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Stan Getz: Nobody Else But Me
ISBN: 9780879307295 / Angielski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The creator of the unforgettable Girl from Ipanema tenor sax tone, Stan Getz, the son of Ukrainian immigrants, took his unique sound through five decades of swing, cool, bossa, and beyond. This new biography focuses on Getz's musical legacy, exploring the lightness of touch, lyricism, and warm glow that mark his sound. 100 photos, some in color.
The creator of the unforgettable Girl from Ipanema tenor sax tone, Stan Getz, the son of Ukrainian immigrants, took his unique sound through five deca...
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Eight Miles High: Folk-Rock's Flight from Haight-Ashbury to Woodstock
ISBN: 9780879307431 / Angielski / Miękka / 370 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Eight Miles High documents the evolution of the folk-rock movement from mid-1966 through to the end of the decade.
Eight Miles High documents the evolution of the folk-rock movement from mid-1966 through to the end of the decade.
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45 RPM: The History, Heroes & Villains of a Pop Music Revolution
ISBN: 9780879307578 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Traces the 7inch single's origins back to the 1880s, and explains the personality conflicts that led an eccentric genius to develop the 45 into one of postwar America's most popular consumer products.
Traces the 7inch single's origins back to the 1880s, and explains the personality conflicts that led an eccentric genius to develop the 45 into one of...
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73,42 |
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Tell the Truth Until They Bleed: Coming Clean in the Dirty World of Blues and Rock 'N' Roll
ISBN: 9780879309329 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A wild insider's ride with one of music's most notorious journalists, this volume presents 15 gothic music profiles--legendary musicians and songwriters captured in moments of crisis, despair, revelation, and glory.
A wild insider's ride with one of music's most notorious journalists, this volume presents 15 gothic music profiles--legendary musicians and songwrite...
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The King's Theatre Collection: Ballet and Italian Opera in London, 1706-1883, Revised and Expanded Edition
ISBN: 9780976547228 / Angielski / Miękka / 553 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward Collection of the Harvard Theatre Collection is comprised of thousands of books, scores, librettos, playbills, illustrations, and ephemera relating to public performances that incorporate music and dance in an essential way. The revised and expanded edition of "The King's Theatre Collection: Ballet and Italian Opera in London, 1706-1883" has an additional 200 entries, 20 new illustrations, and several new indexes. With over 1,600 entries and 40 color illustrations, this volume provides a window into the historical significance of the King's Theatre to the...
The John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward Collection of the Harvard Theatre Collection is comprised of thousands of books, scores, librettos, playbills, ill...
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324,53 |
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Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix
ISBN: 9781401300289 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It has been more than thirty-five years since Jimi Hendrix died, but his music and spirit are still very much alive for his fans everywhere. Charles R. Cross vividly recounts the life of Hendrix, from his difficult childhood and adolescence in Seattle through his incredible rise to celebrity in London's swinging sixties. It is the story of an outrageous life--with legendary tales of sex, drugs, and excess--while it also reveals a man who struggled to accept his role as idol and who privately craved the kind of normal family life he never had. Using never-before-seen documents and private...
It has been more than thirty-five years since Jimi Hendrix died, but his music and spirit are still very much alive for his fans everywhere. Charles R...
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157,99 |
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Nobody Likes You: Inside the Turbulent Life, Times, and Music of Green Day
ISBN: 9781401309121 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The full story of the rise and spectacular comeback of the band hailed as the saviors of punk rock Its hard to believe that in early 2004 Green Day was considered over--the band was still together, but they were dismissed as a strictly 90s phenomenon, incapable of re-creating the success of their groundbreaking album Dookie. Then American Idiot debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts, stayed on the charts for nearly 18 months, and went on to sell more than four million records and to win Record of the Year (for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams") at this year's...
The full story of the rise and spectacular comeback of the band hailed as the saviors of punk rock Its hard to believe that in early 2004 Gr...
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77,03 |
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Musical Migrations: Transnationalism and Cultural Hybridity in Latin/O America, Volume I
ISBN: 9781403960016 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The transcultural impact of Latin American musical forms in the United States calls for a deeper understanding of the shifting cultural meanings of music. Musical Migrations examines the tensions between the value of Latin popular music as a metaphor for national identity and its transnational meanings as it traverses national borders, geocultural spaces, audiences, and historical periods. The anthology addresses the role of popular music in Caribbean diasporas in the US and Europe; the trans-Caribbean identities of Salsa and reggae; the racial, cultural, and ethnic hybridity in rock across...
The transcultural impact of Latin American musical forms in the United States calls for a deeper understanding of the shifting cultural meanings of mu...
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201,24 |
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Music in Youth Culture: A Lacanian Approach
ISBN: 9781403965301 / Angielski / Twarda / 321 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Music in Youth Culture examines the fantasies of post-Oedipal youth cultures as displayed on the landscape of popular music from a post-Lacanian perspective. Jan Jagodzinski, an expert on Lacan, psychoanalysis, and education's relationship to media, maintains that a new set of signifiers is required to grasp the sliding signification of contemporary 'youth'. He discusses topics such as the figurality of noise, the perversions of the music scene by boyz/bois/boys and the hysterization of it by gurlz/girls/grrrls. Music in Youth Culture also examines the postmodern 'fan (addict)', techno music,...
Music in Youth Culture examines the fantasies of post-Oedipal youth cultures as displayed on the landscape of popular music from a post-Lacanian persp...
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201,24 |
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A Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
ISBN: 9781406755053 / Angielski / Miękka / 656 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republ...
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159,64 |
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Handel
ISBN: 9781406766554 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republ...
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125,12 |
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Famous Violinists and Fine Violins - Historical Notes, Anecdotes, and Reminiscences
ISBN: 9781406794014 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1896.Contents Include: Great Violinists of the Italian School Leader of the Royal Violins Cherubini as a Violinist Paganini Violin days of Balfe Charles Auguste de Beriot Souvenier of Sivori Two Josephs of Cremona Violin Recital in Mongolia Valuable Violins The Stradivarius Olaus Bull The Child Violinist The Orchestra and the Singer Secrets of the Cremona Violin Trade Neuilly Violin School The Soul of the Violin The Bridges, Strings and Bow Henri Vieuxtemps.Etc.Keywords: Cremona Violin Paganini Violin Violin Recital Violin School Valuable Violins Violinist Henri...
Originally published in 1896.Contents Include: Great Violinists of the Italian School Leader of the Royal Violins Cherubini as a Violinist Paganini Vi...
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151,01 |
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The Life and Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
ISBN: 9781410216120 / Angielski / Miękka / 820 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The present volume, translated from the monumental Russian biography by the composer's brother, is the result of a careful selection of material. The leading idea which the editor has kept in view has been to preserve as far as possible the autobiographical character of the book, preferring to let Tchaikovsky himself tell the story of his life. This title is cited and recommended by Books for College Libraries. The editor and translator, Rosa Newmarch, was a well-known of English music writer and annotator, and a President of the Royal College of Music. She is also the author of Tchaikovksy:...
The present volume, translated from the monumental Russian biography by the composer's brother, is the result of a careful selection of material. The ...
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163,79 |
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The Wall of Fame: New York City's Legendary Manny's Music
ISBN: 9781423405559 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Before the popularity of the electric guitar and before every teenager with a rock 'n' roll dream had a band in their garage, Manny's Music in New York City was providing the hardware for swing stars and big bands, and establishing itself as the place to go for the musician in the know. Besides being a garden of delight for musicians looking for the latest gear, Manny's became a center of activity where stories and tips were swapped among superstars and budding musicians alike. The Wall of Fame is not only for anyone who has ever bought a guitar or played in a band, but for fans and music...
Before the popularity of the electric guitar and before every teenager with a rock 'n' roll dream had a band in their garage, Manny's Music in New Yor...
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122,44 |
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The Anarchist And The Devil Do Cabaret
ISBN: 9781551642048 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Documents the experiences and reflections of an anarcho-rock 'n' roll cabaret band on tour.
Documents the experiences and reflections of an anarcho-rock 'n' roll cabaret band on tour.
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78,32 |
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Gil Evans: Out of the Cool: His Life and Music
ISBN: 9781556524936 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The life (19121988) and career of Gil Evans paralleled and often foreshadowed the quickly changing world of jazz through the 20th century. Gil Evans: Out of the Cool is the comprehensive biography of a self-taught musician whom colleagues often regarded as a mentor. His innovative work as a composer, arranger, and bandleaderfor Miles Davis, with whom he frequently collaborated over the course of four decades, and for his own ensemblesplaces him alongside Duke Ellington and Aaron Copland as one of the giants of American music. His unflagging creativity galvanized the most prominent jazz...
The life (19121988) and career of Gil Evans paralleled and often foreshadowed the quickly changing world of jazz through the 20th century. Gil Evans: ...
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From the Velvets to the Voidoids: The Birth of American Punk Rock
ISBN: 9781556525759 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Exhaustively researched and packed with unique insights, this history journeys from the punk scene's roots in the mid-1960s to the arrival of "new wave" in the early 1980s. With a cast that includes Patti Smith, Pere Ubu, Television, Blondie, the Ramones, the MC5, the Stooges, Talking Heads, and the Dead Boys, this account is the definitive story of early American punk rock. Extraordinarily balanced, it tells the story of the music's development largely through the artists' own words, while thoroughly analyzing and evaluating the music in a lucid and cogent manner. First published in 1993,...
Exhaustively researched and packed with unique insights, this history journeys from the punk scene's roots in the mid-1960s to the arrival of "new wav...
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65,32 |
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Pres: The Story of Lester Young
ISBN: 9781557282637 / Angielski / Twarda / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Doug Ramsey speaks of Lester Young as "the gentle, bedeviled genius whose vision of beauty found expression even though he was hounded throughout his life by nearly every demon the twentieth century had managed to spawn." This is his story, told with love and candor.
Doug Ramsey speaks of Lester Young as "the gentle, bedeviled genius whose vision of beauty found expression even though he was hounded throughout his ...
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166,52 |
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Blue Flame: Woody Herman's Life in Music
ISBN: 9781557530738 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Blue Flame, noted regional biographer Robert C. Kriebel devotes his admiring attention to documenting Herman's life and music. No aspect of Herman's career escapes his gaze: the musicians-both famous and obscure who played in his bands, the music they played, the writers and arrangers of that music, the famous recordings, and the ups and downs of band life from the big-band heyday of the 1930s through half a century of changing tastes and changing times. The result of Kriebel's painstaking research is an accurate and detailed picture of the strenuous and frustrating life of' a...
In Blue Flame, noted regional biographer Robert C. Kriebel devotes his admiring attention to documenting Herman's life and music. No aspect o...
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Ok! the Story of Oklahoma!: A Celebration of America's Most Loved Musical
ISBN: 9781557835550 / Angielski / Miękka / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Oklahomal opened nearly sixty years ago and instantly made musical theatre history. This lavishly illustrated book tells the fascinating story of a landmark musical from its inception at New York's Theatre Guild and recounts the first-time collaboration between Rodgers and Hammerstein alongside Agnes deMille's groundbreaking choreography that would transform the future of musicals in its integration of story and character.
Oklahomal opened nearly sixty years ago and instantly made musical theatre history. This lavishly illustrated book tells the fascinating story of a la...
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93,01 |
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