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By: Hughes, Spike
Price: £5.00
Publisher: Robert Hale: 1959
Seller ID: 7316
272pp, 245 musical illustrations. Ex library, front endpaper removed, good reading copy in good dust jacket View more info
By: Hume Paul:
Price: £5.00
Publisher: Hutchinson: 1978
Seller ID: 285
ISBN: 0091323908
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
182pp, 135 illustrations, some in colour. View more info
By: Hurst, P. G.
Price: £20.00
Publisher: Christopher Johnson: 1958
Seller ID: 10394
Condition: Very Good
256pp, frontis, 19 plates. Previous owner's book plate. Dust jacket worn with some loss in protective cover. View more info
By: Isaacs, Jeremy
Price: £14.00
Publisher: Bantam Press: 1999
Seller ID: 12694
ISBN: 0593043553
Condition: New in Fine dust jacket
356pp, plates, colour & b/w, line drawings. Heavy book, extra postage will be requested for delivery outside UK. View more info
By: Jarman, Douglas
Price: £18.00
Publisher: Cambridge University Press: 1990
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 10805
ISBN: 0521284813
Condition: Near Fine
ix, 181pp, Illustrations, music examples. ; Cambridge Opera Handbooks View more info
By: Kitcher, Philip & Schacht, Richard
Price: £9.00
Publisher: Oxford University Press: 2005
Seller ID: 12291
ISBN: 0195183606
Condition: New
256pp. View more info
By: Klein Herman
Price: £8.00
Publisher: George Routledge: 1933
Seller ID: 12690
Condition: Good with no dust jacket
xxvi, 275pp, 12 plates. Boards a little worn and stained, internally very good. View more info
By: Knapp, J Merrill
Price: £5.00
Publisher: Robert Hale: 1975
Seller ID: 4423
ISBN: 070915254X
Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
x, 371pp, illustrations, music examples. A survey of the world of opera, highlighting trends and outstanding figures. Brief plot summaries and analysis in considerable detail. View more info
By: Kobbe - (edited by The Earl Of Harewood)
Price: £10.00
Publisher: Bodley Head: 1991
Seller ID: 9508
ISBN: 0370316843
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
205pp, illustrations in colour & b/w. HEAVY BOOK, extra postage will be requested for delivery outside UK. View more info
By: Kramer, Lawrence
Price: £20.00
Publisher: University of California: 2004
Seller ID: 9834
ISBN: 0520241738
Condition: New in Fine dust jacket
258pp, illustrations, music examples. View more info
By: Lenton, Sarah
Price: £8.00
Publisher: Robson Books: 1998
Seller ID: 10773
ISBN: 1861051557
Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
211pp, 8 plates, cartoon illustrations by the author. Slight creasing to top edge of dust jacket. A fascinating glimpse of life on the other side of the curtain. Every step in the development of a new production of Handel's Xerxes at the English National Opera - from casting and initial set designs, to the making of costumes and props, through to the dress rehearsal and opening night. View more info
By: Mander, Raymond & Mitchenson, Joe
Price: £8.00
Publisher: W. H. Allen: 1977
Seller ID: 8303
ISBN: 0491018568
Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
246pp, 32 plates. Previous owners book plate. Very slight wear to top edge of dust jacket. View more info
By: Mander, Raymond & Mitchenson, Joe
Price: £6.00
Publisher: W. H. Allen: 1987
Seller ID: 8304
ISBN: 0863791522
Condition: Near Fine
246pp View more info
By: May, Robin
Price: £5.00
Publisher: New York, Hippocrene Books: 1977
Seller ID: 8318
ISBN: 388254439X
Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
364pp, 16 plates. Previous owner's book plate on front paste-down. View more info
Price: £50.00
Publisher: Rochester University Press: 1998
Seller ID: 11893
ISBN: 1580460232
Condition: New in Fine dust jacket
xiii, 262pp, music examples, text figures. ; Eastman Studies in Music View more info
Price: £9.00
Publisher: 2006
Seller ID: 9770
ISBN: 0195305884
Condition: New
208pp, 55 halftones, music examples. ; The New Grove Guide View more info
Price: £5.00
Publisher: Oxford University Press: 1996
Seller ID: 6967
ISBN: 0192880098
Condition: Fine
264pp, 8 plates. The eight operas covered are: Simon Boccanegra, Il Trovatore, Rigoletto, Don Carlos, Lucia di Lammermoor, Un Ballo in Maschera, La Traviata and La Boheme. View more info
Price: £45.00
Publisher: Cambridge University Press: 2002
Seller ID: 7657
ISBN: 0521807387
Condition: New in Fine dust jacket
xii, 219pp, music examples. A feature of Wagnerian and post-Wagnerian opera is the tendency to link scenes with numerous and often surprisingly lengthy orchestral interludes, frequently performed with the curtain closed. Often taken for granted or treated as a filler by audiences and critics, these interludes can take on very prominent roles, representing dream sequences, journeys and sexual encounters, and in some cases becoming a highlight of the opera. The author investigates the implications of these important but strangely overlooked passages. ; New Perspectives in Music History and Crit... View more info
By: Opstad, Gillian
Price: £25.00
Publisher: Boydell Press: 2009
Seller ID: 11740
ISBN: 1843834596
Condition: New in New dust jacket
392pp, plates. Illustrates the prejudices and difficulties women singers of their era faced. The three women presented here were not only remarkable for the resilience and initiative they had to develop, but also for their willingness to adapt themselves to the opportunities offered by the emerging technologies of recording, radio and film. It is also the story of the background to the opera's creation, and the frequently stormy relationships between the author of the original play (Maeterlinck) , the composer, director, conductor and performers. View more info
By: Orrey, Leslie
Price: £5.00
Publisher: Pitman: 1976
Seller ID: 3773
ISBN: 0273002376
Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
376pp, 200+ b/w photographs, 24 colour plates. 700+ operas with dates of premieres & outstanding revivals for all works in the present international repertory - biographical notes on composers, librettists, singers, conductors, designers, producers, writers. Heavy book, extra postage will be requested for delivery outside UK. View more info
