Search Results: Music from Exchange Value Books

The Imaginary Press; East Setauket, NY, 2017. First Edition. Softcover. Like New. 0x0x0. Signed by Author(s). Signed by Author(s) WISHNIA, Steven. "A-String to Your Heart: Music Writings, 2001-2017." The Imaginary Press; East Setauket, NY, 2017. English language. Signed by author in ink on title page. Softcover. 174 pages. Text clean. Fine. ISBN: 9780965681445.

Oxford University Press; Oxford, New York, 2012. Softcover. Very Good. 9x6x1. [MUSIC]. Eds. Rachel Cowgill, Hilary Poriss. Contributors: Francesco Izzo, Roberta Montemorra Marvin, Joy H. Calico, et al. "The Arts of the Prima Donna in the Long Nineteenth Century." Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. English language. Softcover. with black and white illustration. xlvi, 368 pp. 9 x 6 x 1 in. 23 x 16 x 2 cm. A book of academic essays. Text clean. Some dog-earring. Front cover bows out. Very Good. ISBN: 9780195365887. "Female characters assumed increasing prominence in the narratives of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century opera. And for contemporary audiences, many of these characters--and the celebrated women who played them--still define opera at its finest and most searingly affective, even if storylines leave them swooning and faded by the end of the drama. The presence and representation of women in opera has been addressed in a range of recent studies that offer… Read More

Dover Publications: New York, 2000. Fifth Edition, Revised, Enlarged. Softcover. Good Plus. 5x1x8. [MUSIC]. Fuld, James J. "The Book of World-Famous Music: Classical, Popular, and Folk (Fifth Edition, Revised and Enlarged)." New York: Dover Publications, 2000. English language. Softcover. Text with black and white illustrations and music scores. 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.5 in. 22 x 14 x 3.5 cm. 27 oz. xiii, 718 pp. Creasing on spine. Front cover bows out. First few pages creased. Text clean. Good Plus. ISBN: 9780486414751."This classic, painstakingly researched compilation of music information, newly revised and enlarged, analyzes nearly 1,000 of the world's most familiar melodies, tracing them back to their original printed sources. Here in one convenient volume are the composers, lyricists, copyright date, first lines of music, lyrics, physical condition of first editions, and other data on a tremendous range of compositions, including We Shall Overcome, Haydn's Surprise Symphony, The… Read More

Ernst Eulenburg Ltd, Undated. Softcover. Very Good. Pencil on front cover. Softcover. Edition Eulenburg No. 893. Clean. 72 pages. 12mo. Undated.

Crown Archetype: New York, 2017. First edition, stated. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 6x1x9. [MUSIC]. Jones, Dylan. "David Bowie: A Life." New York: Crown Archetype, 2017. English language. Hardcover in jacket. 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.5 in. 25 x 17 x 4 cm. 29 oz. xxii, 521 pp. Sticker on inside flap of dust jacket. Very slight yellowing. Text clean. Fine in Fine jacket. ISBN: 9780451497833."Dylan Jones's engrossing, magisterial biography of David Bowie is unlike any Bowie story ever written. Drawn from over 180 interviews with friends, rivals, lovers, and collaborators, some of whom have never before spoken about their relationship with Bowie, this oral history weaves a hypnotic spell as it unfolds the story of a remarkable rise to stardom and an unparalleled artistic path.

Mexico City: Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, 2017. First edition, limited to 1000 c. Softcover. Fine. 0x0x0. [MUSIC]. Iturbide, Manuel Rocha. "Desde la escucha: Creacion, investigacion e intermedia." Mexico City: Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, 2017. First edition, stated. Limited to 1000 copies. Spanish language. Softcover with French flaps. Text with full-color images. 10 x 8 x 0.75 in. 26 x 20 x 2 cm. 24 oz. pp. 189. Two small stains at bottom of page block. Price in pencil on first page. Text clean. Fine. ISBN: 9786072812062."Manuel Rocha Iturbide points out the importance of reality between creation and investigation, and explores artistic praxis starting from the world of knowledge integrated by distinct aesthetic disciplines, as well as other areas that are essential to understand the world outside the orbits of the emotional, aesthetic and sensible, as are the human sciences, exactas, and the misma philosophy. The concept of intermediality, and the transdisciplinary… Read More

Cham, CH: Springer, 2019. Hardcover. Fine. 6x0x9. [MUSIC]. Filipe Calegario. "Designing Digital Musical Instruments Using Probatio: A Physical Prototyping Toolkit." Cham, CH: Springer, 2019. English language. Hardcover. Text with color illustrations. 9 x 6 inches. 15 oz. xi, 152 pp. Text clean. Fine. ISBN: 9783030028916. The author presents Probatio, a toolkit for building functional DMI (digital musical instruments) prototypes, artifacts in which gestural control and sound production are physically decoupled but digitally mapped. He uses the concept of instrumental inheritance, the application of gestural and/or structural components of existing instruments to generate ideas for new instruments. To support analysis and combination, he then leverages a traditional design method, the morphological chart, in which existing artifacts are split into parts, presented in a visual form and then recombined to produce new ideas. And finally he integrates the concept and the method in a concrete… Read More

Laaber-Verlag: Lilienthal, DE, 1990. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 0x0x0. [MUSIC]. Eds. Lorenzo Bianconi, Giorgio Pestelli. Contributors: John Rosselli, Franco Piperno, Fiamma Nicolodi, et al. "Geschichte der Italienischen Oper: Band 4: Die Produktion: Struktur und Arbeitsbereiche." Lilienthal, DE: Laaber-Verlag, 1990. German language. Hardcover in dust jacket. Only volume 4. Black cloth boards with white dye-stamped lettering. Texts with black and white illustrations. 9.5 x 7 x 1.5 in. 25 x 17 x 3 cm. 36 oz. 415 pp. Price stickers on back of dust jacket. Price in pencil on free front endpaper. Text clean. Near Fine in Very Good Plus jacket. ISBN: 389007216X.

The University of Chicago Press; Chicago, IL, 2003. Softcover. Good. 8x5x0. [FOLK MUSIC]. Ramnarine, Tina K. "Ilmatar's Inspirations: Nationalism, Globalization, and the Changing Soundscapes of Finnish Folk Music (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology)." The University of Chicago Press; Chicago, IL, 2003. English language. Softcover. 262 pages. Text and black and white photographs. Price in pencil on first page. Ink underlining and marginalia. A folded indentation visible in a few pages. Good. ISBN: 9780226704036. "Ilmatar gave birth to the bard who sang the Finnish landscape into being in the "Kalevala" (the Finnish national epic). In "Ilmatar's Inspirations", Tina K. Ramnarine explores creative processes and the critical role that music has played in Finnish nationalism by focusing on Finnish "new folk music" in the shifting spaces between the national imagination and the global marketplace. Through extensive interviews and observations of… Read More

Paris: Gerard Billaudot, 2014. Sheet Music. Very Good Minus. [MUSIC]. Escaich, Thierry. "Messe Romane: For 2 Choirs and Organ." Paris: Gerard Billaudot, 2014. Printed in France. English and French languages. Stapled sheet music with card-stock covers. 11.75 x 9 in. 30 x 23 cm. 7 oz. Smudges on front cover. Price in pencil on title page. Light pencil marginalia throughout. Very Good Minus. ISBN: 9790043095347.

Music and Literature, Inc, 2016. 1st Edition. Softcover. Fine. 8x5x0. [MUSIC]. Ed. Taylor Davis-Van Atta. Contributors: Paul Griffiths, Ann Quin, Lera Auerbach, Taylor Davis-Van Atta, Daniel Medin, Oli Hazzard, Danielle Dutton, Juliet Jacques, Kate Zambreno, Gidon Kremer, et al. "Music and Literature, No. 7." Music and Literature, Inc., 2016. English language. Softcover. Text clean. Fine. ISBN: 9780988879966. ISSN: 2165-4026. "The seventh volume of Music & Literature opens with a celebration of the prolific Welsh novelist, music critic, and librettist Paul Griffiths. Two exclusive interviews and generous selections of his musical and creative writings offer insight into Griffiths’ extensive career and his many sources of inspiration, from Shakespeare to Japanese Noh theatre. Recent collaborations, including the song cycle let me tell you, based on Griffiths’ Oulipian novel containing only the words spoken by Ophelia in Hamlet, and Gulliver,… Read More

Half-Shy; Seattle, WA, 2019. Softcover. Near Fine. [MUSIC]. Half-Shy. "Practice: A Monthly Lyric Workbook by Half-Shy." Half-Shy; Seattle, WA, 2019. English language. Softcover spiral-bound with card-stock covers. Charts and text. 60 pp. Text clean. Near Fine. No ISBN. "Just like playing an instrument, writing is a skill - one that gets better with practice. This monthly workbook will be your guide through the fog. A daily writing routine much less intimidating than the blank pages of an empty journal, it includes three sections.

Chicago, IL: BloodLust!, 2007. Test Pressing. 7" Record. Very Good/Very Good. [MUSIC]. Sword Heaven (Mark Van Fleet and Aaron Hibbs). "Sword Heaven - Piles 7 Inch Test Pressing." Chicago, IL: BloodLust!, 2007. B!076. English language. 7-inch record in white blank sleeve with plastic bag. 7 x 7 in. 18 x 18 cm. 2 oz. Record in fine condition, plays well. White sleeve shows some wear and smudging. Very Good. "Recorded live on August 6, 2006, by Sean Gleba at Skylab Gallery in Columbus, Ohio, 'Piles' was limited to 300 copies, this being one of the test pressings.

Schott Musik International: Mainz, DE, 1996. Hardcover. Near Fine. 0x0x0. [MUSIC]. Eds. Joachim Veit, Frank Ziegler. Contributors: Arne Langer, Silke Leopold, Dagmar Beck, et al. "Weber-Studien: Band 3." Mainz, DE: Schott Musik International, 1996. German language. Hardcover. Only volume 3. Texts with black illustrations and musical score. 9.5 x 7 x 1 in. 25 x 18 x 3 cm. 38 oz. x, 475 pp. Price stickers on back cover. Edge wear on boards. No jacket as issued. Text clean. Near Fine. ISBN: 3795703255.