20th Century Music
"Anthology of Twentieth-Century Music"
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"Norton Introduction to Music History" series; A selection of 29 musical works from various genres covering a time span of 1903 to 1983. An analytical essay for each piece discusses the character of the music, avoiding technical jargon wherever possible. Instructions are included on how to read a score. With glossary, indices. Paperback, 464 pages. Size: 235 x 164 mm. Weight: 658g.
Author: Morgan, Robert P.
ISBN: 0393952843
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Ltd
Date: 1992 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) 20th Century Music
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"Twentieth-Century Music"A History of Musical Style in Modern Europe and America
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"Norton Introduction to Music History" series; Divided into three chronological sections which cover the entire century, this study explores national movements, as represented by Charles Ives and Ralph Vaughan Williams, philosophical movements as various as the Schoenberg-Webern alliance, New Romanticism and the boom in electronic music. With ill.. Hardback, 572 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 968g.
Author: Morgan, Robert P.
ISBN: 039395272X
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Ltd
Date: 1991 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) 20th Century Music
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"Jewish Identities"Nationalism, Racism, and Utopianism in Twentieth-Century Music
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"California Studies in Twentieth-Century Music" series; The prevailing essentialist assumptions about 'Jewish music,' maintain that ethnic groups, nations, or religious communities possess an essence that must manifest itself in art created by members of that group. This book scrutinizes concepts of Jewish identity and reorders ideas about twentieth-century 'Jewish music' in three case studies. With illustrations, music. Hardback, 468 pages. Size: 235 x 159 mm. Weight: 750g.
Author: Moricz, Klara
ISBN: 0520250885
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational 20th Century Music
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"The Harlequin Years"Music in Paris 1917-1929
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Paris during the Twenties was a cheap place for travellers, so everybody went there. It was, as Stravinsky said, the hub of the musical world. As a result, few decades in the life of any European city have been as rich in musical personalities and achievements. With 69 illustrations. Hardback, 288 pages. Size: 235 x 169 mm. Weight: 1006g.
Author: Nichols, Roger
ISBN: 0500510954
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Date: 2002 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) 20th Century Music
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"Experimental Music"Cage and Beyond
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"Music in the Twentieth Century" series; Composer Michael Nyman's classic 1974 account of the postwar experimental tradition in music. With 67 halftones. 2 rev ed. Paperback, 216 pages. Size: 248 x 175 mm. Weight: 159g.
Author: Nyman, Michael
ISBN: 0521653835
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 1999 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) 20th Century Music
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"The Day John Met Paul"An Hour-By-Hour Account of How the Beatles Began
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Includes photographs of the Liverpool landmarks that played a role in the Beatles' lives and works, with an introduction. With 37 black & white halftones. Rev ed. Paperback, 192 pages. Size: 230 x 180 mm. Weight: 362g.
Author: O'Donnell, Jim
ISBN: 0415979331
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational 20th Century Music
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"Writings on Music, 1965-2000"
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This title provides a collection of the composer Steve Reich's writings on music, from his classic essay from 1968 on Music as a Gradual Process, which was the founding call for the development of minimalism, to his work on non-western musics such as the Balinese and African music that contributed to Drumming and other compositions. With illustrations. New ed. Paperback, 254 pages. Size: 250 x 156 mm. Weight: 432g.
Author: Reich, Steve (Hillier, Paul, ed.)
ISBN: 0195151151
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2004 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) 20th Century Music
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"Rip It Up and Start Again"Postpunk, 1978-1984
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Taking a big-picture view of the post-punk period, this book recreates a time of tremendous urgency and idealism in pop music. It presents many anecdotes and insights, and features the likes of Joy Division, The Fall, Pere Ubu, PiL and Talking Heads. It is of interest to fans of post-punk music. Paperback, 624 pages. Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 377g.
Author: Reynolds, Simon
ISBN: 057121570X
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
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"The Rest is Noise"Listening to the Twentieth Century
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A sweeping musical history that goes from the salons of pre-war Vienna to Velvet Underground shows in the sixties. Hardback, 624 pages. Size: 240 x 159 mm. Weight: 254g.
Author: Ross, Alex
ISBN: 184115475X
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
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"Haunted Weather"Music, Silence, and Memory
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"Five Star Paperback" series; Subtitled Music, Silence and Memory, 'Haunted Weather' is part personal memoir and part travel journal, as well as an intensive survey of recent developments in digital technology, sonic theory and musical practice. From the author of the landmark book on music, 'Ocean of Sound'. With illustrations. New ed. Paperback, 352 pages. Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 208g.
Author: Toop, David
ISBN: 1852427892
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
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"Musical Composition in the Twentieth Century"
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This text builds on the foundations of Music since the First World War (first published 1977, revised edition 1988). It updates and reshapes the original text and places it in the wider context of 20th-century serious music before 1918 and after 1975. With music examples. Paperback, 426 pages. Size: 230 x 150 mm. Weight: 629g.
Author: Whittall, Arnold
ISBN: 0198166834
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 2000 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational 20th Century Music
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"112 Acting Games"A Comprehensive Workbook of Theatre Games for Developing Acting Skills
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Paperback, 112 pages. Size: 215 x 140 mm. Weight: 346g.
Author: (Levy, Gavin, ed.)
ISBN: 1566081068
Publisher: Meriwether Publishing,U.S.
Date: 2005 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Acting Techniques
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"Acting (Re)Considered"A Theoretical and Practical Guide
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"Worlds of Performance" series; This is an exceptionally wide-ranging collection of theories on acting, ideas about body and training, and statements about the actor in performance. With 21 line drawings, 38 b&w photographs, 2 tables. 2 rev ed. Paperback, 416 pages. Size: 246 x 174 mm. Weight: 728g.
Author: (Zarrilli, Phillip B., ed.)
ISBN: 041526300X
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 2002 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Acting Techniques
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"Actresses' Audition Speeches"
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Contains over 40 speeches and includes a wide selection of pieces taken from plays such as Losing Louis, Whose Life is it Anyway? and His Dark Materials. There are speeches for a variety of accents and ages, taken from both classical and modern plays, to suit various audition requirements. 2 rev ed. Paperback, 144 pages. Size: 216 x 135 mm. Weight: 185g.
Author: (Marlow, Jean, ed.)
ISBN: 0713676132
Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
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"Audition Speeches for Men"
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"Stage and Costume" series; A follow-on from Actors' Audition Speeches this title includesspeeches from plays written and produced in the 1990s, with extractsfrom West End productions (Art and Cressida), and films (PulpFiction). Comments from directors, casting directors, actors andteachers are included. Paperback, 125 pages. Size: 216 x 135 mm. Weight: 166g.
Author: (Marlow, Jean, ed.)
ISBN: 0713652853
Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Date: 2001 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Acting Techniques
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