Performing Arts

Eleven-year-old Tulsi comes from a long line of women magicians, but her mother has always forbidden her to learn Big Magic. It's dangerous, thrilling, and powerful - and Tulsi wants...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodBehind the glittering curtain of Australia's most powerful media empires and cultural institutions lies a world of clashing egos, boardroom battles, and artistic temperament...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA remarkable life dedicated to music unfolds in Your Friend Alberto Zelman, a biography that chronicles the extraordinary...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the glittering crossroads of stage, screen, and song stood Max Oldaker — a name that once electrified audiences across Australia and Britain, and...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingFor any devotee of the operatic stage, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera stands as the definitive companion to one of the world's...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the heart of one of the most electrifying cultural revolutions of the twentieth century stood Sergei Diaghilev — impresario, visionary, and the magnetic...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom the grand riverboats of Show Boat to the glittering finale of A Chorus Line, the history of the musical theatre is one of the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodBlack Roots White Flowers: A History of Jazz in Australia is the definitive chronicle of how one of America's most revolutionary art forms took...

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The book titled The New Monteverdi Companion by the author Denis Arnold. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Margaret Helfgott, sister of the piano virtuoso David Helfgott, shines new light on the story behind the film that brought him into the public arena. Her story contests the ideas...

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The power and prestige of music in the modern world has given its practitioners extraordinary wealth and moral authority. This is taken for granted now and yet for much of...

Anything Goes , John's first book, gave you the story so far. I Am What I Am reveals more about the man behind the television sensation, focusing on John's unique...

A compelling exploration of public performance in everyday life, by the leading cultural and social thinker The Performer explores the relations between performing in art (particularly music), politics and everyday...

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A critically-acclaimed Sunday Times and Spectator book of 2020, and a major new literary voice. Siberia's history is traditionally one of exiles, bitter cold and suffering. Yet there is another...

A thrilling, filmic immersion into Berlin's legendary club scene - a skillfully told novel about the fragility of life. Berlin, Gorlitzer Park: The body of a young woman in a...

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Hollywood in the 1920s - where stars were created, glamorized and lionized, and where child-star Francis Gumm took her first step on te path that was to rocket her to...

An innovative analysis of Simone Forti's interdisciplinary art, viewing her influential 1960s "dance constructions" as negotiating the aesthetic strategies of John Cage and Anna Halprin.Simone Forti's art developed within the...

Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller * Named one of Variety's Best Music Books of 2021 * Included in Audible's Best of The Year list * A Business Insider Best...

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Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the early twentieth century, one visionary woman reshaped the landscape of classical music recording from the most unlikely of locations — a converted...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodBehind every immortal opera lies a forgotten genius — and Papageno: Emanuel Schikaneder, Man of the Theater in Mozart's Time finally restores one such...

Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingBefore jazz found its voice in Britain, one man was there helping it speak...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodWhat does it truly mean to pursue music — not merely to perform it, but to live it, breathe it,...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFor anyone who has ever wondered about the origins of a musical term, the biography of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodFor opera lovers and musicologists alike, Who's Who in Mozart's Operas: From Alfonso to Zerlina is the definitive companion guide to the...