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46553. GENERAL. CAMPBELL P.S.

Songs in their Heads. OUP. 1998. 246 pp. Paperback. Previous owners name to end page, otherwise excellent condition.

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$18

61729. GENERAL. COOK, Nicholas.

Music, Imagination and Culture.. Oxford Oxford University Press 1990 265pp. 4to, paperback, excellent condition. Some pencilled notes from the previous owner on the back..

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$23

61895. GENERAL. HARGREAVES, David. NORTH, Adrian. Ed.

Musical Development and Learning. The International Perspective. Continuum. 2001. 240 pp. Hardcover. Excellent condition.

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$24

61278. GENERAL. KRAMER, Lawrence.

Why Classical Music Still Matters. University of California Press. 2007. 242pp. Hardcover with dj. In new condition.

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$28

61979. GENERAL. NORRIS, Richard.

The Musician's Survival Manual: A Guide to Preventing and Treating Injuries in Instrumentalists. ICSOM. 1993. 134 pp. Paperback. 8vo. Edited by Deborah Torch. Very good condition. Scarce.

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$60

18055. GENERAL. SAID, Edward W.

Musical Elaborations. 1991. 109pp. Paperback. In new condition.

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$20

61636. GENERAL. SLOBIN, Mark.

Subcultural Sounds: Micromusics of the West.. USA University Press of New England 1993 127 4to paperback, excellent condition, bright orange cover..

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$28

61949. GENERAL. TREITLER, Leo.

Music and the Historical Imagination. Harvard. 1989. 336 pp. Paperback. Large 8vo. Rubbing to page edges. Previous owner's name to title page, otherwise good condition.

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$32

61762. GENERAL. UNGER-HAMILTON, Clive.

The Music-Makers.. USA Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1979 255pp. Hardcover, 4to with dustjacket. Contains handsome colour illustrations and photographs. A historical outlime of Western music from Baroque and Classical through to Electronic and Popular music. Discusses key composers from each period. Excellent condition..

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$24

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61728. GENERAL MUSIC. CONNELL, John., and GIBSON, Chris.

Sound Tracks: Popular Music, Identity and Place. London Routledge 2003 320pp. Paperback, excellent condition, examines the geography of popular music in the face of globalisation..

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$50

10294. GENERAL MUSIC. HOWES, Frank.

The English Musical Renaissance. Secker & Warburg. 1966. 381pp. Hardcover. A few marks to DJ, ex-lib, o/wise good condition. B/W. Plates.

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$38

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60264. MUSIC GENERAL. A Report to the Calouste Gulbenkian

Training Musicians. London. Ruari McLean Associates Ltd. 1978. 144pp. Paperback. Ex-lib., with associated stamps and stickers. Some rubbing to cover, o/wise good condition. A report to the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation on the training of professional musicians, 1978.

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$15

49118. MUSIC GENERAL. ADOLPHE, Bruce.

Of Mozart, Parrots and Cherry Blossoms in the Wind. New York. Limelight Editions. 1999. 200pp. Paperback. " A Composer explores mysteries of the musical mind." Very Good condition. 0-87910-286-1.

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$14

61927. MUSIC GENERAL. ATTINELLO, Paul & HALFYARD, Janet & KNIGHTS, Vanessa (Eds.)

Music, Sound and Silence in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" . Ashgate. 2010. 278pp. Paperback. Good condition. Previous owners inscription end page ISBN: 978-0-7546-6042-2.

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$34

16986. MUSIC GENERAL. AYRE, Leslie.

The Wit of Music. London. Leslie Frewin. 1966. 95pp. Hardcover. 8to. A few marks to dustjacket, otherwise good. Cartoons and hilarious quotations.

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$12

59236. MUSIC GENERAL. BAKER, Richard.

The Magic of Music. London. Sphere Books. 1975. 128pp. Paperback. 8vo. B&W illustrations of instruments, performers and composers. Good condition.

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$12

18116. MUSIC GENERAL. BANISTER, H.C. MACPHERSON, Stewart (ed.)

Interludes: Seven Lectures delivered between the Years 1891 and 1897. London. George Bell & Sons. 1898. 229pp. Hardcover. A collection of lectures by Banister, found among his papers after his death in November 1897. 64pp. on" Music in the Victorian Era". Frontis. portarait of Banister. Some foxing. Wear to cover. Fair condition.

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$21

61917. MUSIC GENERAL. BARTLEET, Brydie-Leigh and ELLIS, Carolyn

Music Autoethnographies. Australian Academic Press 2009. 273pp. Paperback. Very good condition.

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$12

61921. MUSIC GENERAL. BARZ, Gregory & COOLEY, Timothy

Shadows in the Field: New Perspectives for Fieldwork in Ethnomusicology. OUP. 1997. 243pp. Paperback. Good condition, penciling to end papers. ISBN: 0-19-510911-2.

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$12

52297. MUSIC GENERAL. BARZUN, Jacques (ed.).

Pleasures of Music. Cassell. 1977. 371pp. Hardcover. Rubbing to dustjacket, o/wise very good condition. An anthology of writing about music. ISBN 0-304-29846-8.

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$14

22541. MUSIC GENERAL. BELY, Andrey.

The Dramatic Symphony. The Forms of Art. Edinburgh. Polygon. 1986. 183pp. Hardcover. Very Good condition. 0-948275-03-0.

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$16

60616. MUSIC GENERAL. BENZON, William.

Beethoven's Anvil, Music in Mind and Culture. Basic Books. 2001. 336pp. Hardcover with dj. Close to new condition.

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$26

42315. MUSIC GENERAL. BERNSTEIN, Leonard.

The Joy of Music. New York. Panther 1969 (1954). 313pp. Paperback. Some browning. Good Condition.

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$12

59306. MUSIC GENERAL. BERRY, Colin

Music on the Internet. 1995. 206pp. Paperback. Good. ISBN: 0-7821-1695-7.

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$12

41497. MUSIC GENERAL. BLOCH, Ernst.

Essays on The Philosophy of Music. Cambridge. CUP. 1985. 250pp. PB 8vo. With an introduction by DREW, David. Volume contains a selection of essays in translation by the german Philosopher. Good condition. ISBN: 0-521-31213-2.

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$30

54771. MUSIC GENERAL. BLOM, Eric.

Some Great Composers. 1970. 138pp. PB. Some minor spotting, o/wise good.

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$12

17001. MUSIC GENERAL. BOOKSPAN, Martin.

101 Masterpieces of Music and Their Composers. Revised and updated. Dolphin. 1973. 465pp. Paperback. Advises how to listen to classical music with recommended recordings. A few creases and spots to edges, o/wise good.

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$14

19200. MUSIC GENERAL. BRIGHT, Ruth.

Music in Geriatric Care. Angus & Robertson. 1972. 116pp. Hardcover. Ex-lib, o/wise good.

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$18

59331. MUSIC GENERAL. Brook, Barry; Downes, Edward; Van Solkema, Sherman

Perspectives in musicology;: The inaugural lectures of the Ph.D. program in music at the City University of New York. Norton. 1975. 365pp. Paperback. Good. ISBN: 0-393-00784-7.

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$12

61939. MUSIC GENERAL. BUCK, Percy C.

Psychology for Musicians. Oxford University Press. 1944. 115pp. Hardcover. Blue cloth cover. The object of the book is to report to musicians and teachers, some of the findings of psychologists, and to show how these findings can be of use to them in their work. In each case the relevant theories are simply explained, there are amusing and illuminating examples, and there is much sensible advice. Spotting and foxing throughout.

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$12

54769. MUSIC GENERAL. BUCK, Percy C.

Psychology for Musicians. Oxford University Press. 1965. 115 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. The object of the book is to report to musicians and teachers, some of the findings of psychologists, and to show how these findings can be of use to them in their work. In each case the relevant theories are simply explained, there are amusing and illuminating examples, and there is much sensible advice. Light wear to dust jacket, otherwise in good condition.

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$16

30957. MUSIC GENERAL. BUSONI, Ferruccio.

The Essence of Music and Other Papers. Trans. Ley. Dover. 1965. 204pp. Paperback. On his own work, playing and music, Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Liszt et al.

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$18

44268. MUSIC GENERAL. CAIRNS, David.

Repsonses. Musical Essays and Reviews. New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 1973. 266pp. Hardcover. In Dustjacket. Touch of foxing otherwise Good condition.

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$15

59738. MUSIC GENERAL. CALLOW, Simon

Classical Destinations: An Armchair Guide to Classical Music. Viking. 2006. 235pp. Hardcover. A few bumps to edges, o/wise good.

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$24

59350. MUSIC GENERAL. CARDUS, Neville.

A Composers Eleven. Bain and Co. 1958. 255 pp. Hardcover. Covers Schubert. Wagner, Brahms, Mahler, Strauss, Cesar Franck, Debussy, Elgar, Delius, Sibelius and Bruckner. DJ. Foxing to page edges, o/wise contents good and clean.

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$28

49469. MUSIC GENERAL. CARDUS, Neville.

Music for Pleasure. Sydney. A&R. 1942 107pp. Paperback. Wear from use to cover, o/wise good condition.

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$12

29305. MUSIC GENERAL. CARDUS, Neville.

Ten Composers. Sydney. William Collins. 1945. Reprint. 190pp. Hardcover. Some wear and tears to dj, mark to cover, o/wise good.

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$12

60253. MUSIC GENERAL. CHANAN, Michael

Musica Practica. London/New York. Verso. 1994. 302pp. Paperback. Ex-lib. Some rubbing to back cover, o/wise good condition. The social practise of Western music from Gregorian Cahnt to Postmodernism .

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$55

16175. MUSIC GENERAL. CHAPPELL, Herbert.

Sounds Magnificent: the Story of the Symphony. Foreword Andre Previn. British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). 1984. 172pp. Hardcover. Development of the orchestra from 17C told with reference to 7 symphonic composers. 0-563-20244-0.

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$18

58957. MUSIC GENERAL. CHORLEY, Henry.

Thirty Year's Musical Recollections. Knopf. 1972 (1926). 411 pp. Hardcover. Rip and creasing to DJ, light foxing to page edges. Covers the years from 1830 - 1859. Good condition .

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$16

24458. MUSIC GENERAL. CLARKE, Cyril.

The Composer in Love. Peter Nevill Limited. 1951. 178pp. Hardcover. Selected letters of Mozart, Berlioz, Beethoven, Wagner, Schumann, Chopin & Tchaikowsky.

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$13

60560. MUSIC GENERAL. CLARKE, Eric. COOK, Nicholas. (ed.)

Empirical Musicology. Aims. Methods. Prospects. Oxford University Press. 2004. 229 pp. Paperback. 8vo. Includes chapters by authors sy\uch as Tia DeNora, Eric Clarke, Anthony Pople. Excellent near new condition.

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$40

53044. MUSIC GENERAL. COOPER, Martin.

Ideas and Music. London. Barrie & Rockliff. 1965. 311pp. Hardcover. A collection of writings and broadcasts. Wear to dustjacket, foxing to edges, otherwise good condition.

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$15

45350. MUSIC GENERAL. CRAFTS, CAVICCHI and KEIL.

My Music. (and the Music in Daily Life Poject). Hanover. Wesleyan University Press. 1993. 218pp. Paperback. Excellent condition.

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$22

19581. MUSIC GENERAL. CURWEN, Mrs. J. Spencer.

Psychology applied to Music Teaching. n.d. 332pp. Hardcover. Red cloth, gold embossed lettering to front and spine. No dj. Hardcover, slight wear. Red cloth, gold embossed lettering to front and spine. Previous owner's name to front end page, otherwise clean and in good condition.

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$26

22181. MUSIC GENERAL. DAHLHAUS, Carl (ed).

Einfuhrung in die systematiche Musikwissenschaft. Musikverlag Hans Gerig. 1971. 202pp. Paperback. In German. With Kneif, de la Motte-Haber & Reinecke.

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$36

53045. MUSIC GENERAL. DAVIES, J.H.

Musicalia: sources of information in music. Pergamon Press. 1969. 140pp. Paperback. Wear to cover, otherwise good condition.

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$12

50514. MUSIC GENERAL. DENT, Edward J. TAYLOR, Hugh ed.

Edward J. Dent: Selected Essays. Cambridge University Press. 1979. 296pp. Hardcover. Light bump to bottom of spine, otherwise good condition in dust jacket. Includes articles on The Translation of Operas; Leonardo Leo; Italian Chamber Cantatas; The Style of Schubert; The Victorians and Opera etc.

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$45

61986. MUSIC GENERAL. D'ESTERRE-KEELING, Eleonore.

The Music of the Poets a Musicians' Birthday Book. The Walter Scott Publishing. 1908. 356 pp. Hardcover. Red cloth cover with gold lettering to cover and spine. Gold gilt to page edges. Damage to binding and rubbing to cover. Ocassional foxing throughout. Scarce.

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$40

59162. MUSIC GENERAL. DICKIE, George.

Aesthetics. An Introduction. Pegasus. 1971. 200 pp. Hardcover. Blue cloth cover with gold embossing to spine. Light foxing to page edges otherwise good condition.

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$22

53046. MUSIC GENERAL. DORIAN, Frederick.

The Musical Workshop. Greenport Press. 1971. 368pp. Hardcover. Basis of artistic creation. Uses authentic records. No Dustjacket. Very good condition.

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$18

28356. MUSIC GENERAL. DRIVER, Christopher ed.

Music for Love. 1994. 304pp. Hardcover. New. An anthology of amateur music-making including prose and verse by literary figures such as Kingsley Amis, Chaucer, Dickens, E.M. Foster, Huxley, Joyce and Shaw. 0-297-81493-1.

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$20

45374. MUSIC GENERAL. DURANT, Alan.

Conditions of Music. Albany. State University of New York. 1984. 256pp. Hardcover. Excellent condition 0-88706-015-3.

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$45

58661. MUSIC GENERAL. DUTSCHER, Christoph

Rondo molto allegro. Claves Schallplatten-ein photoband. Claves. 1988. Hardcover. Good in dj. 102 photographs of musicians at work and rest. ISBN: 3-905292-01-7 .

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$28

60299. MUSIC GENERAL. FITCH, Donald.

Blake Set To Music. University of California Press. 1984. 281pp. Hardcover no dj, ex-lib with associated stamps and stickers, very good condition. A bibliography of musical settings of the poems and prose of William Blake.

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$20

59190. MUSIC GENERAL. FORD, Andrew.

In Defence of Classical Music. ABC Books. 2005. 190 pp. Hardcover. DJ. Excellent, near new condition. A fascinating book by one of Australia's most well respected music writer which deals with the question of the relevance of classical music in today's society.

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$26

60170. MUSIC GENERAL. FOREMAN, Lewis. (Editor).

British Music Now. London Secker and Warburg 1948. 184pp. Hardcover with dj. Ex-lib. Some marks to front and back cover, o/wise good condition. A guide to the work of younger composers.

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$15

60168. MUSIC GENERAL. GAMMOND, Peter.

One Man's Music. London. Wolfe Publishing Ltd. 1971. 221pp. Hardcover with dj. Ex-lib. Some creasing and light marks to cover, o/wise good condition.

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$16

60306. MUSIC GENERAL. GILMAN, Lawrence.

Music of Tomorrow. New York. Book for Libraries Press. 1970. (1907). 143pp. Hardcover no dj, ex-lib with associated stamps and stickers. Very good condition.

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$18

12929. MUSIC GENERAL. GILMAN, Lawrence.

Phases of Modern Music. New York. Books for Libraries Press. 1968(1904). 165pp. Hardcover no dj. Ex-lib with associated stamps and stickers. Very slight marks to cover, o/wise good condition .

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$18

42447. MUSIC GENERAL. GRINDEA, Carola. (Ed).

Tensions in the Performance of Music. A symposium. London. Kahn & Averill. 1995. 204pp. Paperback. Light marks to cover, slight fading o/wise good condition.

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$20

29348. MUSIC GENERAL. GRUNFELD, Frederic V.

Music. New York. Newsweek Books. 1974. 192pp. Hardcover. Beautiful ills. in colour and black and white. 4to. Good condition with dust jacket. 0-88225-101-5.

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$15

45097. MUSIC GENERAL. HARVEY, Jonathan.

Music and Inspiration. Faber. 1999. 192pp. Hardcover. Good condition.

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$19

61847. MUSIC GENERAL. HASKELL, Harry ed.

The Attentive Listener. Three Centuries of Music Criticism. Princeton. 398 pp. Hardcover. With dust jacket. Excellent condition.

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$24

55191. MUSIC GENERAL HAYWARD, Philip (ed.).

Widening the Horizon: Exoticism in Post-War Popular Music. Perfect Beat. 1999. 200pp. Paperback. Light wear to cover, Ex-lib., with associated stickers and stamps.o/wise very good condition. ISBN 1864620471.

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$14

44511. MUSIC GENERAL. HEATH, Edward.

Music: A Joy for Life. London. Sidgewick & Jackson. 1976. 208pp. Hardcover. Small 4to. Creasing to dustjacket, otherwise good condition.Numerous colour and B/W photos.

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$12

60166. MUSIC GENERAL. HINES, Robert Stephan. (Editor).

The Orchestral Composer's Point of View: Essays on Twentieth-Century Music by Those Who Wrote It. Norman. University of Oklahoma Press. 1970. 254pp. Hardcover with dj. Ex-lib. Some rubbing to front cover, tape marks to inside cover, o/wise good condition.

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$30

60340. MUSIC GENERAL. HOOD, Mantle

The Ethnomusicologist. The Kent State University Press. 1982. 400pp. Hardcover, Ex-lib with associated stamps and stickers, a few light bumps to edges, o/wise very good condition. ISBN:0-87338-280-3.

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$45

61971. MUSIC GENERAL. HOOD, Mantle

The Ethnomusicologist. Mcgraw-hill. 1971 386pp. Hardcover, a few bumps to edges & scuffs to cover, o/wise good condition.

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$18

59232. MUSIC GENERAL. HOPKINS, Anthony (Ed.).

Great Composers: An illustrated companion to the lives and works of the most celebrated composers. 1993. 464pp. Hardcover. Glossy 4to. Beautiful colour and B/W plates with biographical and analytical notes. ISBN: 1-85833-072-6.

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$16

30574. MUSIC GENERAL. HOPKINS, Anthony (Ed.).

Great Composers: An illustrated companion to the lives and works of the most celebrated composers. Tiger Books International. 1993. 464pp. Hardcover. Glossy 4to. Beautiful colour and B/W plates with biographical and analytical notes. 1855013770.

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$16

39925. MUSIC GENERAL. JAMES, Jamie.

The Music of the Spheres. Music, Science and the Natural Order of the Universe. Abacus. 1993. 262pp. Paperback. Survey of the history of science and music. Light foxing, otherwise good condition.

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$18

22236. MUSIC GENERAL. JOEL, John.

I Paid the Piper. London. Howard Baker. 1970. 148pp. Hardcover. Behind the scenes of post WW2 concerts presented by Lyndford-Joel.

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$12

59834. MUSIC GENERAL. JOHNSON, Philip

The Practice Revolution Practice Planner: Everything students need to be ready for every lesson, every time. 2002 120pp. Paperback. Cover slightly bent, o/wise good condition.

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$14

36181. MUSIC GENERAL. KARSH, Yousuf.

Karsh: American Legends. 1992. 157pp. Hardcover. New 4to. A beautiful coffee table book with 44 full-colour and 4 duotone photographs of 75 personalities from the performing arts, sports, and publishing to the worlds of science and philanthropy. 0-8212-1906-5.

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$35

60476. MUSIC GENERAL. KENDALL, Alan.

The Chronical of Classical Music - An Intimate Diary of the Lives and Music of the Great Composers. Thames and Hudson. 1994. 288pp. Hardcover with dj. Very good condition.

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$15

25242. MUSIC GENERAL. KENT, Greta.

A view from the bandstand. Sheba Feminist Publishers. 1983. 47pp. Paperback. Oblong The story of the Ladies' Orchestra which flourished at the turn of the century. B/W illus. 0-907179-19-3.

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$12

46474. MUSIC GENERAL. KING, Alec Hyatt.

Musical Pursuits: Selected Essays. The British Library. 1987. 208pp. Hardcover. Condition very good in dustjacket. Part of the British Occasional Papers series, No. 9. 0-7123-0132-1.

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$27

59836. MUSIC GENERAL. KOGAN, Judith

Nothing But the Best: The Struggle for Perfection at the Julliard School of Music. Limelight. 1989. 239pp. Paperback. Light wear, o/wise good condition.

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$12

45344. MUSIC GENERAL. KONER, Pauline.

Solitary Song. Durham. Duke University Press. 1989. 305pp. Hardcover. Excellent condition. 0-8223-0878-9.

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$27

58858. MUSIC GENERAL. KRAMER, Jonathan D.

Listening to Music. Lime Tree. 1988. 798pp. Paperback. Light fraying to edges, o/wise good condition. ISBN: 0-413-45331-6.

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$18

61427. MUSIC GENERAL. LETTS, Richard.

The Art of Self-Promotion; Successful Promotion by Musicians. Australia. Allen & Unwin in association with the Australia Council. 1996. 215pp. Paperback. In new condition.

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$50

60614. MUSIC GENERAL. LIPPMAN, Edward, A.

The Philosophy & Aesthetics of Music . University of Nabraska Press. 1999. 249pp. Paperback. New condition.

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$28

19095. MUSIC GENERAL. LOVELOCK, William.

Random Reflections. Allans Music. 1973. 39pp.. Paperback. Essays. Light wear to cover. Ex-lib. with associated markings, o/wise good.

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$13

60574. MUSIC GENERAL. LOY, Gareth

Musimathics: The Mathematical Foundations of Music, Volume 1 . MIT. 2006. 482pp. Hardcover. Previous owners name to end page, o/wise very good condition.

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$54

61084. MUSIC GENERAL. MACARTHUR, Sally and POYNTON, Cate

Musics anf Feminisims. Australian Music Centre. 1999. 176pp. Paperback. Good condition. A collection of papers drawn from two conferences: 'Word-Voice-Sound' and 'Resonances'.

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$28

20341. MUSIC GENERAL. MACHLIS, Joseph.

The Enjoyment of Music: An Introduction to Perceptive Listening. Fourth edition. 1977. 701pp. Hardcover, dustjacket. Colour & B/W plates. Useful appendixes; music examples throughout.

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$20

45372. MUSIC GENERAL. MCCLARY, Susan.

Conventional Wisdom: The Content of Musical Form. University of California Press. 2000. 205pp. Hardcover. Excellent, as new condition. In DJ. ISBN 0520221060.

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$21

25564. MUSIC GENERAL. MEDICINE. O'SHEA, John.

Music and Medicine: Medical profiles of great composers. 1990. 238pp. Hardcover. Illus. with 8pp. of B/W photographs. Some scuffs to DJ, o/wise good condition.

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$18

50310. MUSIC GENERAL. MENUHIN, Yehudi and Curtis W. DAVIS.

The Music of Man. Methuen 1979. 320pp. Hardcover, 4to. Wear to dust jacket, a touch of foxing to edges, otherwise good condition. 0-416-00101-7.

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$12

26153. MUSIC GENERAL. MENUHIN, Yehudi (ed).

My favourite Music Stories. drawings Peter Mcclure. Lutterworth Press. 1977. 160pp. Hardcover with dj. Very good condition.

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$14

14299. MUSIC GENERAL. MORGENSTERN, Sam. (ed.)

Composers on Music: An Anthology of Composers' Writings. From Palestrina to Copland. New York. Greenwood Press. 1969. 584pp. Hardcover no dj. Ex-lib with associated stamps and stickers. Some very slight wear to corners of spine, o/wise good condition.

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$18

44134. MUSIC GENERAL. NEUMAYR, Anton.

Musik and Medizin. Vol. 1: Am Beispiel der Wiener Klassik. Vol. 2: Am Beispiel der Deutschen Romantik. Vol. 3: Chopin, Smetana, Tschaikowsky, Mahler. Vols 1-2: 1995. Third edition. Vol 3: 1991. 255pp; 357pp; 255pp. Hardcover. 3 vols. Condition vg in very good in dustjackets. B/W plates. In German. 3-85058-007-5, 3-85058-036-9, 3-85058-074-1.

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$145

61969. MUSIC GENERAL. NORDOFF, Paul. ROBBINS, Clive.

Therapy in Music for Handicapped Children. Gollancz. 1985. 191 pp. Paperback. 8vo. Creasing and wear to cover. Light browning to page edges, other wise clean contents. Foreword by Benjamin Britten.

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$24

14092. MUSIC GENERAL. NORTHCOTE, Sydney.

The Ballad in Music. Oxford University Press. 1944. iv,124pp. Hardcover. Bibliog & discography. Reprint 1944 (1942) No dustjacket, wear to cover, good condition.

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$12

16667. MUSIC GENERAL. OBALSKI, Claus.

Taktlosigkeiten. Komponisten als Kritiker. Obalski & Astor. 1986. 94pp. Hardcover. In German. Caricature illus. 1st copy 6/97. Very Good condition. 3-922645-10-0.

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$12

59353. MUSIC GENERAL. OLIVA, Giacomo Ed.

The Musician's Role: New Challenges. Malmo Academy of Music. 1996. 212 pp. Paperback. "Presentations and response from the 1996 seminar organized by the ISME Commission for the Education of the Professional Musician." 8vo. Very good condition.

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$28

59293. MUSIC GENERAL. PADDISON, Max.

Adorno's Aesthetics of Music. Cambridge University Press. 1997. 378pp. Paperback. Light wear to cover, o/wise very good. ISBN: 0-521-62608-0.

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$50

59009. MUSIC GENERAL. PARKINSON, David

The Rough Guide to Film Musicals. Rough Guide. 2007. 326pp. Paperback. B/W photos. Good condition. ISBN: 978-1-84353-650-5.

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$15

60266. MUSIC GENERAL. PEACOCK, Alan & WEIR, Ronald.

The Composer in the Market Place. London. Faber Music. 1975. 171pp. Hardcover with dj. Ex-lib., with associated stamps and stickers. Some rubbing to cover, tape marks to inner back cover, o/wise good condition. An economic history.

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$18

37081. MUSIC GENERAL. PEAT, Stephen.

Music On Stamps.. 1972-1975. 57pp; 61pp; 56pp; 57pp. 4 vol. with volumes 4 and 5 missing. PB set. Five vols are alphabetical, the last consists of musical monarchs & national anthems. B/W illus. An extensive philatelic reference on stamps of a musical nature. Pennings & pencillings. Scarce as a set..

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$72

19338. MUSIC GENERAL. PENDLE, Karin (ed.).

Women And Music: A History. Indiana University Press. 1991. 358pp. Hardcover. 8vo. B/W illustrations and musical examples. Some creasing to dust jacket, otherwise very good. ISBN 0-253-34321-6.

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$16

29924. MUSIC GENERAL. PINCHERLE, Marc.

The World of the Virtuoso. Gollancz. 1964. 192pp. Hardcover. Virtuosi defended, Some eccentricites, Menuhin, Kreisler, Landowska, Child prodigies, Critics, Conductors and their antics. Green cloth cover, DJ browned and foxed but contents is clean and good.

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$18

60167. MUSIC GENERAL. PIPEREK, Maximilian. (Scientific Coodinator).

Stress and Music. Vienna. Wilhelm Braumuller. 1981. 78pp. Paperback. Ex-lib. Good condition.

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$32

43627. MUSIC GENERAL. PROGRAMME. SALZBURG.

Salzburger Festspiele/ Salzburg Festival 1978. 314pp. Paperback. Official programme for the Salzburg Festival. B/W photos & illus. In German, French & English.

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$30

28618. MUSIC GENERAL. PSYCHOLOGY. GREEN, Barry & GALLWEY, W.Timothy.

The Inner Game of Music. Pan. 1986. 248pp. Paperback. Music exs. Light wear to cover, o/wise good condition.

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$12

54200. MUSIC GENERAL. RAYNOR, Henry.

Music & Society Since 1815. New York. Barrie & Jenkins. 1976. viii,213pp. Hardcover. Tears & rubbing to dustjacket, bumps to cover, otherwise good.First Edition. How social trends have affected music making. 0-214-20220-8.

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$18

29296. MUSIC GENERAL. ROWLEY, Gill. ed.

The Book of Music. New Burlington Books. 1977 (reprint). 192pp. Hardcover. 4to. Very good condition. With dj. A highly visual compendium with glossaries, chronologies, sections on instruments etc. ISBN: 0-906286-34-4.

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$16

60153. MUSIC GENERAL. ROWLEY, Gill. ed.

The Book of Music. New Burlington Books. 1977 (reprint). 192pp. Hardcover. 4to. Light wear to DJ, spotting to end pages. A highly visual compendium with glossaries, chronologies, sections on instruments etc. ISBN: 0-906286-34-4.

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$12

52459. MUSIC GENERAL. ROWLEY, Gill (ed).

The Book of Music. Macdonald. 1977. 192pp. Hardcover with dj. Slight creasing to dj, o/wise good condition. A visual guide to musical appreciation.

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$15

56613. MUSIC GENERAL. RUBINSTEIN, Michael.

Music to My Ear: Reflections on Music and Digressions on Metaphysics. Quartet. 1985. 194pp.. Hardcover. Rubbing to DJ and edges of cover, o/wise good condition. ISBN 0704325438.

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$14

60617. MUSIC GENERAL. SACKS, Oliver.

Musicophilia, Tales of Music and the Brain. Picador. 2007. 381pp. Paperback. In very good condition .

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$16

60571. MUSIC GENERAL. SAID, Edward W.

Music at the Limits. Columbia. 2008. 325pp. Hardcover. As New. A collection of essays spanning 20 years. ISBN: 978-0-231-13936-6.

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$28

45356. MUSIC GENERAL. SAMPSON, George.

Seven Essays. New York. AMS. 1969 (1947). 232pp. Hardcover. Excellent cond. Essays on Bach, Mozart, etc. 0-404-05556-7.

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$25

55173. MUSIC GENERAL. SCHER, Steven Paul (ed).

Music & Text: Critical Inquiries. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1992. 327pp. Hardcover. Previous owner's name, odd pencilling otherwise very Good condition. Collection of essays. ISBN 0521401585.

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$90

30090. MUSIC GENERAL. SCHOLES, Percy A.

The Complete Book of the Great Musicians: A Course in Appreciation for Young Readers. OUP. 102pp. Hardcover. With DJ. Near new condition.

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$16

61812. MUSIC GENERAL. SCHOLES, Percy A.

The Listener's History of Music. Complete. OUP. 1949. Hardcover. Sixth edition. 3 vols in one. Light general wear, foxing to end pages and edges, no DJ, o/wise good condition. A book for any Concert-goer, Gramophonist or Radio Listener. Providing also a course of study for adult classes in the appreciation of music.

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$16

45933. MUSIC GENERAL. SCHOLES, Percy A.

The Listener's History of Music. Vol 1. To Beethoven. OUP. 1943. 167pp. Plus Index 52pp. Hardcover. Sixth edition. Light general wear, some small marks to cover. A book for any Concert-goer, Gramophonist or Radio Listener. Providing also a course of study for adult classes in the appreciation of music.

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$16

61924. MUSIC GENERAL. SCHONBERG, Harold C.

The Lives of the Great Composers. Abacus. 1999 (1970). Reprint. 750pp. Paperback. 2 vols. in one. Good condition. 0-349-10972-9.

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$16

59741. MUSIC GENERAL. SCHONBERG, Harold C.

The Lives of the Great Composers. Abacus. 1994. 555pp. Paperback. 2 vols. in one. Edges a little browned, o/wise good. ISBN: 0-349-10340-2.

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$12

41568. MUSIC GENERAL. SHAW, Bernard.

Our Theatres in the Nineties. 1948 (1932). 288pp; 292pp; 420pp. Hardcover. A touch of sunning to spines, o/wise good. A collection of criticisms contributed by Shaw to The Saturday Review. In three volumes.

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$90

11905. MUSIC GENERAL. SHORE, Bernard.

Sixteen Symphonies. Foreword, Sir Adrian Boult. Longmans. 1949. 387pp. Hardcover. Attractive full page portraits of the composers and many music ex. DJ a little brittle with some nicks to edges, o/wise good condition.

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$15

61926. MUSIC GENERAL. SOLIS, Ted

Performing Ethnomusicology: Teaching and Representation in World Music Ensembles. Iniversity of California Press. 2004. 322pp. Paperback. Good condition. Previous owners name to end page ISBN: 0-520-23831-1.

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$36

17480. MUSIC GENERAL. SONNTAG, Brunhilde and MATTHEI, Renate.

Ann'herung II - An Sieben Komponistinnen. Interviews und Selbstdarstellungen.. Furore. 1987. 64pp. Paperback. Musical examples. Interviews with women composers. In German. 3-9801326-4-1.

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$12

13156. MUSIC GENERAL. SOTHEBY'S

Sale Catalogues. December 2000. 2000. 200pp. Paperback. A high qual. production. Details a number of rare manuscripts and letters for auction. Excellent Illustrations in B/W. Small 4to .

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$16

54523. MUSIC GENERAL. STANELY, John.

Classical Music: The Great Composers and their Masterworks. Readers Digest. 1995. 272pp. Hardcover. Explores the background to 800 years of musical history. Pen to front end page, o/wise very good condition .

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$25

58944. MUSIC GENERAL. STEVENS, Chris.

Alexander Technique. Tuttle. 1987. 111 pp. Paperback. 4to. Back cover creased o/wise very good condition.

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$12

28716. MUSIC GENERAL. TAUBMAN, Howard.

The Pleasure of Their Company. A Reminiscence. 1994. 342pp. Hardcover. Recollections of famous artists and critics Taubman befriended during his 42 year career. As new. 0-931340-78-0.

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$16

17187. MUSIC GENERAL. TOBIN, J.Raymond.

Music and the Orchestra: for the concertgoer and listener. London. Evans Brothers Ltd. 1961. 211pp. Hardcover. Light wear to dustjacket, foxing to edges otherwise good condition.

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$14

41023. MUSIC GENERAL. VEINUS, Abraham.

The Concerto. Dover. 1964 (1948). 317pp. Paperback. 0-486-21178-9 Good condition.

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$12

13719. MUSIC GENERAL. WALKER, Ernest.

Free Thought and the Musician and other essays. London. Oxford University Press. 1946. 172pp. Hardcover. A collection of essays dating from 1901. No Dj. 0.00.

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$12

60330. MUSIC GENERAL. WARD, Norman.

How to Submit Music Manuscripts to Publishers. New York. Hollow Hills Press. 1984 64p. Paperback. Ex-lib with associated stamps and stickers. Some light rubbing to cover, o/wise good condition.

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$12

38444. MUSIC GENERAL. WAUGH, Alexander.

Classical Music: A New Way of Listening. London. De Agostini Editions. 1995. 144pp. Hardcover. Small 4to. No CD. Condition good in DJ. ISBN:1-899883-01-0.

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$15

60236. MUSIC GENERAL. WESTERMEYER, Paul.

The Church Musician. San Francisco. Harper & Row Publishers. 1988. 129pp. Hardcover with dj. Ex-lib. Good condition. A handbook for chior directors, organists, ministers of music, song leaders, soloists, pianists, chior members, pastors, music committees, and others in the ministry of music.

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$12

11522. MUSIC GENERAL. WESTRUP, Jack.

Musical Interpretation. BBC. 1971. 71pp. Paperback. Ligth wear to the cover, previous owner's name to inner cover, o/wise good condition.

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$12

13801. MUSIC GENERAL. WHONE, Herbert.

The Hidden Face of Music. London. Victor Gollancz. 1974. 128pp. Hardcover. Front end page removed, foxing to dj, otherwise good. A series of essays that examine the deeper implications of music. Scarce. 0-575-01739-2.

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$99

14680. MUSIC GENERAL. WILLIAMS, Leonard.

The Dancing Chimpanzee: a study of primitive music in relation to the vocalising and rhythmic action of apes. Andre Deutsch. 1967. 104pp. Hardcover. Slight scuff and several small tears on dust jacket, otherwise good condition.

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$12
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