Western Music: Periods & Styles


"Stephen Fry's Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music"

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Presents 700-year history of classical music and the world as we know it. New ed. Paperback, 320 pages. Size: 197 x 130 mm. Weight: 210g.
Author:  Fry, Stephen Lihoreau, Tim
ISBN:  0330438565
Publisher:  Pan MacMillan
Date:  2005  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Western Music: Periods & Styles

"Big Bangs"

Five Musical Revolutions

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An account of the five turning points in Western music, starting with the invention of notation by an 11th century monk, the invention of the piano and opera, and the first musical recording, and the development of musical styles ending with popular music of the 20th century. The book accompanies a 5-part Channel 4 series. With facsimiles, , music, portraits. New ed. Paperback, 256 pages. Size: 199 x 130 mm. Weight: 239g.
Author:  Goodall, Howard
ISBN:  0099283549
Publisher:  Vintage
Date:  2001  (United Kingdom)
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"Singing Cowboys"

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Tells the story of the men and women who shone brightly during the magical era of the singing cowboy movie star. Follow the singing cowboy movie fad, from Gene Autry's first films in 1935 to Marty Robbins' drive-in quickie movies in 1959. This work recalls the stories of nearly 60 men, women and groups who embodied the singing cowboy tradition. With 185 colour illustrations. Hardback, 160 pages. Size: 255 x 255 mm. Weight: 788g.
Author:  Green, Doug
ISBN:  1586858084
Publisher:  Gibbs M. Smith Inc
Date:  2006  (United States)
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"A Concise History of Western Music"

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A brief history of western classical music which will appeal to all music lovers. Hardback, 358 pages. Size: 224 x 150 mm. Weight: 609g.
Author:  Griffiths, Paul
ISBN:  0521842948
Publisher:  Cambridge University Press
Date:  2006  (United Kingdom)
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"A History of Western Music"

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The seventh edition of A History of Western Music offers a vivid, accessible and richly contextual view of music in Western culture. With illustrations (chiefly col.), col. maps. 7 rev ed. Hardback, 1051 pages. Size: 175 x 250 mm. Weight: 2001g.
Author:  Grout, Donald Jay Burkholder, Peter J. Palisca, Claude V.
ISBN:  0393979911
Publisher:  W W Norton & Co Ltd
Date:  2005  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Western Music: Periods & Styles

"Rockin' Down the Highway"

The Unholy Marriage of Rock 'n' Roll and Internal Combustion

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From the 1936 recording, Terraplane Blues to MTV hit show Pimp My Ride, cars have been a constant theme in rock-n-roll. The author draws on private collections, poster artists, private archives to present an illustrated examination of the remarkable synergy between rock music and motoring from early RandB to metal to punk to hip-hop. With 600 colour, 200 black and white. Hardback, 240 pages. Size: 305 x 267 mm. Weight: 788g.
Author:  Grushkin, Paul
ISBN:  0760322929
Publisher:  Voyageur Press Inc.,U.S.
Date:  2006  (United States)
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"The Jacobite Relics of Scotland"

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"The Collected Works of James Hogg" series; James Hogg's Jacobite Relics - originally commissioned by the Highland Society of London in 1817 - is an important addition to The Collected Works of James Hogg. With bibliography, glossary. Hardback, 584 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 1055g.
Author:  Hogg, James (Pittock, Murray, ed.)
ISBN:  074861592X
Publisher:  Edinburgh University Press
Date:  2002  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Western Music: Periods & Styles

"Rock Me Amadeus"

When Ignorance Meets High Art, Things Can Get Messy

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When Seb Hunter turned his back on his cherished record collection in search of more nourishing sounds, rock 'n' roll cold turkey was going to be the least of his problems. His simple aim was to try and feel passionate about classical music, and that meant starting at the very beginning: with a hallucinating German nun. With illustrations. Paperback, 432 pages. Weight: 295g.
Author:  Hunter, Seb
ISBN:  0141022930
Publisher:  Penguin Books Ltd
Date:  2007  (United Kingdom)
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"Classical Music Experience"

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2 rev ed. Hardback, 400 pages. Size: 235 x 196 mm. Weight: 893g.
Author:  Jacobson M.D., Julius H., Ii
ISBN:  1402211988
Publisher:  Sourcebooks, Inc
Date:  2008  (United States)
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"The Historical Performance of Music"

An Introduction

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"Cambridge Handbooks to the Historical Performance of Music" series; An overview of historical performance, surveying current issues, and suggesting future developments. With 5 line figures 24 music examples. Paperback, 233 pages. Size: 229 x 153 mm. Weight: 388g.
Author:  Lawson, Colin Stowell, Robin
ISBN:  0521627389
Publisher:  Cambridge University Press
Date:  1999  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Western Music: Periods & Styles

"The Nrp Listener's Encyclopedia of Classical Music"

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Aims to provide music lovers with everything they need to know. This work covers those terms, works, composers, and performers that NPR listeners and concert-goers are most likely to encounter. In addition, readers receive a password that opens the door to an interactive Web site. With illustrations. Paperback, 928 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author:  Libbey, Ted
ISBN:  0761120726
Publisher:  Workman Publishing
Date:  2006  (United States)
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"Mystic Rhythms"

The Philosophical Vision of Rush

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Paperback, 164 pages. Size: 216 x 140 mm. Weight: 220g.
Author:  Price, Carol Selby Price, Robert M.
ISBN:  1587151022
Publisher:  Wildside Press
Date:  1999  (United States)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Western Music: Periods & Styles

"A History of American Classical Music"

(With 2 Audio Cd's)

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"Naxos Books" series; Two CDs. Paperback, Size: 232 x 156 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author:  Scherer, Barrymore Laurence
ISBN:  184379117X
Publisher:  Naxos Books
Date:  2007  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Western Music: Periods & Styles

"Handel's Oratorios and Eighteenth-Century Thought"

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Ruth Smith sheds new light on Handel's oratorio librettists and explores literature, music, aesthetics, politics and religion to reveal his texts as conduits for eighteenth-century thought. With 4 tables. Hardback, 500 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 931g.
Author:  Smith, Ruth
ISBN:  0521402654
Publisher:  Cambridge University Press
Date:  1995  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Western Music: Periods & Styles

"Lords of Chaos"

The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground

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The bloody rise of the satanic metal underground. With ill.. Paperback, 400 pages. Size: 225 x 145 mm. Weight: 680g.
Author:  Soderlind, Didrik Moynihan, Michael
ISBN:  0922915946
Publisher:  Feral House,U.S.
Date:  2003  (United States)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Western Music: Periods & Styles

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