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MUSIC OPERA ORCHESTRA COMPOSERS JAZZ BLUES ROCK
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 | Tyrell, John - MY LIFE WITH JANACEK : THE MEMOIRS OF ZDENKA JANACKOVA(Faber & Faber
, 1998) pp. xviii, 278 Pages Memoir of the great Czech composer Leos Janacek, crucial to the understanding of one of the 20th century`s most original and appealing composers. Illustrated. Hardcover. Fine cloth brds in Fine d/w Price: $13.20 |
| Rosenthal, Harold - MY MAD WORLD OF OPERA(Weidenfeld & Nicolson
, 1982) pp.xiv, 234 Pages The autobiography of the editor of `Opera` magazine. SIGNED with numerous ENCLOSURES: Personal copy of Ray Farrar, dedicated and signed by Rosenthal plus 5 signed Rosenthal letters (3 on `Opera` letterhead, 2 from private address), invitation to wedding of Dr Rosenthal`s son Simon, In Memoriam recital programme, acknowledgment of gift to testimonial fund, etc. Hardcover. Very fine cloth brds in VG+ d/w Price: $33.00 |
| Reiff, Carole - NIGHTS IN BIRDLAND: Jazz Photographs 1954 -1960(Simon & Schuster
, 1987) pp.127 Pages With an Essay by Jack Kerouac `Thev Beginning of Bop` (1959). Award-winning and rarely seen photographs of Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Coltrane, Gillespie et al. 21.5x27.5cms (View image) VG+ stiff pict covers, 1 cnr sl bumped Price: $17.60 |
| Appleford, Steve - ROLLING STONES, THE: It`s Only Rock `n` Roll: The Stories Behind Every Song(Harper Collins
, 1997) 256 Pages `The essential companion to a legendary 35-year repertoire` . Profusely illustrated. Large format, 21.5x28cms. Cheapest currently offered in Australia. (View image) Fine pict stiff paper covers Price: $27.50 |
| Hayward, Philip (ed) - SOUND ALLIANCES : Indigenous Peoples, Cultural Politics and popular Music in the Pacific(Cassell
, 1998) pp.x, 220 Pages John Castles: `Tjungaringanyi: Aboriginal Rock (1971-91), Robin Ryan: `Koori Music in Melbourne - Culture, Politics and Certainty`, etc. Yothu Yindi Softcover, Very Fine (unused) Price: $11.00 |
| Slobin, Mark - SUBCULTURAL SOUNDS: Micromusics of the West(Wesleyan University Press / Uni P of New England
, 1993) pp.xii, 127 Pages Part of the acclaimed `Music and Culture` series. MUSIC / CULTURAL STUDIES Softcover. Very Fine (unused) Price: $11.00 |
| Brown, David - TCHAIKOVSKY : A Biographical and Critical Study Volume III : The Years of Fame 1878-1893(Victor Gollancz, London
, 1992, 1st paperback ed) pp.527 Pages Photographic and musical score illustrations. (Originally Vol III and IV of the hardcover edition, with corrections.) Softcover. Fine except for remains of price sticker on cover. Price: $19.80 |
| Peyser, Joan - TO BOULEZ AND BEYOND : Music in Europe since The Rite of Spring(Billboard Books
, 1999) pp.xvii, 382 Pages Traces development of classical music from early 20th century onwards. PIERRE BOULEZ JOHN CAGE MILTON BABBITT Very Fine (unused) hardcover cloth brds in VF d/w Price: $19.80 |
| Heffer, Simon - VAUGHAN WILLIAMS(Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London
, 2000) pp. 152 Pages `There were no truly English modern composers until, in the first years of the twentieth century, Ralph Vaughan Williams decided to become one. Hubert Parry and Edward Elgar, the fathers of the English musical renaissance, took their lead from German masters. Vaughan Williams and his friend Gustav Holst took theirs, exceptionally, from the neglected spources of folk-song - from the very soil of England.` Hardcover. Fine cloth brds in edgeworn d/w Price: $13.20 |
| McLean, Mervyn - WEAVERS OF SONG : Polynesian Music and Dance(Auckland University Press
, 1999) pp.x, 543 Pages Standard reference work on the topic by Auckland University ethnomusicologist Professor Mervyn McLean. Profusely illustrated and exhaustively referenced. INCLUDES CD in sleeve. MAORI Hardcover. Very Fine cloth brds in very slightly edgeworn unclipped d/w Price: $55.00 |
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