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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: 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...

Edition: 1st aus ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedBehind the polished grooves of every great recording lies a world of temperamental genius, boardroom politics, and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedOne of the most remarkable figures in the history of Western dance tells her own story in Come Dance With Me, a...

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Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerBehind every great singer stands a pianist whose artistry is felt but rarely seen — and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageJazz is not merely a genre — it is a living, breathing archive of American culture, and Leonard...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerRichard Wagner stands as one of the most towering and controversial figures in the history of Western music, and Who's...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFor over a century, The Oxford Companion to Music has stood as the definitive encyclopaedic guide to the world of music, chronicling everything from...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingFrom the cabarets of Weimar Berlin to the bright lights of Broadway, The Days Grow Short: The Life...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingWhen the shadow of fascism fell across Europe in the 1930s, a generation of brilliant composers, conductors, and...

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Edition: First Edition.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingShe was born Helen Porter Mitchell in a modest Melbourne suburb, yet she would conquer the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingAt the crossroads of ambition and artistry stands Sol Hurok, the legendary impresario whose unyielding passion for performance...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodA landmark reference work from one of musicology's most celebrated scholars, Stanley Sadie's Music Guide: An Introduction presents a comprehensive and accessible survey of...

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Few musical genres have inspired the kind of devotion, controversy, and cultural mythology that heavy metal has — and Andrew O'Neill's A History of Heavy Metal is the definitive account...

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Edition: First Ed.Condition remarks: Condition: Fair. Jacket: Chipped, torn with minor damage. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning, some foxing. Markings: none. Binding condition: Binding intact. Usual shelf-wear. Few accounts of artistic...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: Previous owner. Binding condition: Binding intact. At the heart of twentieth-century Spanish music stands Manuel de Falla,...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. Australian jazz has long occupied a fascinating and underappreciated corner of the global...