Bagpipes
A Cultural History
ISBN: PB: 9781805266945,
ISBN: HB: 9781805262848,
Hurst Publishers,
November 2026
320 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 32 colour illus.
320 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 32 colour illus.
A diverse history of the pipes - from inspiring terror on battlefields to enriching cultures worldwide.
History's first named bagpiper is a man playing a pipe 'with a bag tucked under his armpit' in the first century CE. He was the Roman Emperor Ner...
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14.99 GBP
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Blackness in Interwar Germany
Jazz, Race and the Making of the Third Reich
ISBN: PB: 9781805266839,
Hurst Publishers,
October 2026
344 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 40 black&white illus.
344 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 40 black&white illus.
The first comprehensive account of Blackness in Germany, spanning the late Empire, the Roaring Twenties and the aftermath of World War Two.
Germany's past in relation to Blackness is often dismissed as peripheral: its colonial enterprise lasted mere...
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30.00 GBP
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Enlightenment in Concert
Music, Markets, and Secularization
ISBN: HB: 9780300251579,
Yale University Press,
October 2026
280 pp., 23,4x15,5 cm, 14 black&white illus.
280 pp., 23,4x15,5 cm, 14 black&white illus.
A new interpretation of the Age of Enlightenment through the lens of music, institutions, and markets.
The birth of public concerts changed Europe's cultural landscape by introducing sacred music to secular spaces. The Concert spirituel in Paris is...
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55.00 GBP
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Christmas Carols
An English Enchantment
ISBN: HB: 9780300282337,
Yale University Press,
September 2026
320 pp., 21,5x13,3 cm, 13 black&white illus.
320 pp., 21,5x13,3 cm, 13 black&white illus.
A rich history of one of our most popular kinds of song - and a celebration of Christmas music.
The English Christmas carol has been sung in court and cloister, tavern and field since medieval times. But with the first Festival of Nine Lessons and C...
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Goddesses in the Machine
Fashion in American Silent Film
ISBN: PB: 9780300292701,
Yale University Press,
September 2026
400 pp., 26,0x21,5 cm, 300 colour and black&white illus.
400 pp., 26,0x21,5 cm, 300 colour and black&white illus.
An engaging exploration of fashion in silent film that uncovers the innovation, artistry, and entrepreneurship behind Hollywood costume design.
In the first decades of the twentieth century, enterprising designers recognized the importance of dress...
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60.00 GBP
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Brass Band Story
ISBN: HB: 9780300282573,
Yale University Press,
July 2026
384 pp., 23,4x15,2 cm, 33 black&white illus., 3 figures
384 pp., 23,4x15,2 cm, 33 black&white illus., 3 figures
A lively and engaging history of the brass band in Britain and beyond.
Brass bands have played a unique role in the cultural history of Britain. Amidst the industrial revolution, an increasingly urban population turned to music for mass entertainmen...
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25.00 GBP
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Musical Bodies
ISBN: HB: 9781588398130,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
May 2026
272 pp., 26,6x22,8 cm, 200 colour illus.
272 pp., 26,6x22,8 cm, 200 colour illus.
Musical instruments and their connection to the body as reflected in art, popular culture, and the human condition, from ancient ceremony to rock and roll.
"Musical Bodies" explores the overlapping worlds and blurred boundaries between bodies and i...
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Drum Thing
Compact Edition
ISBN: HB: 9783791394138,
Prestel Publishing,
April 2026
256 pp., 21,0x24,5 cm, 170 colour illus.
256 pp., 21,0x24,5 cm, 170 colour illus.
Now available in a compact edition, the world's best drummers are showcased in this book of magnificent photographs and fascinating interviews by renowned photographer Deirdre O'Callaghan.
The drummer is usually the least well-known member of any ba...
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35.00 GBP
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Nocturnes
And the Fascination of Night Music
ISBN: HB: 9780300278897,
Yale University Press,
March 2026
368 pp., 21,5x13,3 cm, 9 black&white illus.
368 pp., 21,5x13,3 cm, 9 black&white illus.
An engrossing history of the music of twilight and sleep, from the nocturnes of Field and Chopin to Max Richter.
In an insomniac age, ambient and sleep music have become increasingly popular. But our association between music and sleep is not new:...
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Tchaikovsky's Empire
A New Life of Russia's Greatest Composer
ISBN: PB: 9780300284317,
ISBN: HB: 9780300192100,
Yale University Press,
January 2026
384 pp., 19,6x12,7 cm, 16 colour illus.
384 pp., 19,6x12,7 cm, 16 colour illus.
A thrilling new biography of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - composer of some of the world's most popular orchestral and theatrical music.
Tchaikovsky is famous for all the wrong reasons. Portrayed as a hopeless romantic, a suffering melancholic, or a m...
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