Nineteenth and twentieth century
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Oxfam books & music fareham analytical strategies and musical interpretation: essays on nineteenth and twentieth century music edited by craig ayrey and mark everistthe unifying theme of the essays is the interpretive transformation of concepts, ideas and forms that constitutes the heart of the compositional process of nineteenth- and twentieth-century musicinterpretation is often considered only in theory, or as a philosophical problem, but this book attempts to demonstrate and reflect on the interpretive results of analysisthis book is devoted to music analysis as an interpretive activityhardback with dust jacketin very good condition1st edition published by cambridge university presstwo associated types of practice are emphasised: 'translation', the transformation of one type of experience or art object into the musical work, the artistic attempt to persuade us that the new product is as valid as its original, or more so than its origin; and 'rhetoric', the attempt to persuade us, through structure, to accept the signifying power of the workthe repertoire discussed ranges from schumann through wagner, mahler, zemlinsky, debussy, schoenberg, berg, webern and stravinsky to carter and birtwistlesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreowners book plate stamp on fly leaf
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But his photographs of plants, which he took in the thousands over more than thirty years, reveal a formally rigorous talent whose precision and dedication bridge the nineteenth and twentieth century worlds of image makingotherwise "as new"oxfam bookshop victoria book appears new & unread only blemish on back of floppy cover small rectangular mark, possibly remains of redundant price stickerthey are still-lifes, piercingly final statements on their subject, and have endured owing to their technical brilliance and the ongoing fascination of students and photographerssee oxfam website for delivery information read morelike their maker, they are quietly and lastingly effectivea serious man who earned his living as a teacher, karl blossfeldt () seems an unlikely candidate for aesthetic canonizationbeautifully but starkly composed against plain cardboard backgrounds, blossfeldt's images, relying on a northern light for their sense of volume, reveal nothing of the man but everything of themselves
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Featuring nineteenth and twentieth century mavericks as diverse as wagner, holst, ravel, boulez, stockhausen, schoenberg, penderecki, harry partch and john cage in addition to the aforementioned stravinsky and varese this collection illustrates the impulse for many of zappa s own compositions and works as both an introduction to a style of music rarely heard outside of the most elite communities in the third millennium and as a guide to the music frank vincent took to his very heart and cherished throughout the major part of his tragically short lifeindeed a radio show he produced for the bbc in found him spinning records by artists as varied as frankie valli, howlin wolf, the channels, lene lovich, wild man fisher, uk subs, traffic and the rolling stoneson that same sunday evening more than 30 years ago, zappa also played records by edgar varese and igor stravinsky, representing his love of modern classical musicbut while an acquired taste the tracks that fill this 2 disc compilation may be, the acquisition of such a taste is a rewarding journey with an even more rewarding destinationincluding fully illustrated 16 page booklet with extensive notes by music historian derek barker, this delightful package finally reveals what it was that informed so much of frank zappa s extraordinary musicoxfam books & music aberdeen a man of hugely eclectic tastes, frank zappa was a lover of everything from doo-wop to heavy metal and from jazz-funk to new waveboth cds in excellent condition see oxfam website for delivery information read morevarese was one of zappa s very earliest influences and after discovering the dissonant sounds that this french born composer created, he was hooked on a genre of music that for most of us is anything but easy listening
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The editors of medicine in the twentieth century have commissioned over forty authoritative essays, written by historical specialists but intended for general audiencesoxfam shop dumfries during the twentieth century, medicine has been radically transformed and powerfully transformativein , western medicine was important to philanthropy and public health, but it was marginal to the state, the industrial economy and the welfare of most individualsour prospects seem increasingly dependent on the progress of bio-medical sciences and genetic technologies which promise to reshape future generationssee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome concentrate on the political economy of medicine and health as it changed from period to period and varied between countries, others focus on understandings of the body, and a third set of essays explores transformations in some of the theatres of medicine and the changing experiences of different categories of practitioners and patientsit is now central to these aspects of life
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The editors of medicine in the twentieth century have commissioned over forty authoritative essays, written by historical specialists but intended for general audiencesoxfam books & music kentish town during the twentieth century, medicine has been radically transformed and powerfully transformativein , western medicine was important to philanthropy and public health, but it was marginal to the state, the industrial economy and the welfare of most individualsour prospects seem increasingly dependent on the progress of bio-medical sciences and genetic technologies which promise to reshape future generationssee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome concentrate on the political economy of medicine and health as it changed from period to period and varied between countries, others focus on understandings of the body, and a third set of essays explores transformations in some of the theatres of medicine and the changing experiences of different categories of practitioners and patientsit is now central to these aspects of life
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The puffin book of twentieth century children’s stories edited by judith elkin and beautifully illustrated by michael foreman and the puffin book of twentieth century children’s verse edited by brian patten and again beautifully illustrated by michael foremanbargain only £1 eachboth brand new would make lovely presents
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Complete set of the history of the twentieth century by martin gilbert in three volumesunwanted gift, and still as newbuyer collects as too heavy to post
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Oxfam bookshop skipton an orderly presentation of the harmonic procedures to be found in the music of the first half of the twentieth centuryunmarked text, tight binding, dustcover in very good condition toosee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop canterbury time-images: alternative temporalities in twentieth century theory, history, and art: alternative temporalities in twentieth-century theory, literature, and art hardcover - by tyrus miller  cambridge scholars publishing; new edition (1 sept) a very good copy see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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One of the oldest and most powerful of the great hollywood studios, twentieth century fox has maintained its magnificent archive of still photographsthis collection features the best of these photographs, many previously unpublishedfilmmaker scorsese contributes an essay to this stunning volume
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International cooperation in the early twentieth century by daniel gorman (hardback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is usually within 6 to 8 working days%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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World powers in the twentieth century by harriet ward a good introduction to this period for modern history degree or a level coursecover is slightly faded but inside is good can post email me for details will combine postage if more than one item bought
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Old chambers twentieth century dictionary used as in picture's ÂŁ1 non smoking household see other adds
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Oxfam shop brentwood christie's catalogue - twentieth century art 30 april lotsillustrated in colour141 pages with 2 fold-outssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Collectible glass buttons of twentieth century by barbara more **brand new**
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twentieth century tiles (shire library) by van hans lemmen **mint condition**
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Scrivener's button cabinet: a twentieth century clothing button collection, paperback by jackson, sandra, isbn , isbn-13 , like new used, free shipping in the us
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Scrivener's button cabinet: a twentieth century clothing button collection, paperback by jackson, sandra, isbn , isbn-13 , brand new, free shipping in the us
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Work by a magnificent watercolourist who lived and painted between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, enrique marĂn sevilla (granada -madrid )he was a painter and draughtsman belonging to the andalusian school of the 19th centuryhe was a contemporary of enrique marĂn higuero (arriate -madrid ), a sculptor from malagaour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablehe devoted himself to watercolour, a specialty that he mastered with great skill
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Above all, when read together, britten and pears's letters allow the clearest possible look 'behind the scenes' of one of the most productive creative partnerships of the twentieth centuryentertaining to read, domestic and intimate, the letters provide glimpses of cultural and artistic life in the twentieth century, including pacifism and conscientious objection, critical assessments of music and other artists, transport and communications development in the twentieth century, the 'aldeburgh corpses', art collecting, gossip, everyday life in an english country house, the development of the aldeburgh festival, performance practice in early music, looking after dachshunds, travel, and a host of other topics' from the foreword by fiona shawwhile the correspondence provides valuable evidence of the development of britten's works, more significant is the insight into his relationship with pears and their day-to-day life togetheroxfam shop magdelen street 'to read these letters is to climb up a wall and peer into the secret garden of two giantsthis volume comprises the complete surviving correspondence between benjamin britten and peter pears nicholas clark is the librarian at the britten-pears foundation at the red house, britten and pears's home in aldeburgh, suffolkthe 365 letters written throughout their 39-year relationship are here brought together and published, as pears intended, for the first timesee oxfam website for delivery information read morestroeher is professor of music history at marshall university where she is also coordinator of the music history & literature area jude brimmer is an archivist at the britten-pears foundation
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All the major events of the twentieth century are reflected in the choice of poems within these pagesoxfam shop inverness this ground-breaking anthology presents in chronological order over 400 poems written in the twentieth centurythe authors, both published poets themselves, give an overview of each period of history, while notes to the poems place each one in its historical context and trace the century's poetic developmentbook is in good conditionsome discolouration on edges from dust and storage wear otherwise sharp copyhere are poets rescued from oblivion, such as the suffragette who wrote a compelling poem about her mistreatment in holloway prison in or the medical offer who went into belsen with the british troops producing an eye-witness poem of lasting powerhouseman, for example, rubs shoulders with tby organizing the poems in chronological order, readers will see poets in a new lighteliot, showing that traditional forms can hold their own against the modernist orthodoxy see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis richly rewarding collection makes invaluable reading for poetry lovers all over the worldconcise biographies for each poet complete the anthology
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The extensive research he embarked upon afterwards revealed not only the scope of the people's hardship and amazing resilience; it located in the american effort to help the armenians a unique perspective on our own nation's experience of the twentieth centuryas the new york times carried stories about the ""slow massacre of a race,"" public outrage over this tragedy led to an unprecedented philanthropic crusade spearheaded by near east relief, an organization rooted in protestant missionary endeavors in the near east and dedicated to saving the survivors of the first genocide of the twentieth centurybetween and as many as 1in ""starving armenians,"" merrill peterson explores the american response to these atrocities, beginning with the initial reports to president wilson from his ambassador to the ottoman empire, henry morgenthau, who described turkey as ""a place of horroroxfam bookshop knutsford the persecution and suffering of the armenian people, a religious and cultural minority in the ottoman empire, reached a peak in the era of world war i at the hands of the turkspart of a generation who were admonished as children to ""remember the starving armenians,"" peterson went to armenia in as a peace corps volunteer and became fascinated by the country's troubled history5 million armenian men, women, and children died in ottoman turkey, victims of execution, starvation, and death marches to the syrian desert""starving armenians"" is an eloquent narrative of an all but forgotten part of that experiencefirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read more"" the west gradually began to take noticethe book also addresses the armenian aspirations for an independent republic under american auspices; these hopes went unfulfilled in the peacemaking after the war and ended altogether when armenia was absorbed into the soviet union
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham how was it possible, by the later twentieth century, to have erased women as artists from art history so comprehensively that the idea of the artist was exclusively masculine? why was this erasure more radical in the twentieth century than ever before? why is everything that compromises greatness in art coded as feminine? has the feminist critique of art history history yet effected real change? see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Goodbye, twentieth centuryincorporates his acclaimed first volume of autobiography,a poet in the family, in a new volume which brings his life up to the present and the outset of a new centuryoxfam bookshop cheltenham dannie abse's rich mixture of welsh and jewish backgrounds, and his dual occupations of doctor and author, have led to what is widely regarded as one of the most readable, humorous and poignant autobiographies since the warsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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One of the first to be nominated royal designer for industry, murphy was a widely revered figure who seemed in his many skills to encapsulate that early twentieth century dream, the successful marriage of art and industryoxfam books & music beaconsfield with a reputation second to none during his lifetime, harry murphy was britain's leading jewellery designer of the first half of the twentieth century, and one of the most influential and accomplished silversmiths of the art deco and arts & crafts periodsfeaturing a broad spectrum of murphy s work - domestic silver and flatware, church silver, regalia, civic and corporate silver, enamels and a fascinating range of gold and gem-set jewellery - the jewellery and silver of hthis book, published to coincide with an exhibition of murphy's work at goldsmith's hall in london, redresses the balance and brings murphy once again to the forefront of the public's attention there is a dedication signed by john benjaminyet today, he is little knownmurphy is the definitive book on the subject  see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, american missionary encounters in the middle east set foundations for later umiddle eastern relationsthis is an excellent resource for specialists in history, middle eastern studies, american studies, religious studies, missiology, and anyone interested more broadly in american engagement in the middle eastsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis volume focuses on regions that were once part of the ottoman empire in western asia, the balkans, and north africacontributors explain the distinctly american dimensions of these missionary encounters, the cultural influences they exerted on the region, and their consequences for local nationalism, print culture, education, and moremissionaries presented examples of american culture to middle eastern peoples, just as they interpreted the middle east for americans back homethese engagements prompt larger questions about the consequences of american christian cultural projection into the wider world
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Oxfam bookshop ipswich kennedy's latin books have acquired a firm place in english culture: they are not simply excellent textbooks on the latin language but are symbols of what schoolchildren have endured and enjoyed in the nineteenth and twentieth centurieseven thought this famous book is being brought to you in a new edition it remains complete and includes extra material from kennedy's other grammar booksthese books provide clear and simple explanations of written and spoken latin see oxfam website for delivery information read morecomprehensive and easy to use with coverage of all the key points of latin grammar, the shorter primer is the ideal learning tool for the beginner in latin
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Oxfam bookshop henley-on-thames the beaten track is a major study of european tourism during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuriesit draws on a wide variety of sources from high literature and travel writing to periodicals and guidebooks to reveal an important current in the history of the modern concept of 'culture', in both popular and elite formsa couple of bumps at corners, contents in excellent clean condition throughoutsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreincluding bibliography and index
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Miller's church history: from the first to the twentieth century by andrew miller - hardcover
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In a decisive victory in a war with spain lasting less than four months, it acquired territories in the caribbean and pacific, and positioned itself so that the twentieth century became to manywas the year in which the united states first became a world power
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