Performing Arts

Author: Andrew FordBinding: HardbackPublished: Hale & Iremonger, Sydney, 1997Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsIllegal Harmonies: Music In The 20Th Century by Andrew Ford presents a compelling analysis of the...

Author: Sir W. S. GilbertBinding: HardbackPublished: Mary Martin Books, 1111Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis comprehensive volume presents the complete librettos for the beloved Gilbert and Sullivan operas,...

Author: Denis ArnoldBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe New Oxford Companion To Music presents an authoritative and comprehensive overview of the world of...

Author: Steven GainesBinding: HardbackPublished: London : MacMillan, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsSteven Gaines's Heroes And Villains: The True Story Of The Beach Boys chronicles the...

Author: Bill WannanBinding: HardbackPublished: Lansdowne Press, Melbourne and London, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Inscription to previous owner in FEP,...

Author: Prince / Randee St. NicholasBinding: HardbackPublished: ATRIA BOOKS, 2008Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: CD included. Light surface wear...

Author: Roy Carr & Tony TylerBinding: PaperbackPublished: New English Books., 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Minor chips...

Musica Practica is a historical investigation into the social practice of Western music which advances an alternative approach to that of established musicology. Citing evidence from Barthes, Nietzsche, Bakhtin, Max...

Have you always wanted to play guitar? Who wouldn't? Think of Jimi Hendrix wailing away on his Stratocaster...Chuck Berry duck-walking across the stage to "Johnny B. Goode"...B.B. King making his...

The Metal God, himself, Rob Halford--lead vocalist of Judas Priest and author of the critically acclaimed and reader-beloved autobiography, Confess --delivers yet again, now with the bible of hard rock...

Art Tatum defined the limits of the possible in jazz piano. Gunther Schuller called Tatum's playing "a marvel of perfection.... His deep-in-the-keys full piano sonority, the tone and touch control...

Author: Orrin Keepnews And Bill Grauer, Jr.Binding: HardbackPublished: Spring Books, 1963Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive volume chronicles the vibrant evolution of jazz...

A contemporary teen romance about a girl finding herself, finding love, and finding her way into the spotlight. Megan Harper is the girl before. All her exes find their one...

Step inside one of the world's most dazzling paintings to meet a character you will never forget ... Welcome to nineteenth-century Paris and the world of Degas's dancers. Small but...

Author: Jeff ApterBinding: PaperbackPublished: The Five Mile Press, Scoresby, 2015Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling non-fiction work chronicles the surprising global...

From one of the most interesting and iconic musicians of our time, a piercingly tender, funny, and harrowing account of the path from suburban poverty and alienation to a life...

In the late 1980s a generation of filmmakers inspired by the directors of the 1970s began to flower outside the studio system. In the following decade, the independent movement bloomed....

Author: NctBinding: HardbackPublished: SM Entertainment, 2023Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: CD included.-

Author: John CargherBinding: PaperbackPublished: Hill of Content, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis engaging guide, How To Enjoy Music Without Really Trying,...

Author: Albert Mccarthy, Alun Morgan, Paul Oliver, Max HarrisonBinding: HardbackPublished: Hanover Books, London, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis authoritative volume presents a comprehensive critical guide...

Author: Gunther SchullerBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerGunther Schuller's Early Jazz chronicles the foundational years of this uniquely American art form,...

Author: David Rankin S.J.Binding: HardbackPublished: Society of Jesus in Australia, Melbourne, no date, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work...

Ocean of Sound begins in 1889 at the Paris Exposition when Debussy first heard Javanese music performed. It goes on to comprehensively map a whole century of ambient music and...

This is the long-awaited follow up to "The Sound of Laughter". Picking up from where Peter's massive bestselling autobiography "The Sound of Laughter" left off, "Saturday Night Peter" charts the...

There are pop stars, and then there is Prince. In this kaleidoscopic, freewheeling biography, John McKie examines the remarkable life and career of one of the most mysterious figures in...

A new graphic novel from the author of New York City Glow Holborn tube station 1977, a fish called 'Creasy' lives in the cistern of the men's room. He's a...

A challenging and significant study of Dwight's importance in American music history. -- New England Quarterly

The hilarious book from TikTok and Insta sensation, Hayley Morris Brain- No one's going to buy your book Me- But it's good! My editor says so! Brain- Well she would,...

Describes how a variety of magic tricks are performed by leading magicians, including Doug Henning, the Amazing Kreskin, Harry Houdini, Siegfried & Roy, and Mark Wilson.

While Carlo Collodi's internationally revered Pinocchio may not have been the single source of the modernist fascination with puppets and marionettes, the book's appearance on the threshold of the modernist...

In 1805, the year that Wordsworth completed "The Prelude" and Nelson defeated the French at Trafalgar, Lorenzo da Ponte opened a grocery shop in New York. In the first forty...

This descriptive gazetter looks, town by town, at all surviving theatres built between 1750 and 1950. It makes assesments of their quality, architecturally and theatrically and also assesses the potential...

An autobiography by Ronnie Barker taking the reader behind the scenes of his career and discusses his background. His stories include how he advised Maggie Smith to give up acting,...

Making a Performance traces innovations in devised performance from early theatrical experiments in the twentieth-century to the radical performances of the twenty-first century. This introduction to the theory, history and...

This outstanding book treating the three most beloved composers of the Vienna School is basic to any study of Classical-era music. Drawing on his rich experience and intimate familiarity with...

Written with exclusive full access to Virgil Thomson's papers, here is the first full-scale account of Thomson's experiences as a composer, influential critic, and gay man. This biography shows how...

Colm Toibin has called Thomas Moore 'the most influential figure in shaping the Irish political psyche'. In "Bard of Erin", Ronan Kelly tells the story of Moore's extraordinary life -...

A new, concise edition of the much-acclaimed New Penguin Opera Guide. This concise edition of the critically-acclaimed New Penguin Opera Guide focusses on the composers and works most frequently performed...

From Laura Obuobi, acclaimed author of NAACP Image Award nominee Black Gold and What Love Looks Like , comes a triumphant nonfiction picture book about ballet star Michaela Mabinty DePrince,...

Author: VangelisBinding: HardbackPublished: THE POLYDOR & VERTIGO RECORDINGS, 2017Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: CDs and Poster included. Slightly soiled slipcase.This box set compiles thirteen remastered albums, including...

If you're a man of a certain age you'll know there comes a point in life when getting a sports car and over-analysing your contribution to society sounds like a...

Secondhand Drama Bargain Book Box Dive into the world of theatrical genius with this comprehensive collection of twenty-one landmark stage and radio productions, spanning genres from biting Restoration comedy to...