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Opera for Libraries: A Guide to Core Works, Audio and Video Recordings, Books and Serials
ISBN: 9780786414420 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Opera is a unique expression of the human mind and spirit - a play that communicates plot, characterization and story almost entirely through music. Unfortunately, because of restraints of time, location and income, few people have the opportunity to see operas performed on a regular basis. Public libraries are an easily accessible alternative for gaining operatic knowledge and exposure, offering the public a chance to hear, see, and develop an appreciation of opera. This work is a two-part guide for libraries that want to assemble a comprehensive collection of operatic materials. Part I is a...
Opera is a unique expression of the human mind and spirit - a play that communicates plot, characterization and story almost entirely through music. U...
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The Beauty of the 'Burst: Gibson Sunburst Les Pauls from '58 to '60
ISBN: 9780793573745 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. (Book). Finally, the long-awaited English edition of this historic Japanese book is here The Beauty of the 'Burst pays tribute to Gibson's magnificent Sunburst Les Pauls made between 1958 and 1960, the most highly prized solidbody electric guitars ever. The magnitude of their value is directly related to their look (outrageous wood patterns, or "figured" timber), since non-players are paying top dollar for them. The book features lavish full-color photos of these beautiful instruments throughout; the guitars of famous players; a foreword by Ted McCarty; a bio of the author, world renowned...
(Book). Finally, the long-awaited English edition of this historic Japanese book is here The Beauty of the 'Burst pays tribute to Gibson's magnificen...
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171,42 |
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Music in the Moment
ISBN: 9780801431296 / Angielski / Twarda / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Jerrold Levinson's new book, Music in the Moment, makes a major contribution to the now flourishing field of philosophy of music. He has a daring thesis about music listening that is going to shake up the experts, and pose for them, and for us all, some very hard questions. To reuse, yet again, the old cliche, no one interested in the field, can afford not to read Levinson's book." Peter Kivy, author of Authenticities"Jerrold Levinson is one of the world's outstanding philosophers of music. His new book, Music in the Moment, is bold, meticulous, cogent and immensely illuminating of the...
"Jerrold Levinson's new book, Music in the Moment, makes a major contribution to the now flourishing field of philosophy of music. He has a daring the...
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239,99 |
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Authenticities
ISBN: 9780801484803 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "In his latest book on the aesthetics of music, Peter Kivy presents an argument not for authenticity but for authenticities of performance, including authenticities of intention, sound, practice, and the authenticity of personal interpretation in performance. . . . As usual, Kivy's work is beautifully written, well argued, and provocative." Notes"Kivy has provided a sorely needed framework for all future discussion of the authenticity matter. This is his best book, a major contribution to performance studies and to musical aesthetics; likely it will be studied and cited for generations."...
"In his latest book on the aesthetics of music, Peter Kivy presents an argument not for authenticity but for authenticities of performance, including ...
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108,21 |
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Classical Music: A Critic's Guide to the 100 Most Important Recordings
ISBN: 9780805070705 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A dazzling appraisal of the definitive classical music performances available today For classical music lovers, there is nothing more beguiling and exciting than the range of technique and emotion that can capture or transform the great works in the hands of a conductor and musicians. But with hundreds of recordings released every year, discovering the jewels is a challenge, for newcomers as well as for connoisseurs. A dazzling appraisal of the definitive classical music performances available today For classical music lovers, there is nothing more... |
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107,90 |
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The Cash Box Charts for the Post-Modern Age, 1978-1988
ISBN: 9780810828506 / Angielski / Twarda / 601 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book compiles all charts appearing in Cash Box magazine prior to 1989 which have not appeared in the earlier volumes of this chart series. Genres and media formats covered include twelve-inch disco/dance singles, midline albums, video games, compact discs (prior to their integration into the "Top 200 Album Chart"), video clips, videotape sales, and jukebox activity. Alphabetically-arranged title and artist (where relevant) indexes have been included for each chart section, along with appropriate "see also" references. The various sections also feature concise, informative introductions to...
The book compiles all charts appearing in Cash Box magazine prior to 1989 which have not appeared in the earlier volumes of this chart series. Genres ...
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705,27 |
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Organ Literature: Biographical Catalog, Volume 2, 3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780810829657 / Angielski / Twarda / 922 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Now in paperback Cloth edition 0-8108-2964-9 originally published in 1995.
Now in paperback Cloth edition 0-8108-2964-9 originally published in 1995.
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651,40 |
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The Broadway Song Companion: An Annotated Guide to Musical Theatre Literature by Voice Type and Song Style
ISBN: 9780810833739 / Angielski / Twarda / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first complete guide and access point to the vast literature of the Broadway musical for the solo performer. Designed with the working actor in mind, the volume lists every song from over 210 Broadway shows, giving the name of the character(s) who sing(s) the song, its exact vocal range, and categorizing each by song style.
The first complete guide and access point to the vast literature of the Broadway musical for the solo performer. Designed with the working actor in mi...
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352,63 |
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A Conductor's Guide to the Choral-Orchestral Works of J. S. Bach
ISBN: 9780810837331 / Angielski / Twarda / 634 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the third volume in an on-going series of books surveying the choral-orchestral repertoire. In this study, Green reviews Bach's entire oeuvre, including the more than two hundred works that are rarely performed and therefore rarely discussed. All Bach's works from BWV1 to BWV249 are analyzed, making this volume one of the most useful handbooks on this repertoire. Green reviews each work in great detail, providing information such as an instrumentation list, performance times, publishers, availability of materials, manuscript location (when possible), the hand of the copyist(s), text...
This is the third volume in an on-going series of books surveying the choral-orchestral repertoire. In this study, Green reviews Bach's entire oeuvre,...
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450,59 |
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Lutoslawski on Music
ISBN: 9780810848047 / Angielski / Twarda / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lutoslawski on Music is the first collection of writings by the Polish twentieth-century composer Witold Lutoslawski. It includes texts about his own compositions and techniques as well as writings on various aspects of twentieth-century musical culture.
Lutoslawski on Music is the first collection of writings by the Polish twentieth-century composer Witold Lutoslawski. It includes texts about his own ...
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573,04 |
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Essays in Honor of Laszlo Somfai on His 70th Birthday: Studies in the Sources and the Interpretation of Music
ISBN: 9780810852976 / Angielski / Twarda / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume of essays celebrates Hungarian musicologist Laszlo Somfai (b. 1934), head of the Budapest Bartok Archives for more than three decades, past president of the International Musicological Society, and a leading authority on the music of Joseph Haydn and Bela Bartok. His complex approach to source material involves evaluating biographical data while examining compositional sketches, notation, and performance practice, leading him to an "authentic" understanding of music that reaches beyond the discussion of musical sources. This honorary volume is devoted to the topics and approaches...
This volume of essays celebrates Hungarian musicologist Laszlo Somfai (b. 1934), head of the Budapest Bartok Archives for more than three decades, pas...
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661,20 |
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Italian Opera Houses and Festivals
ISBN: 9780810853591 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Italian Opera in the 18th and 19th centuries was an experience unequaled anywhere else in the world. The unique emotion, flavor, and passion that existed have yet to be attained in any other country. Opera houses in Italy are the birthplace of this great art form. They represent its beauty and richness. More than just concrete, stone, glass, and wood, they are alive, each with a character and history of its own. This work recreates the social, political, architectural, and performance histories of each house by including eyewitness accounts from Italian newspapers, journals, and books of the...
Italian Opera in the 18th and 19th centuries was an experience unequaled anywhere else in the world. The unique emotion, flavor, and passion that exis...
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Transported by Song: Corsican Voices from Oral Tradition to World Stage
ISBN: 9780810854390 / Angielski / Miękka / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is an ethnomusicological investigation into traditional and contemporary music in Corsica, with a critical analysis of associated theoretical and ideological issues, focusing particularly on the evolution of musical activity and discourse since 1970.
This book is an ethnomusicological investigation into traditional and contemporary music in Corsica, with a critical analysis of associated theoretica...
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372,23 |
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Origins and Development of Musical Instruments
ISBN: 9780810856578 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Origins and Development of Musical Instruments describes the creation, use, and development of musical instruments from the Old Stone Age to the present day. Musical instruments, from the simplest whistles to the most complex organs, conch trumpets to sousaphones, archers' and musical bows to violins and pianos, the most basic straw reeds to the modern MIDI systems, and pairs of stones struck together to synthesizers, are all described here by instrument collector and expert Jeremy Montagu. Montagu speculates on how these instruments originated in the earliest days of humanity and relates how...
Origins and Development of Musical Instruments describes the creation, use, and development of musical instruments from the Old Stone Age to the prese...
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465,29 |
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Singing: The First Art
ISBN: 9780810857117 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Italian singing technique Bel Canto instructs, "He who knows how to breathe and how to pronounce, knows how to sing." Singing: The First Art incorporates the techniques of Bel Canto along with those of masters like Berton Coffin and Manuel Garcia to promote and facilitate vocal excellence. Many concepts are described, from correct posture and alignment to improving and maintaining proper breathing, from good pronunciation and diction to producing an even, pure tone, and from vocal ranges to singing within and smoothly shifting between vocal registers. Mannes Vocal Faculty member Dan H....
The Italian singing technique Bel Canto instructs, "He who knows how to breathe and how to pronounce, knows how to sing." Singing: The First Art incor...
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Leoncavallo: Life and Works
ISBN: 9780810858732 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first fully documented biography of the Italian composer Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857-1919), the beloved and popular composer of the opera Pagliacci.
This is the first fully documented biography of the Italian composer Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857-1919), the beloved and popular composer of the opera P...
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372,23 |
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Lutoslawski on Music
ISBN: 9780810860131 / Angielski / Miękka / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lutoslawski on Music is the first collection of writings by the Polish twentieth-century composer Witold Lutoslawski. It includes texts about his own compositions and techniques as well as writings on various aspects of twentieth-century musical culture.
Lutoslawski on Music is the first collection of writings by the Polish twentieth-century composer Witold Lutoslawski. It includes texts about his own ...
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367,33 |
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A Conductor's Guide to Nineteenth-Century Choral-Orchestral Works
ISBN: 9780810860469 / Angielski / Twarda / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Conductor's Guide to Nineteenth-Century Choral-Orchestral Works, the fifth in the ongoing series of books, addresses works of the Romantic era, from composers such as Beach, Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorak, Faure, Mendelssohn, Puccini, Rossini, Saint-Saens, Schubert, Scriabin, and Verdi. Jonathan D. Green has amassed a varied collection of significant choral-orchestral works, arranged by composer. Each section begins with a brief biographical sketch, including a selected bibliography, then lists the composer's works. Green presents important details of each work, including the approximate...
A Conductor's Guide to Nineteenth-Century Choral-Orchestral Works, the fifth in the ongoing series of books, addresses works of the Romantic era, from...
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484,88 |
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Carlos Chavez: A Guide to Research
ISBN: 9780815320876 / Angielski / Twarda / 191 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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710,17 |
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Perspectives on American Music from 1945 to 1970
ISBN: 9780815321446 / Angielski / Twarda / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 14 original articles, the contributors to this volume explore the broad range and diversity of post-World War II musical culture. Classical and jazz idioms are covered, as is the broad history of electronic music in the US.
In 14 original articles, the contributors to this volume explore the broad range and diversity of post-World War II musical culture. Classical and jaz...
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440,75 |
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