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$22.50
xx172pol208255

Classic and Romantic Music: A Comprehensive Survey


BLUME, FRIEDRICH; NORTON, MD HERTER (transl)

8vo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1972

KEYWORDS: classic classical romantic music criticism history

$16.50
xx173pol208270

Early Keyboard Instruments


RIPIN, EDWIN M & WRAIGHT, DENZIL & O'BRIEN, G GRANT & FERGUSON, HOWARD & CALDWELL, JOHN & SCHOTT, HOWARD & DOWD, WILLIAM

8vo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1989

KEYWORDS: keyboard music instrument early history

$100.00
ak1/3b/1

Percussion Instruments and Their History


BLADES, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, beige buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 509pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light tanning to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sm adhesive residue to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1970

KEYWORDS: first editions music history percussion instruments culture

$40.00
ak1/3b/18

Musical Instruments and Their Symbolism in Western Art


WINTERNITZ, EMANUEL

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 240pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, light creasing & moderate chipping to edges, light to moderate rubbing & surface loss, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1967

KEYWORDS: first editions music musical instruments history historic symbolism western art criticism intepretation appreciation

$40.00
ak1/3b/19

The Harpsichord and Clavichord: An Introductory Study (Second Edition)


RUSSELL, RAYMOND & SCHOTT, HOWARD (Revised by)

REVISED EDITION, imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained yellow, unpaginated prelims + 208pp + 103 plates to rear- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (light rubbing & discolouration to board edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to apge edges & eps, occasional sl foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate tanning, chafing & foxing, moderate foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1973

KEYWORDS: revised edtion music history harpsichords clavichords early keyboards instruments classical

$60.00
ak1/3b/26

History, Imagination and the Performance of Music


WALLS, PETER

Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 184pp, Near Fine (sl staining/soiling to top edges of page block) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & tanning to edges)

PUBLISHER: The Boydell Press 2003

KEYWORDS: music history performance entertainment

$40.00
ak1/3b/34

Ignacy Jan Paderewski: A Pianist Amongst the Geysers


DRECKI, JACEK ROMAN

Octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, xiv + 186pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Quo Vadis 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand music musical history Ignacy Jan Paderewski musicians piano pianists

$40.00
ak1/11a/13

The Future of Jazz


FRIEDWALD, WILL et al & TAYLOR, YUVAL (Ed)

Octavo, illus lgossy light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, ix + 241pp, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & covers/edges, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: A Cappella Books 2002

KEYWORDS: music jazz theory philosophy history criticism

$140.00
ak1/11a/24

Traditional Songs of the Maori


McLEAN, MERVYN & ORBELL, MARGARET

Oblong quarto, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 324pp, VG (light rubbing & scuffing to board edges/extrems, moderate foxing to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, new publishing info tipped in to title & copyright pages, single vertical crease to pgs 9-10), in d/w, light creasing & chipping to edges, light soiling & scuffing to spine, moderate tanning, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1975

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori songs music heritage culture te reo

$40.00
ak1/15a/2

Rock Dreams


PEELLAERT, GUY & COHN, NIK & HERR, MICHAEL (Intro)

Sm folio, white light card covers, red lettering to front cover, 222pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & tanning/staining to cover edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Taschen 2003

KEYWORDS: art rock music musicians portraits Guy Peellaert

$75.00
ak1/15a/3

The Faber Book of French Folk Songs


ARMA, PAUL (Selected by) & POSTON, ELIZABETH (Arranged & Trans) & ARMA, EDMEE (Illus)

Imperial octavo, white illus heavy boards, red, blue & black lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 152pp, illus, VG (light bruising & tanning to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, tidy gutter reinforcement to prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & soiling/foxing, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 1972

KEYWORDS: French France music culture folk songs

$50.00
ak1/15a/5

Central Asian Music: Essays in the History of the Music of the Peoples of the USSR


BELIAEV, VIKTOR M & SLOBIN, MARK (Ed & Annotated) & SLOBIN, MARK and GRETA (Trans)

Imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 340pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Wesleyan University Press 1975

KEYWORDS: music history criticism soviet Russia Russian Asia

$40.00
ak1/15a/12

From Pop to Punk to Postmodernism: Popular Music and Australian Culture from the 1960s to the 1990s


HAYWARD, PHILIP (Ed)

Octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine, xi + 188pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers, light soiling & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 1992

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian popular culture music history late 20th twentieth century

$40.00
ak1/15a/19

The Oxford Companion to Australian Music


BEBBINGTON, WARREN (Ed)

Imperial octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xvi + 608pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine & cover edges, sl chafing & wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: music history Australia Australian musical heritage companion performers entertainment dictionary

$35.00
xx190pol208342

Jazz: The Australian Accent


SHAND, JOHN & MARCH, JANE (Photos)

Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: UNSW Press 2009

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian music jazz history criticism musicians

$18.50
xx190pol208383

Cheremis Musical Styles


NETTL, BRUNO & SEBEOK, THOMAS A (Preface)

Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Indiana University Press 1960

KEYWORDS: music musical cheremis essay literature Bruno Nettl

$15.00
xx190pol208389

Rocking Around the Clock


KAPLAN, E ANN

Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Routledge 1988

KEYWORDS: music television postmodernism culture mtv

$15.00
xx190pol208391

Musical Instruments of South-east Asia


TAYLOR, ERIC

Octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1989

KEYWORDS: music culture cultural artefacts instruments south-east Asia

$22.50
xx189pol208394

A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Composers (1911-1971)


THOMPSON, KENNETH

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1973

KEYWORDS: music musical composers dictionaries 20th twentieth century

$25.00
xx189pol208410

Sound Effects: Youth, Leisure and the Politics of Rock 'n' Roll


FRITH, SIMON

Super octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Pantheon Books 1981

KEYWORDS: sound recording industry rock music history criticism

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