Women and Music: A History (Pendle Karin Anna)(Paperback)

Women and Music: A History (Pendle Karin Anna)(Paperback)

This updated, expanded, and reorganized edition of Women and Music features even more women composers, performers, and patrons, even more musical contexts, and an expanded view of women in music outside Europe and North America. A popular university textbook, Women and Music is enlightening for

Mastering Primary History (Doull Karin)(Paperback)

Mastering Primary History introduces the primary history curriculum and helps trainees and teachers learn how to plan and teach inspiring lessons that make learning history irresistible.Topics covered include: - Current developments in history- History as an irresistible activity - History as a

Pink Noises: Women on Electronic Music and Sound (Rodgers Tara)(Paperback)

Pink Noises brings together twenty-four interviews with women in electronic music and sound cultures, including club and radio DJs, remixers, composers, improvisers, instrument builders, and installation and performance artists. The collection is an extension of Pinknoises.com, the

Heartthrobs: A History of Women and Desire (Dyhouse Carol)(Paperback)

Gulag: A History (Applebaum Anne)(Paperback)

In this magisterial and acclaimed history, Anne Applebaum offers the first fully documented portrait of the Gulag, from its origins in the Russian Revolution, through its expansion under Stalin, to its collapse in the era of glasnost. The Gulag--a vast array of Soviet concentration camps that held

Musical Meaning: Toward a Critical History (Kramer Lawrence)(Paperback)

Ranging widely over classical music, jazz, popular music, and film and television music, Musical Meaning uncovers the historical importance of asking about meaning in the lived experience of musical works, styles, and performances. Lawrence Kramer has been a pivotal figure in the development of new

Three Mothers (Tubbs Anna Malaika)(Paperback)

'A fascinating exploration into the lives of three women ignored by history ... Eye-opening, engrossing'Brit Bennett, bestselling author of The Vanishing Half In her groundbreaking debut, Anna Malaika Tubbs tells the incredible, moving story of three women who raised three world-changing

Women Walking: Freedom, Adventure, Independence (Sagner Karin)(Pevná vazba)

Women of the 1920s presents gorgeous illustrations and text on women whose work and lifestyle created a new female image, and who introduced new styles in their area of expertise. Among them are fashion gurus and designers like Lee Miller, Sonia Delaunay or Elsa Schiaparelli; writers and artists

Christian Music: A global history (revised and expanded) (Dowley Tim)(Paperback)

Christian Music: A Global History was originally published by Lion Hudson in 2011. This new edition has been substantially extended and updated.Dr Tim Dowley's wide-ranging survey includes contributions from nine additional experts. The book covers the Jewish musical tradition; early hymns and

Anne Boleyn: 500 Years of Lies (Nolan Hayley)(Paperback)

A bold new analysis of one of history's most misrepresented women.History has lied.Anne Boleyn has been sold to us as a dark figure, a scheming seductress who bewitched Henry VIII into divorcing his queen and his church in an unprecedented display of passion. Quite the tragic love story,

Three Women and a Boat - A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Title (Youngson Anne)(Paperback / softback)

Lady Killers - Deadly Women Throughout History - Deadly women throughout history (Telfer Tori)(Paperback / softback)

Focus: Music and Religion of Morocco (Witulski Christopher)(Paperback)

Focus: Music and Religion of Morocco introduces the region and its history, highlighting how the pressures of religious life, post-colonial economic struggle, and global media come together within Moroccan musical life. Musical practices contextualize and clarify global historical and contemporary

Garments Against Women (Boyer Anne)(Paperback / softback)

The Amadeus Book of the Violin: Construction, History and Music (Kolneder Walter)(Paperback)

THE AMADEUS BOOK OF THE VIOLIN CONSTRUCTION HISTORY AND

The Cambridge History of Western Music Theory (Christensen Thomas)(Paperback)

The Cambridge History of Western Music Theory is the first comprehensive history of Western music theory to be published in the English language. A collaborative project by leading music theorists and historians, the volume traces the rich panorama of music-theoretical thought from the Ancient

Mormon Women's History: Beyond Biography (Cope Rachel)(Paperback)

Mormon Women's History: Beyond Biography demonstrates that the history and experience of Mormon women is central to the history of Mormonism and to histories of American religion, politics, and

Essays on Music and History in Africa (Wachsmann Klaus P.)(Paperback)

This classic ethnomusicological survey provides a valuable guide to African music. The essays review a broad swath of genres and topics, including court songs and music history, musical instruments in different traditions, and the connection between Islam and African

Cowboys and Indies - The Epic History of the Record Industry (Murphy Gareth)(Paperback / softback)

The definitive history of the music

Music: A Subversive History (Gioia Ted)(Paperback)

'A dauntingly ambitious, obsessively researched' (Los Angeles Times) global history of music that reveals how songs have shifted societies and sparked revolutions. Histories of music overwhelmingly suppress stories of the outsiders and rebels who created musical revolutions and instead celebrate

A Concise History of Western Music (Griffiths Paul)(Paperback)

Engaging, clear and informative, this is the story of western music - of its great composers and also of its performers and listeners, of changing ideas of what music is and what it is for. Paul Griffiths shows how music has evolved through the centuries, and suggests how its evolution has mirrored

Women and the Land, 1500-1900 (Capern Amanda)(Paperback)

Women and the Land examines the pre-history of gendered property relations in England, focusing on the four-hundred-year period between roughly 1500 and 1900. More specifically, the book is about how gender shaped opportunities for and experiences of owning property, particularly for women. The

Feminine Gospels (Duffy Ann)(Paperback)

Simultaneously stripping women bare and revealing them in all their guises and disguises, these poems tell tall stories as though they were true confessions, and spin modern myths from real women seen in every aspect--as bodies and corpses, writers and workers, shoppers and slimmers, fairytale

History of Flight (Giulieri Anne)(Paperback / softback)