it belongs. Crossley explores th...

An original and compelling account of the social nature of music and its interplay with the wider society to which it belongs. Crossley explores th...

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Questions about the nature of money have gained a new urgency in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Even as many people have less of it,...

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Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Rashmi SadanaIllustration(s): 25 b-w illustrationsNumber of pages: 274Publication date: 2021Dim...

Publisher: Sussex Academic PressAuthor(s): Beatrice DalovNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 158 x 234 x 22Cover type: HardbackRe...

Publisher: Random House USA IncAuthor(s): Carla Lalli MusicIllustration(s): 125 4C photographsNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2021Dimensions:...

Some pieces of music survive; most fall into oblivion. What gives the ten masterpieces selected for this book their extraordinary vitality?Publishe...

A friendly and inspiring introduction to music history, telling the stories of the world's greatest musicians from Bach to Beyonce

This book originates from the 2017 edition of the multidisciplinary Modern Heavy Metal Conference, organised in Helsinki, Finland.Editor(s): Toni-M...

Publisher: PICTURES TO SHAREAuthor(s): FORSTER MICHELLEPublication date: 2019Dimensions: 251 x 287 x 10Cover type: HardbackRedescopera farmecul lec...

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This groundbreaking study, sitting at the intersection of cultural and military history, examines the formal and informal uses of music in all thre...

The authorised biography of Nick Lowe, the 'Jesus of Cool'.

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'An absolutely masterly work' Stephen Fry Alex Ross, renowned author of the international bestseller The Rest Is Noise, reveals how Richard Wagner ...

Publisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): Denise Von GlahnNumber of pages: 384Collection: Music in American LifePublication date: 2021Dimen...

Reducere. In Sounds of Crossing Alex E. Ch vez explores the contemporary politics of Mexican migrant cultural expression manifest in the sounds and poetics o...

Offers a comparative study of improvisation as it appears between music and everyday life. Drawing on work in musicology, cultural studies, and cri...

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wickedly funny, wearily endearing and absolutely enraging' CAROLINE SANDERSON, Bookseller'Extraordinary, fascinating, very moving and very funny' C...

Focussing on radicals and reformers this book explores the role of music in transmitting political culture across the Anglophone world over time an...

Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and his experience trading derivatives, Edward LiPuma theorizes the profound social dimensions of derivatives mar...

Never-before-seen North Korea - a rare glimpse into the country behind the politics and the creativity behind the propaganda

How do you lose music? Then having lost it, what do you do next? This book offers an account of one man's struggle to recover from loss of his grea...

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Publisher: Sounds True IncAuthor(s): Lisa BroderickNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 160 x 235 x 22Cover type: HardbackRedescop...

Reducere. DescriptionThis study of the subtlety, complexity, and variety of modes of hearing maps out a "sonorous archipelago"--a heterogeneous set of shifti...

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley LtdAuthor(s): Philip NoyceNumber of pages: 28Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 308 x 257 x 18Cover type: HardbackIllu...

Publisher: Umbria PressAuthor(s): Brian KayPublication date: 2020Dimensions: 167 x 241 x 36Cover type: HardbackRedescopera farmecul lecturii si ale...

Branded The Master - and a Gentleman Thief - Brian is a true character from the old school of British crime. At the age of 71, Reader masterminded ...

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Publisher: John Wiley & Sons IncAuthor(s): Jacqueline N., PhD, JD, MHA. Font-GuzmanNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 162 x 236 ...

Reducere. DescriptionAs the definitive biography of American-bred rocker Tom Petty, this updated and revised book examines his extensive music career, his pe...