Music Is History

Harps and Harpists, Revised Edition, Paperback - Roslyn Rensch

292,99 RON 313,99 RON

Reducere. Revising her classic 1989 book Harps and Harpists, Roslyn Rensch expands her authoritative history of this timeless instrument. This lavishly illus...

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Texas Jazz Singer, 25: Louise Tobin in the Golden Age of Swing and Beyond, Hardcover - Kevin Mooney

292,99 RON

At 102 years of age, Louise Tobin is one of the last surviving musicians of the Swing Era. Born in Aubrey, Texas, in 1918, she grew up in a large f...

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America and the American Record Business: A History, Paperback - Don Cusic

289,99 RON 310,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionIn America and the American Record Business, Don Cusic weaves the history of the music, the business and the technology that has created...

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Epic Encounters: Culture, Media, and U.S. Interests in the Middle East Since1945, Paperback - Melani McAlister

287,99 RON

Epic Encounters examines how popular culture has shaped the ways Americans define their "interests" in the Middle East. In this innovative book-now...

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Noise from the North End: The Amazing Story of The Ugly Ducklings, Paperback - Dave Bingham

285,99 RON 306,99 RON

Reducere. It was the 1960's. The British Invasion was under way as The Who, Beatles and Rolling Stones dominated the top of the charts. In Canada, Toronto's ...

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Companion to Medieval and Renaissance Music, Paperback - Tess Knighton

284,99 RON

DescriptionWith contributions from a range of internationally known early music scholars and performers, Tess Knighton and David Fallows provide a ...

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A Guide to Playing the Baroque Guitar, Paperback - James Tyler

284,99 RON 304,99 RON

Reducere. James Tyler offers a practical manual to aid guitar players and lutenists in transitioning from modern stringed instruments to the baroque guitar. ...

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The Restoration of Gregorian Chant: Solesmes and the Vatican Edition, Paperback - Pierre Combe

283,99 RON 303,99 RON

Reducere. Gregorian chant, the Catholic Church's very own music, is proper to the Roman liturgy, but during the course of its long history it has experienced...

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Libertie, Library Binding - Kaitlyn Greenidge

280,99 RON 300,99 RON

Reducere. "Pure brilliance. So much will be written about Kaitlyn Greenidge's Libertie--how it blends history and magic into a new kind of telling, how it sp...

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Simon & Schuster Super Crossword Puzzle Dictionary and Reference Book, Paperback - ***

280,99 RON 300,99 RON

Reducere. Everything a crossword solver could ever need -- in one complete volume! Who won the Academy Award for best actress in 1993? What's another word fo...

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Unusual Sounds: The Hidden History of Library Music, Paperback - David Hollander

275,99 RON 295,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: David HollanderForeword by: George RomeroIn the heyday of low-budget television and scrappy genre filmmaking, producers who...

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Introduction to Christian Liturgy, Paperback - Frank C. Senn

274,99 RON 294,99 RON

Reducere. Designed as a general introduction to Christian liturgy, this book explores the meaning, history, and practice of worship in Eastern and Western, C...

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What is 'Islamic' Art?. Between Religion and Perception, Hardback - Wendy M. K. Shaw

273,99 RON

Investigating what is Islamic about Islamic art through analysis of the Qur'an, Hadith, Sufi texts, ancient philosophy, and a rich corpus of transc...

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The Dragon Within, Hardcover - Araya Anra

272,99 RON 292,99 RON

Reducere. *Full DIGITAL DOWNLOAD MUSIC CD included* (see CD Tracks page)The dragons have played a part in the history of the universe since the beginning. We...

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Treatise on Musical Objects: An Essay Across Disciplines, Paperback - Pierre Schaeffer

271,99 RON

The Treatise on Musical Objects is regarded as Pierre Schaeffer's most important work on music and its relationship with technology. Schaeffer expa...

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The Blues Fake Book, Paperback - Hal Leonard Corp

270,99 RON 289,99 RON

Reducere. (Fake Book). The most comprehensive single-volume blues publication ever, with songs spanning the entire history of the genre. Every major blues ar...

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Dorothea Tanning: Transformations, Hardcover - Victoria Carruthers

268,99 RON

This is the definitive study of American artist Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012), positioning her as one of the most fascinating and significant creati...

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Rent, Hardcover - Jonathan Larson

267,99 RON 286,99 RON

Reducere. Pulitzer PrizeIn these pages, Rent offers what most theater books can't: a chance to step behind the curtain and feel the electricity of a stage ph...

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To the Hoop: Basketball and Contemporary Art, Paperback - Emily Stamey

266,99 RON

From its storied invention in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith as a recreational activity for "incorrigible" youth, to its current multibillion-dollar in...

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Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll: Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll, Paperback - Editors Rolling Stone

265,99 RON 284,99 RON

Reducere. Completely updated with new entries and extensive revisions of the previous 1, 800, The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia Of Rock & Roll is the authoritat...

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Experiencing Jewish Music in America, Hardcover - Tina Fruhauf

265,99 RON

The diverse landscape of Jewish music in the US is presented in its rich variety and history, from sixteenth century Torah chanting to the ripples ...

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Gender and Pop Culture: A Text-Reader (Second Edition), Paperback - Adrienne Trier-Bieniek

265,99 RON 284,99 RON

Reducere. Gender and Pop Culture provides a foundation for the study of gender, pop culture, and media. This newly updated edition is comprehensive and inter...

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Broadway to Main Street: How Show Tunes Enchanted America, Hardcover - Laurence Maslon

264,99 RON

DescriptionThe music of Broadway is one of America's most unique and popular calling cards. In Broadway to Main Street: How Show Tunes Enchanted Am...

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What Goes on: The Beatles, Their Music, and Their Time, Paperback - Walter Everett

264,99 RON

DescriptionIn a stretch of just seven years, the Beatles recorded hundreds of songs which tower above those of their worthy peers as both the produ...

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Great Circles: The Transits of Mathematics and Poetry, Hardcover - Emily Rolfe Grosholz

263,99 RON

DescriptionThis volume explores the interaction of poetry and mathematics by looking at analogies that link them. The form that distinguishes poetr...

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Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music, Paperback - S. Alexander Reed

263,99 RON 282,99 RON

Reducere. "Industrial" is a descriptor that fans and critics have applied to a remarkable variety of music: the oildrum pounding of Einst rzende Neubauten, t...

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Erroll Garner The Most Happy Piano (Centennial Edition 1921-2021), Hardcover - James M. Doran

263,99 RON 282,99 RON

Reducere. As we celebrate Erroll Garner's centennial (June 15, 2021) this new edition will inspire a new generation of Garner enthusiasts. Erroll Garner: The...

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Perpetual Movement: Alfred Hitchcock's Rope, Paperback - Neil Badmington

263,99 RON 282,99 RON

Reducere. The first book-length study in English of Alfred Hitchcock's Rope (1948), Perpetual Movement offers both a production history that draws extensivel...

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The Christian Almanac: A Book of Days Celebrating History's Most Significant People & Events, Paperback - George Grant

262,99 RON 281,99 RON

Reducere. The new second edition of The Christian Almanac is a day-by-day recounting of the significant moments of Christian and Western history. In it are f...

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Partimento and Continuo Playing: In Theory and in Practice, Paperback - Thomas Christensen

262,99 RON

This volume reflects a multidisciplinary approach, with the accent on the interplay between music performance and music theory. Thomas Christensen,...

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Mexico's Nobodies: The Cultural Legacy of the Soldadera and Afro-Mexican Women, Paperback - B. Christine Arce

261,99 RON 280,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: B. Christine ArceWinner of the 2016 Victoria Urbano Critical Monograph Book Prize presented by the International Associatio...

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Jockomo: The Native Roots of Mardi Gras Indians, Hardcover - Shane Lief

261,99 RON 280,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionJockomo: The Native Roots of Mardi Gras Indians celebrates the transcendent experience of Mardi Gras, encompassing both ancient and curr...

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The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food: A Cookbook, Hardcover - Marcus Samuelsson

260,99 RON

An Eater Best Cookbook of Fall 2020 - This groundbreaking new cookbook from chef, bestselling author, and TV star Marcus Samuelsson celebrates cont...

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Making History / Making Blintzes: How Two Red Diaper Babies Found Each Other and Discovered America, Hardcover - Mickey Flacks

259,99 RON

Making History/Making Blintzes is a chronicle of the political and personal lives of progressive activists Richard (Dick) and Miriam (Mickey) Flack...

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Jethro Tull: A History of the Band, 1968-2001, Paperback - Scott Allen Nollen

258,99 RON 277,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionOriginally formed by singer-songwriter Ian Anderson in psychedelic 1968, the band Jethro Tull has been recording its own kind of rock an...

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Keith Jarrett: A Biography, Hardcover - Wolfgang Sandner

258,99 RON 277,99 RON

Reducere. Keith Jarrett is one of the great pianists of our times. Before achieving worldwide fame for his solo improvisations, he had already collaborated w...

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Burlesque: A Living History (Hardback), Hardcover - Jane Briggeman

256,99 RON

This is the HARDBACK edition. Join the journey-discover burlesque when it was part of a large theatrical world filled with dance, comedy, and live ...

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Manchester Cathedral. A History of the Collegiate Church and Cathedral, 1421 to the Present, Hardback - ***

256,99 RON

This is the first comprehensive study of Manchester Cathedral. Founded in 1421 by charter of Henry V, the Collegiate Church of Manchester, as it th...

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The Harmony of the Spheres: The Pythagorean Tradition in Music, Hardcover - Joscelyn Godwin

256,99 RON 274,99 RON

Reducere. Professor of Music at Colgate University and a widely respected musicologist, Godwin traces the history of the idea, held since ancient times, that...

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Famous Pianists and Their Technique, New Edition, Paperback - Reginald R. Gerig

255,99 RON 273,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Reginald R. GerigFamous Pianists and Their Technique has been a standard in the field since its first publication in 1974. ...

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The Powhatan Indians of Virginia: Their Traditional Culture, Paperback - Helen C. Rountree

255,99 RON 273,99 RON

Reducere. Among the aspects of Powhatan life that Helen Rountree describes in vivid detail are hunting and agriculture, territorial claims, warfare and treat...

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Beatles and the Historians: An Analysis of Writings about the Fab Four, Paperback - Erin Torkelson Weber

255,99 RON 273,99 RON

Reducere. Hundreds of books have been written about The Beatles. Over the last half century, their story has been mythologized and de-mythologized and presen...

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Americana Revolution, Hardcover - Cain

252,99 RON

Contributor(s): Author: CainAmericana is a music that defies definition. It isn't rock, although it does encompass rock. It isn't folk, but folk is...

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The Great Jazz and Pop Vocal Albums, Hardcover - Will Friedwald

251,99 RON

The author of the magisterial A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers now approaches the great singers and their greatest work in an...

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Over the Moon: Illuminating the Journey, Hardcover - Leonard Maltin

251,99 RON

Discover the stunning art behind Netflix's revolutionary Over the Moon, directed by Disney alum and animation maestro Glen Keane. Fueled with deter...

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Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band 1975, Hardback - ***

251,99 RON

DescriptionBarbara Pyle's intimate behind the scenes photographs from 1975 and the recording, rehearsing and touring of Bruce Springsteen and the E...

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Heart Full of Soul: Keith Relf of the Yardbirds, Paperback - David French

250,99 RON 268,99 RON

Reducere. This is the first full-length biography of Keith Relf, frontman for the Yardbirds and one of the great tragic characters in rock history. Keith's m...

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Women Who Rock: Bessie to Beyonce. Girl Groups to Riot Grrrl., Hardcover - Evelyn McDonnell

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Reducere. A stellar and unprecedented celebration of 104 musical artists, WOMEN WHO ROCK is the most complete, up-to-date history of the evolution, influence...

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Now's the Time: Teaching Jazz to All Ages, Paperback - Doug Goodkin

248,99 RON 266,99 RON

Reducere. This one-of-a-kind book combines practice, theory, aesthetics, history and a proven pedagogy in leading both children and adults in the joys of jaz...

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African American Studies, Paperback - Jeanette R. Davidson

247,99 RON 265,99 RON

Reducere. This book brings together chapters authored by leading African American Studies/Black Studies scholars in the USA and the UK. It focuses on the roo...

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To Keep the Ball Rolling: The Memoirs of Anthony Powell, Hardcover - Anthony Powell

247,99 RON 265,99 RON

Reducere. To earn the reputation of a literary giant within the generation of Waugh, Orwell, and Greene is no mean feat. To do so with the grace and genius t...

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Fender Telecaster and Stratocaster: The Story of the World's Most Iconic Guitars, Hardcover - Dave Hunter

245,99 RON 263,99 RON

Reducere. Celebrate of the history and significance of both the Fender Telecaster and Stratocaster for the company's 75th anniversary in this combined editio...

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Racism Postrace, Paperback - Roopali Mukherjee

244,00 RON

With the election of Barack Obama, the idea that American society had become postracial-that is, race was no longer a main factor in influencing an...

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Musics Lost and Found. Song Collectors and the Life and Death of Folk Tradition, Hardback - Michael Church

242,99 RON

This ground-breaking book is the first-ever study of the role played in musical history by song collectors.Publisher: Boydell & Brewer LtdAuthor(s)...

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Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga, Hardcover - Ian Christe

242,99 RON 259,99 RON

Reducere. The first definitive biography of the ultimate American rock bandHow did a pair of little Dutch boys trained in classical music grow up to become t...

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Liverpool's Royal Court Theatre: 'a Brave Venture', Paperback - Ros Merkin

242,99 RON

DescriptionCelebrating its eightieth birthday since being rebuilt in 1938, Liverpool's Royal Court Theatre is a vital part of the city's cultural i...

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Experiencing Nirvana - Bruce Pavitt

241,99 RON 258,99 RON

Reducere. Experiencing Nirvana is a photo journal, grunge rock micro-history and an inside look into a crucial eight-day period in the touring life of Nirvan...

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Led Zeppelin: The Oral History of the World's Greatest Rock Band, Hardcover - Barney Hoskyns

241,99 RON 258,99 RON

Reducere. The definitive oral history of the iconic, bestselling rock band Led ZeppelinWith Robert Plant on lead vocal and Jimmy Page on guitar, Led Zeppelin...

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Cinco de Mayo: Cinco de Mayo: What is Everybody Celebrating? (2nd Ed.), Hardcover - Donald W. Miles

240,99 RON 257,99 RON

Reducere. Cinco de Mayo has evolved into a holiday so popular that in the United States it draws larger crowds than here in the United States. About half a m...

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Elevator Music: A Surreal History of Muzak, Easy-Listening, and Other Moodsong, Paperback - Joseph Lanza

239,99 RON 256,99 RON

Reducere. It's campy, it's cool, empty, intrusive, trite, and treacly. It's Big Brother singing. Call it what you will -- elevator music, Moodsong (R) easy l...

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Love and Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy and the American Working Class, Paperback - Eric Lott

238,99 RON 255,99 RON

Reducere. For over two centuries, America has celebrated the same African-American culture it attempts to control and repress, and nowhere is this phenomenon...

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The Myths and Gods of India: The Classic Work on Hindu Polytheism from the Princeton Bollingen Series, Paperback - Alain Danielou

238,99 RON 255,99 RON

Reducere. The study of Hindu mythology explores the significance of the most prominent Hindu dieties as they are envisioned by the Hindus themselves. Referre...

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Sound and Sentiment: Birds, Weeping, Poetics, and Song in Kaluli Expression, Paperback - Steven Feld

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Reducere. This thirtieth anniversary edition of Sound and Sentiment makes Steven Feld's landmark, field-defining book available to a new generation of schola...

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Tallis, Hardback - Kerry Mccarthy

237,99 RON

Thomas Tallis spent more than fifty years composing music in the volatile world of Tudor England. Tallis is a clear, readable biography of a great ...

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Cumbia!: Scenes of a Migrant Latin American Music Genre, Paperback - Héctor Fernández l'Hoeste

234,00 RON

Cumbia is a musical form that originated in northern Colombia and then spread throughout Latin America and wherever Latin Americans travel and sett...

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Ragged But Right: Black Traveling Shows, coon Songs, and the Dark Pathway to Blues and Jazz, Paperback - Lynn Abbott

233,99 RON 250,99 RON

Reducere. The commercial explosion of ragtime in the early twentieth century created previously unimagined opportunities for black performers. However, every...

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This Is All a Dream We Dreamed: An Oral History of the Grateful Dead, Hardcover - Blair Jackson

229,99 RON 246,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionIn This Is All a Dream We Dreamed, two of the most well-respected chroniclers of the Dead, Blair Jackson and David Gans, reveal the band...

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Night Music: A Portland Melodrama, Hardcover - Gehla S. Knight

229,99 RON 246,99 RON

Reducere. Delilah Goodnight is a grieving WW11 widow when Nathan McCarthy rents a room from her in wartime Portland, Oregon. While he's trying to complete hi...

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Encyclopædia Hawkwindia: An Unauthorised Compendium: An Unauthorised Compendium, Paperback - Dave Thompson

229,99 RON 246,99 RON

Reducere. The Encyclop dia Hawkwindia is the ultimate guide to more than fifty years of Hawkwind, from the first show in August, 1969, to the next scheduled ...

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The Cambridge Music Guide, Paperback - Stanley Sadie

228,99 RON 245,99 RON

Reducere. The Cambridge Music Guide is for all those who love music and wish to know more about its colorful history, development and theory. Superbly illust...

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