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The Twelve-Tone Music of Luigi Dallapiccola
Boydell & Brewer 2010; US$ 75.00Brian Alegant's The Twelve-Tone Music of Luigi Dallapiccola traces the evolution of Dallapiccola's compositional technique over a thirty-year period (1942-74). Using both historical and music-analytical lenses, this book documents the influences of Webern and Schoenberg, highlights Dallapiccola's innovative handling of harmony, form, and... more...
Two cities, one life
Amsterdam University Press 2008; US$ 38.95Historical processes are the result of the behavior of countless individual actors. In this book, therefore, the authors compare the demography of the Taiwanese town Lugang and the Dutch town Nijmegen using data on the lifes of thousands of their inhabitants. The period covered is approximately 1850 to 1945. First, the standard demographic rates on... more...
Das verlorene Ich
Tectum Verlag 2011; US$ 16.30Hauptbeschreibung Jeden Tag hören wir viele Lieder: Summen mit, singen, tanzen dazu. Aber oft machen wir uns überhaupt keine Gedanken darüber, was die Texte wirklich bedeuten. Wollen uns die Texte etwas sagen oder die Songschreiber selbst? Dieses Buch analysiert Liedtexte von Herbert Grönemeyer, einem der erfolgreichsten deutschsprachigen Musiker... more...
Ten Plagues' and 'The Coronation of Poppea'
A&C Black 2011; US$ 12.99In London. Came the plague in sixteen sixty five. One hundred thousand dead. But I alive. London is infected. The dead fall in the streets. As the plague pits fill, the people of London struggle to maintain a society in the face of overwhelming mortality. Based on eye-witness accounts from 1665 and drawing poetic parallels with modern epidemics, Ten... more...
World Music
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 72.95Authors Terry E. Miller and Andrew Shahriari take students around the world to experience the diversity of musical expression. World Music: A Global Journey , now in its third edition, is known for its breadth in surveying the world?s major cultures in a systematic study of world music within a strong pedagogical framework. As one prepares for... more...
Anyone Who Had a Heart
Atlantic Books Ltd 2013; US$ 18.94Burt Bacharach is one of the most celebrated and legendary song-writers of the twentieth century. Throughout his sixty year career he has worked with artists from Dionne Warwick to Dr Dre, Marlene Dietrich to Elvis Costello. Anyone Who Had a Heart is the story of one of the greatest song writers of all time. It traces for the first time in... more...
Crossroads
Northeastern University Press 2013; US$ 28.99The blues revival rescued the creators of America's most influential music from dusty obscurity, put them onstage in front of a vast new audience, and created rock 'n' roll more...
Olly Murs
John Blake 2013; US$ 7.99He opened for One Direction in North America, appeared on The Tonight Show , recorded with Flo Rida?the story of the heartthrob singer whose U.S. fan base continues to grow The cheeky guy with the tight trousers and the porkpie hat has sold out concert tours, released bestselling albums, and enjoyed a string of hits including "Please Don't Let... more...









