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Earth Dances - Music in Search of the Primitive by Andrew Ford
$29.99 AUD
Category: Music | Reading Level: very good
All music is a synthesis of intellectual design and bodily urge. The human soul cannot make do with dancing alone - it will inevitably seek more fantastic musical designs, more complex patterns, more rarefied sounds. Equally, when the intellect dominates for too long, we listen out for music we can tap ...Show more
In Defence of Classical Music by Andrew Ford
$35.00 AUD
Category: Music
Andrew Ford, composer and broadcaster, asks the difficult questions, busts a few myths and engages the reader in a lively, accessible discussion about what classical music means to us today, arguing that in today's discordant world, it means more than ever before.Why does anyone still bother with classi ...Show more
Speaking in Tongues : The Songs of Van Morrison by Martin Buzacott & Andrew Ford
$39.95 AUD
Category: Music
A definitive, chronological assessment of the entire musical output of one of the world's finest singer/ songwriters, written by two experts. Van Morrison is one of the most distinctive songwriters and singers in the history of popular music and over his forty-year career his music has been influenced ...Show more
The Blue Fairy Book (Leather Bound) by Andrew Lang; H. J. Ford (Illustrator)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Children's & YA | Series: Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classic Collection
The Blue Fairy Book Andrew Lang Thirty-seven of the most familiar fairy tales. The loveliest collection of fairy stories that was ever printed is here, edited by Andrew Lang. These fairy tales are the old standard ones that have pleased and enchanted the children for generations, and will be treasured a ...Show more
The Memory of Music by Andrew Ford
$32.99 AUD
Category: Music
Composer and broadcaster Andrew Ford tells his life story through the lens of music - what it is, why it means so much to us and how it works in our lives. From his early childhood in the Beatles-crazy Liverpool of the 1960s to his evolving work as a composer, choral conductor, concert promoter, critic, ...Show more
The Shortest History of Music by Andrew Ford
$27.99 AUD
Category: Music
From award-winning broadcaster and composer Andrew Ford, The Shortest History of Music is a lively, authoritative tour through several thousand years of music. Packed with colourful characters and surprising details, it sets out to understand what exactly music is - and why humans are irresistibly drawn ...Show more
The Song Remains the Same: 800 Years of Love Songs, Laments and Lullabies by Andrew Ford; Anni Heino
$32.99 AUD
Category: Music
Often today, the word 'song' is used to describe all music. A free-jazz improvisation, a Hindustani raga, a movement from a Beethoven symphony, a Springsteen anthem or a Leonard Cohen ballad- they're all songs. But, in fact, a song is a specific musical form. It's not so much that they all have verses ...Show more
The Sound of Pictures: Listening to the Movies, from Hitchcock to High Fidelity by Andrew Ford
$32.95 AUD
Category: Film & TV
The Sound of Pictures is an illuminating journey through the soundtracks of more than 400 movies. How do filmmakers play with sound? And how does that affect the way we watch their films? Whether pop or classical, sweeping or sparse, soundtracks play a crucial role in how we experience cinema. Andrew Fo ...Show more
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