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She played and sang
Jane Austen and music
By Gillian Dooley
Like her much-loved heroine Emma Woodhouse, Jane Austen 'played and sang'. Music occupied a central role in her life, and she made brilliant use of it in her books to illuminate characters' ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-7010-1
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Hardcover
£20.00
Pre-OrderWild colonial boys
A Belfast punk story
By Thomas Paul Burgess
Ruefrex were one of Northern Ireland's most popular and uncompromising punk rock bands.Emerging from the Belfast street-gang culture of the late-1970s, the group, inspired by The Clash, enjoyed a ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-7337-9
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£16.99
Pre-OrderFantasies of music in nostalgic medievalism
By Helen Dell
In the period between the Second World War and the present, there has been an extraordinary rise in the production of medievalist fantasy literature and film. This has been accompanied by the ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-7395-9
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£85.00
Pre-OrderWelcome to the club
The life and lessons of a Black woman DJ
By DJ Paulette
In Welcome to the club, Manchester legend DJ Paulette shares the highs, lows and lessons of a thirty-year music career, with help from some famous friends. One of the Haçienda's first female DJs, ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-6690-6
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£20.00
Pre-OrderManchester unspun
How a city got high on music
By Andy Spinoza
At the end of the 1970s, Manchester seemed to be sliding into the dustbin of history. Today the city is an international destination for culture and sport, and one of the fastest-growing urban ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-7406-2
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£12.99
Buy NowThe art of darkness
The history of goth
By John Robb
This is the first comprehensive history of goth music and culture. John Robb explores the origins and legacy of this enduring scene, which has its roots in the post-punk era.Drawing on his own ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-7676-9
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£14.99
Buy NowThe Island Book of Records Volume I
1959-68
Edited by Neil Storey
The Island Book of Records brings the early years of this iconic record label to life.A fifteen-year labour of love, the volumes will fully document the analogue era of Island. Offering a ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-7376-8
FORMAT:
Hardcover
£85.00
Buy NowManchester Beethoven studies
Edited by Barry Cooper and Matthew Pilcher
Manchester Beethoven studies presents ten original chapters by scholars with close ties to the University of Manchester. It throws new light on many aspects of Beethoven's life and works, with a ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-5568-9
FORMAT:
£90.00
Buy NowIn the borderland between song and speech
Vocal expressions in oral cultures
Edited by Håkan Lundström and Jan-Olof Svantesson
With Anastasia Karlsson, Siri Tuttle, Arthur Holmer, Inga-Lill Hansson and Yasuko Nagano-Madsen
This is a study of vocal expressions in the borderland between speech and song, based on performances from cultural contexts where oral transmission dominates. Approaches drawn from perspectives ... More
ISBN: 978-9-1985-5776-3
FORMAT:
Hardcover
£25.00
Buy NowIt's a London thing
How rare groove, acid house and jungle remapped the city
By Caspar Melville
This book is a record of the Black music culture that emerged in post-colonial London at the end of the twentieth century; the people who made it, the racial and spatial politics of its ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-3125-6
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£15.99
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