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Why You Like It: The Science and Culture of Musical Taste
Nolan Gasser - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the chief architect of the Pandora Radio's Music Genome Project comes a definitive and groundbreaking examination of how your mind, body, and upbringing influence the music you love.Everyone loves music. But what is it that makes music so universally beloved and have such a powerful... |
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Balthus
Raphael Bouvier - Hatje Cantz
Format: Hardcover
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"Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions to the order of the possible." -BalthusOne of the last great 20th-century masters, Balthus pursued a path that ran exactly contrary to that of the modernist avant-gardes with which he was contemporary. At once quiet and intriguing,... |
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Digital Handmade: Craftsmanship and the New Industrial Revolution
Lucy Johnston - Thames & Hudson
Format: Hardcover
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A dazzling survey of designers who fuse digital fabrication techniques with traditional craftsmanship and handwork While the industrial revolution of the nineteenth century diminished the role of the craftsperson in the manufacturing process, the digital revolution has had a less devastating... |
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Craftland Japan
Uwe Rottgen
Format: Paperback
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A stunning photographic survey of Japan's most ingenious contemporary artisans.Generations of artisans in Japan have forged and refined their crafts to become the envy of the world. Each of the country's regions are renowned for specific traditions relating to local materials and the natural... |
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Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas: A Handbook for Performers
Stewart Gordon - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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The thirty-two Piano Sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven form one of the most important segments of piano literature. In this accessible, compact, and comprehensive guidebook, renowned performer and pedagogue Stewart Gordon presents the pianist with historical insights and practical instructional... |
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As We See It: Artists Redefining Black Identity
Aida Amoako - Laurence King Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Across photography, sculpture and painting, a new wave of Black artists is challenging persistent tropes in art and wider society to depict a richer portrait of the lives of Black people from all corners of the globe. As We See It brings together 30 image-makers creating visually refreshing... |
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Music in Vienna
David Wyn Jones - The Boydell Press
Format: Print book
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The image of Vienna as a musical city is a familiar one. Vienna has long been associated with many of the most significant composers in Western music - from Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, through the Strauss family, Brahms, Bruckner and Wolf, to Mahler, Lehar, Schoenberg and Webern.... |
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