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Mahler: A Documentary Study
by Blaukopf, Kurt
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- First Edition
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- 1976
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- Hardcover
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- 9780195198775
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NZ$57.16
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New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. First Edition, Quarto, navy blue cloth covered boards with gilt spine title. 280 pp. Translated from the German by Kurt Blaukopf.*Sein Leben, sein Werk und seine Welt in Zeitgenossischen Bildern und Texten.* Quarto. 280pp. The first part consisting of a photographic "documentation" of Mahler's life and times inclucing… Read more about this item Item Price
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Faces of John Lennon
by Hoffmann, Dezo;Jopling, Norman
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- First Edition
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- 1985
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- Hardcover
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- 9780070293069
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NZ$70.61
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New York: McGraw-Hill, 1985. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. First printing. Tall quarto, grey cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 161 pp. plus detailed captions for each of the photographs. Very generously illustrated throughout with black and white photographs of John Lennon, preceded by a short text by Norman Jopling. Thereafter every page is a full page or… Read more about this item Item Price
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Roots Rock Reggae: An Oral History of Reggae Music from Ska to Dancehall
by Foster, Chuck
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- First Edition
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- 1999
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- Paperback
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- 9780823078318
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New York: Billboard Books, 1999. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Large octavo, black photo-illustrated stiff wraps (trade paperback). 352 pp. including index and selected discography. A history of "reggae" music from ska to dub with particular focus on many of the lesser internationally known musicians and dj's who were integral to the development of this music. The selected discography… Read more about this item Item Price
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Richard Strauss: The Staging of His Operas and Ballets
by Hartmann, Rudolf
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1981
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- Hardcover
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- 9780195202519
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$47.08
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New York: Oxford University Press, 1981. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Quarto, blue cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 279 pp. including index. Generously illustrated throughout with color and black and white photographs and reproductions and sketches. A tight, clean, unmarked volume with fresh cloth and bright spine gilt, unmarked except for colorless abrasion to front pastedown. Near fine… Read more about this item Item Price
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Reflections On Composing: Four American Composers, Elwell Shepherd, Rogers and Cowell.
by Koch, Frederick
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- 1983
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NZ$33.63
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Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Mellon University, 1983. Book. As New. Original Wraps. First Edition. Quarto, red stiff wraps bound with white spiral wire, with gilt titles. A MINT copy in original publisher's shrink wrap. AS NEW.. Item Price
NZ$33.63
The Companion to 20th-Century Music
by Lebrecht, Norman
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- First Edition
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- 1993
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- Hardcover
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- 9780671666545
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$40.35
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, gray cloth spine over pale teal paper covered boards. 415 pp. including index, bibliography, chronology and discography. Illustrated with black and white photographs. An A-Z dictionary style general reference and great browsing entertainment for lovers of contemporary classical music. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Picture Book of Songs and Ballads
by Robert Schmertz; Arranged By Lee B. Thomssen; Edited By Jo Davidson
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- First Edition
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- 1976
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$38.33
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Pittsburgh: Robert Schmertz Book Fund, 1976. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Quarto, illustrated white stapled stiff wraps. 62 pp. plus "Production Notes". Illustrated throughout with brilliant color lithographs. Errata slip pasted on verso of title page. A collection of songs (with musical scores) by this beloved Pittsburgh folk singer and composer of songs about the rivers and mountains of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Illustrated History of Opera In Pittsburgh
by McCullough, Hax.
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- As New
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- First Edition
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- 2005
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- Hardcover
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$60.53
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Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Opera Society, 2005. Book. As New. Cloth. Inscribed by Author(s). First Edition. Quarto, blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles. Decorative musical notation endpapers. 187 pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, (many vintage) from the long history the the Pittsburgh Opera and opera performance in Pittsburgh. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by author HAX MCCULLOUGH on… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bodies and Soul
by Young, Al
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- First Edition
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- 1981
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- Paperback
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- 9780916870393
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NZ$26.23
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Berkeley, California, U.S.A.: Creative Arts Book Co, 1981. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Octavo, black illustrated stiff wraps. 129 pp. Reminiscences of greats from American popular music of the late 20th century from jazz to rock n roll, Bessie Smith to Stevie Wonder, Charlie Parker to the Doors. A tight, clean, fresh, stiff, square, unmarked and unread volume with… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$26.23
Blue Chicago: The Search for Authenticity in Urban Blues Clubs
by Grazian, David
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- As New
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- First Edition
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- 2003
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- Hardcover
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- 9780226305684
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NZ$43.71
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Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Black cloth spine over black paper covered boards. 301 pp. including index, bibliography and extensive notes. Illustrated with black and white photographs. The author follows the blues through its natural habitat in bars, clubs and "low joints". A fascinating ground level look at a major force in popular… Read more about this item Item Price
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Missa Luba, Mass in Congolese Style for Mixed Chorus with Tenor Soloist and Percussion; English and Latin Texts; Arranged By Guido Haazen
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- 1964
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NZ$23.54
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New York: Lawson Gould Music, 1964. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. First Edtition. Tall large octavo, stapled illusrated stiff wraps. 56 pp. Complete musical score to this African choral version of the Mass. A very tight, clean, crisp, stiff, unmarked volume with just a hint of dust. FINE. SCARCE.. Item Price
NZ$23.54
Wieniawski
by Duleba, Wladyslaw
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- As New
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1984
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- Hardcover
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- 9780866220170
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$33.63
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Neptune City, NJ: Paganiniana Publications, 1984. Book. As New. Illustrated Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto, photo-illustrated glazed paper covered boards. 175 pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with loads of blackand white vintage photographs, reproductions, ephemera, scores and playbills etc. A very fine volume, bright, tight, clean, fresh, glossy, sparkling, crisp, unmarked and unread. FINE. Flawless. AS NEW. (Without dust jacket as… Read more about this item Item Price
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Music, Acoustics & Architecture
by Beranek, Leo
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1962
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- Hardcover
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$84.06
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New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1962. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Imperial octavo, oatmeal colored cloth covered boards. 586 pp. including name and subject indexes. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and floor plans and diagrams of famous orchestra halls and auditoria. A fantastic survey of the acoustic properties of music halls around the world with analyis and… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$84.06
Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met: The Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts 1931-1950
by Jackson, Paul
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- As New
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- First Edition Thus
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- 1994
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- Hardcover
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- 9780931340482
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NZ$65.23
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Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press, 1994. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition Thus. Corrected reprint edition. Thick quarto, red cloth covered boards. with gilt spine titles. 569 pp. including index and selected bibliography notes and list of operas and casts of recorded broadcasts. Ilustrated throughout with black and white photographs. A tight, clean volume with very fresh cloth and bright gilt,… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$65.23
Getting It on: The Clothing of Rock 'N' Roll
by Jones, Mablen
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- As New
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- 1990
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- Hardcover
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- 9780896596863
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NZ$32.95
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New York: Abbeville Press, 1990. Book. As New. Cloth. Quarto, brown cloth covered boards. 208 pp. including index and bibliography. Generously illustrated throughout with color photographs of rock stars and their costumes. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked volume in a crisp sharp bright dust jacket. Small semicricle of dampstain on board at spine base, not affecting interior. else fine.… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$32.95
Religious Folk-Songs of the Negro as Sung at Hampton Institute
by Dett, Nathaniel (Editor)
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- First Edition
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- 1927
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- Hardcover
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NZ$97.52
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Hampton, VA: Hampton Institute Press, 1927. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, navy blue cloth covered boards. 236, ii, XIII (appendix). A scarce collection of traditional hymns, gospel, folk songs and "Songs of Tribulation" of the American Negro. An historical document of African-American culture and the history of slavery. Songs in musical score with lyrics. A tight, generally unmarked and… Read more about this item Item Price
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BELA BARTOK: MIKROKOSMOS - PROGRESSIVE PIANO PIECES - VOL. 2 PIANO SOLO (New Definitve Edition)
by Bartok, Bela
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- 1987
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- Paperback
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$36.99
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Boosey & Hawkes, 1987. Book. Very Good. Original Wraps. Quarto, grey printed wraps (paperback). 46pp. including notes. Preface by Peter Bartok and by Bela Bartok. Illustrated with a few black and white photographs of the composer. Text in French, English, German and Hungarian. Moderate rubbing to exterior and some pencilled notes. Very Good.. Item Price
NZ$36.99
And God Created Punk
by Perry, Mark; Echenberg, Erica; P, Mark
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- First Edition
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- 1996
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- Paperback
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- 9780863699740
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NZ$28.25
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United Kingdom: Virgin Publishing, 1996. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Quarto, grey color photo-illustrated stiff wraps (paperback).143pp. Illustrated with color photographs. Near fine.. Item Price
NZ$28.25
American Musical Comedy from Adonis to Dreamgirls
by Bordman, Gerald Martin
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1982
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- Hardcover
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NZ$26.23
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New York: Oxford University Press, 1982. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, black cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 244pp. including extensive index and appendix of Principals and Credits for Important American Musical Comedies and another appendix with libretto of William Gill's "Adonis". Illustrated with black and white photographs. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright copy in a tight,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Guide To The Pilgrim's Hymnal
by Ronander, Albert C. And Ethel K. Porter
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1966
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- Hardcover
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NZ$114.33
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Philadelphia: United Church Press, 1966. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, green cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 456pp. including index and bibliography. A detailed guide to the historical background, composers, sources etc. of the hymns and spirituals that appear in the "Pilgrim's Hymnal", the most complete collection of American hymns. This volume is clean and tight with bright… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$114.33