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Ich muss meinen Namen in den Himmel schreiben
Narr Francke Attempto 2012; US$ 62.55Hauptbeschreibung Im vorliegenden Band werden erstmals deutschsprachige Rap-Texte aus dem 21. Jahrhundert einer eingehenden literaturwissenschaftlichen Analyse unterzogen. Geklärt werden soll u. a., welchem Text-Genre sie angehören und welche unterschiedlichen medialen Dimensionen Einfluss auf die Bedeutungsproduktion der Texte haben. Im Besonderen... more...
Wer will das noch hören?
Springer 2012; US$ 39.99Orchester in Deutschland verlieren schleichend an Publikum. Andreas Heinen vergleicht Publikumsstrukturen in den USA mit denen in Niedersachsen und stellt überraschendes fest: Jedes Orchester hat sein spezifisches Publikum mit besonderen Vorlieben. Aus dabei wirksamen Mechanismen lassen sich Strategien entwickeln, auch neues Publikum in die klassische... more...
Shanghai Street Style
Intellect 2013; US$ 20.00Although fashion fixtures and A-list celebrities pack the front rows at the biggest, most glamorous shows at fashion week, the most creative attire is often found not on the catwalks or inside the auditoriums but on the streets. more...
Analyzing Popular Music
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 34.00How do we 'know' music? We perform it, we compose it, we sing it in the shower, we cook, sleep and dance to it. Eventually we think and write about it. This book represents the culmination of such shared processes in a variety of contextual analyses. more...
Early Keyboard Instruments
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 34.00Discusses a variety of issues involved in the performance of keyboard music from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. Forms a useful introduction to historical performance issues for student performers or amateurs, whether playing on period instruments or on the modern piano. more...
Clapton's Guitar
Free Press 2005; US$ 15.00In 1994, Eric Clapton came across a Wayne Henderson guitar in a recording studio and decided on the spot that he had to have one. Rarer than Stradivarius violins, these musical works of art are built from near-extinct Brazilian Rosewood, Appalachian spruce, black ebony, and fine mother-of-pearl. With Henderson's keen ear for the vibrations of each... more...
Bach's Works for Solo Violin
Oxford University Press 1999; US$ 22.99J. S. Bach's sonatas and partitas for solo violin have been central to the violin repertoire since the mid-eighteenth century. This engaging volume is the first comprehensive exploration of the place of these works within Bach's music: it focuses on their structural and stylistic features as they have been perceived since their creation. Joel Lester,... more...
Ponchielli's La Gioconda (Opera Journeys Mini Guide Series)
Opera Journeys Publishing 2006; US$ 9.75A comprehensive guide to Ponchielli's LA GIOCONDA, featuring Principal Characters in the opera, Brief Story Synopsis, Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples, and an insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis by Burton D. Fisher, noted opera author and lecturer. more...
Psalm Songs for Ordinary Times
Continuum International Publishing 1998; US$ 49.95Volume 3 of a 3 part series. "These contemporary song settings may be freely used in worship by Christians of all denominations, but those who use the three-year lectionaries will welcome the liturgical indexes that relate them to these lectionaries." Ogden is the Director of Music at Clifton Cathedral and Regional Director for the South... more...
Rossini's Armida
Opera Journeys Publishing 2009; US$ 11.75A complete newly translated libretto with Italian-English side-by-side, including Music Highlight Examples. more...









