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Contemplating Music: Challenges to Musicology
ISBN: 9780674166783 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With this book, Joseph Kerman establishes the place of music study firmly in the mainstream of modern intellectual history. He treats not only the study of the history of Western art music--with which musicology is traditionally equated--but also sometimes vexed relations between music history and other fields: music theory and analysis, ethnomusicology, and music criticism. Kerman sees and applauds a change in the study of music toward a critical orientation. As examples, he presents fascinating vignettes of Bach research in the 1950s and Beethoven studies in the 1960s. He sketches... With this book, Joseph Kerman establishes the place of music study firmly in the mainstream of modern intellectual history. He treats not only the ... |
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169,19 zł |
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The Mind Behind the Musical Ear: How Children Develop Musical Intelligence
ISBN: 9780674576063 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In The Mind behind the Musical Ear, Jeanne Bamberger focuses on the earliest stages in the development of musical cognition. Beginning with children's invention of original rhythm notations, she follows eight-year-old Jeff as he reconstructs and invents descriptions of simple melodies. In a running commentary on Jeff's discoveries and a series of dialogues between herself and two imaginary college students who take different approaches to music, Bamberger reflects on the thinking strategies that guide Jeff at various moments in his musical development.
In The Mind behind the Musical Ear, Jeanne Bamberger focuses on the earliest stages in the development of musical cognition. Beginning with chi...
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199,99 zł |
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Music and Its Social Meanings
ISBN: 9780677220000 / Angielski / Miękka / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Deciphering the specific social characteristics of music has lagged behind the analytical dissection of musical composition and biographical musicology. These essays address the issue. The sociology of music as examined here is an investigation into the ways in which social formations come together in musical structures. The essays specifically address the problem of our neutralized musical consciousness, the separation of music from its social context and the artificial insulation of musical understanding from social significance. A particular theme in this work concerns the struggle against...
Deciphering the specific social characteristics of music has lagged behind the analytical dissection of musical composition and biographical musicolog...
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121,89 zł |
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It's Easy To Play Classical Pieces
ISBN: 9780711901452 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. (Music Sales America). Simplified arrangements of 27 popular classical masterpieces by Grieg, Beethoven and other great composers. Includes: Clair De Lune * Solveig's Song * Marche Militaire * and more.
(Music Sales America). Simplified arrangements of 27 popular classical masterpieces by Grieg, Beethoven and other great composers. Includes: Clair De ...
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75,62 zł |
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Conglomerate Rock: The Music Industry's Quest to Divide Music and Conquer Wallets
ISBN: 9780739115008 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Conglomerate Rock argues that while it is becoming easier to see and hear artists from a handful of transnational corporations, access to music is becoming more dispersed, expensive, and difficult to acquire. The music industry is creating a new distribution infrastructure by dividing access to exclusive releases through different subscription services, hardware, and new media like audio DVDs in order to maximize profits.
Conglomerate Rock argues that while it is becoming easier to see and hear artists from a handful of transnational corporations, access to music is bec...
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448,76 zł |
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Jazz Musicians of the Early Years, to 1945
ISBN: 9780786415830 / Angielski / Miękka / 319 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The story of the first roughly half-century of jazz is really the story of some of the greatest musicians of all time. Scott Joplin, Glenn Miller, Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Bille Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald all made tremendous contributions, influencing countless jazz musicians and singers. many others who made jazz so popular in the first half of the 20th century. Biographies cover the pioneers of jazz in New Orleans in the late 1890s and 1900s; the soloists who fueled the Jazz Age in the 1920s; the musicians and bandleaders of the big band and...
The story of the first roughly half-century of jazz is really the story of some of the greatest musicians of all time. Scott Joplin, Glenn Miller, Lou...
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221,24 zł |
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Hit Songs, 1900-1955: American Popular Music of the Pre-Rock Era
ISBN: 9780786429462 / Angielski / Miękka / 554 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a chronology of the most famous songs from the years before rock ?n? roll. The top hits for each year are described, including vital information such as song origin, artist(s), and chart information. For many songs, the author includes any web or library holdings of sheet music covers, musical scores, and free audio files. An extensive collection of biographical sketches follows, providing performing credits, relevant professional awards, and brief biographies for hundreds of the era's most popular performers, lyricists, and composers. Includes an alphabetical song index and...
This is a chronology of the most famous songs from the years before rock ?n? roll. The top hits for each year are described, including vital informati...
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409,82 zł |
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The Andrews Sisters: A Biography and Career Record
ISBN: 9780786432608 / Angielski / Miękka / 526 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Andrews Sisters, the legendary singing trio of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s are the most successful female singing group in history and were the world's top selling group until the Beatles arrived. Of the 605 songs they recorded, 113 charted. They also made 18 movies, appeared regularly on radio and television, and entertained three generations of GIs. Based on extensive research, unpublished letters, and interviews with family, friends, and colleagues, this book documents not only the lives and work of the Andrews Sisters but also the popular culture spanned by their long careers. The...
The Andrews Sisters, the legendary singing trio of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s are the most successful female singing group in history and were the wo...
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221,24 zł |
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Easy Duets For Soprano Recorder
ISBN: 9780786655946 / Angielski / Book / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These easy duets are especially arranged for soprano recorder. Contained are works written by the greats: Beethoven, Handel, Brahms and Tchaikovsky. Also carefully selected are a few beautiful folksongs from around the world; all wonderful additions to any musicians repertoire.
These easy duets are especially arranged for soprano recorder. Contained are works written by the greats: Beethoven, Handel, Brahms and Tchaikovsky. A...
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49,92 zł |
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Encyclopedia of Guitar Chord Inversions
ISBN: 9780786672554 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a clear and concise way to increase your guitar chord vocabulary across the entire fretboard. The book outlines a movable chord system which allows you to both understand chord construction and provides the necessary tools to create chords "on-the-fly" in a playing situation.
This book provides a clear and concise way to increase your guitar chord vocabulary across the entire fretboard. The book outlines a movable chord sys...
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115,25 zł |
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Kurt Cobain
ISBN: 9780786713691 / Angielski / Miękka / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Here is the first biography to explore, with shocking detail, the drama that formed this troubled, tragic rock star. Neither an apology nor a condemnation, Kurt Cobain presents a vivid insider's view of the life and death of a man who galvanized a generation and gave birth to the "grunge" revolution with his band Nirvana. Sandford portrays the provocative, small-town rebel with the talent of John Lennon, and then shows him at work on concert stages in Seattle, New York, and London. Readers follow the struggles of Cobain's emotional lifehis tumultuous relationships with family and his fellow...
Here is the first biography to explore, with shocking detail, the drama that formed this troubled, tragic rock star. Neither an apology nor a condemna...
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96,03 zł |
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Barbershops, Bullets, and Ballads: An Annotated Anthology of Underappreciated American Musical Jewels, 1865-1918: An Annotated Anthology of Underappre
ISBN: 9780789007667 / Angielski / Twarda / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Through Barbershops, Bullets, and Ballads: An Annotated Anthology of Underappreciated American Musical Jewels, 1865--1918, you will discover older musical gems written during a half-century period of geographical, economic, political, and cultural expansion in the United States. Due to the fact that our collective American consciousness is rapidly developing cultural amnesia about or indifference to many of these older songs, the authors felt that a scholarly anthology needed to be produced before another century and millennium overwhelmed us. With Barbershops, Bullets, and Ballads, you will...
Through Barbershops, Bullets, and Ballads: An Annotated Anthology of Underappreciated American Musical Jewels, 1865--1918, you will discover older mus...
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707,28 zł |
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Cather Studies, Volume 2
ISBN: 9780803239104 / Angielski / Twarda / 185 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Volume 2 of Cather Studies demonstrates the range of topics and approaches in contemporary discussions of Willa Cather s work for the informed reader or the specialized student.This volume includes major essays on Cather's response to the cultural pessimism of Oswald Spengler, her affinities to Alphonse Daudet, and aspects of her art in My Antonia, The Professor's House, and Shadows on the Rock."
Volume 2 of Cather Studies demonstrates the range of topics and approaches in contemporary discussions of Willa Cather s work for the informed reader ...
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204,87 zł |
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Girls! Girls! Girls!: Critical Essays on Women and Music
ISBN: 9780814715406 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In recent years, much attention has been lavished on the New Women of rap and rock. From rap stars such as Queen Latifah to bands such as Velocity Girls, popular music has been aggressively redefined by a new generation of women, with a startling range of musical styles. Yet, women's role in contemporary music, and in music history, extends far beyond MTV or the latest riot grrrl troupe. In Girls Girls Girls , Sarah Cooper has assembled a broad- ranging collection of essays to provide an entertaining and impressionistic portrait of women and music. Whether in the form of Helen... In recent years, much attention has been lavished on the New Women of rap and rock. From rap stars such as Queen Latifah to bands such as Velocity ... |
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581,98 zł |
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North American Indian Music: A Guide to Published Sources and Selected Recordings
ISBN: 9780815302322 / Angielski / Twarda / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first comprehensive annotated bibliography of North American Indian music available, including 1,497 items dating from 1535 to 1995. The guide gathers information from the fields of anthropology, folklore, ethnomusicology, and dance, covering sources that include scholarly articles, books, bibli
The first comprehensive annotated bibliography of North American Indian music available, including 1,497 items dating from 1535 to 1995. The guide gat...
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780,44 zł |
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Central European Folk Music: An Annotated Bibliography of Sources in German
ISBN: 9780815303046 / Angielski / Twarda / 338 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first annotated bibliography in German or English to gather the rich sources for German-language folk-music scholarship, presenting a comprehensive view of both historical and contemporary trends in a field embracing folkloristics and ethnomusicology, as well as philological and cultural studies
The first annotated bibliography in German or English to gather the rich sources for German-language folk-music scholarship, presenting a comprehensiv...
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438,95 zł |
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Songs by Henri Reber (1807-1880), Six Romances Populaires (1849), Six Melodies de Victor Hugo (1855), and Five Other Songs by Edouard Lalo (1823-1892)
ISBN: 9780815313564 / Angielski / Twarda / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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634,12 zł |
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Songs by Victor Mass (1822-1884), Including Chants Bretons (1853), and Songs by Georges Bizet (1838-1875), Including Feuilles d'Album (1867)
ISBN: 9780815313588 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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438,95 zł |
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British Opera in America: Children in the Wood, Music by Samuel Arnold, Libretto by Thomas Morton, American Premiere
ISBN: 9780815313687 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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438,95 zł |
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Italian Opera in English: Cinderella, Adapted by M. Rophino Lacy, 1831, from Gioachino Rossini, La Cenerentol
ISBN: 9780815313724 / Angielski / Twarda / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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585,33 zł |