The New Grove Gospel Blues and Jazz: With Spirituals and Ragtime ([The New Grove composer biography series]) de Paul Oliver; William Bolcom - 1988-03

W. W. Norton & Company, 1988. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Norton, paperback, 1986. Nice copy. No writing or marks. Two spine creases.

New York: Norton, 1986. ISBN: 0393301001. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. Catalogs: Music History.

NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 1986. Slight crease to the bottom corner of half title page, else textblock clean and tight, b&w photographs. Reading crease down and along the spine, minimally shelf worn. 395p., including general index and music index.. Wraps. Near Fine. Illus. by B&W Photographs/Music. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1986. Paperback. Very Good. Covers show light user wear; cover corners and spine edges are lightly bumped; foxing to page edges; previous owner's information scribbled out with ink on title page. ; 5 x 7 3/4"; 395 pages.

Good. USED Good Former Library Paperback book. It has normal library markings including card holder/reference sticker and library call number on spine. Has school and/or library name blacked out with marker/white labels on white page edges and inside. May have some sticker residual on front or back cover from label and white blackout labels.

New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1986. Trade paperback. 395 pages. Bibliography, General Index and Music Index. Illustrated with photographs. First softbound American edition thus. A roughly chronological history of defined albeit related musical genre's. No previous ownership marks. Single crease to spine from opening, else near as new. A very clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy.. Very good+.. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Very Good.+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1988. Trade paperback in near fine condition.. Soft cover. Near Fine.

Other than bookplate on end page, this is a tight and unmarked copy-" 'Max Harrison . . . surveys the whole history and development of jazz in a concise, well written and well-illustrated . . . article together with an extensive bibliography.' -Richard D. C. Noble, Times Literary Supplement The chapters of this book are in roughly chronological sequence: Spirituals, Blues, Gospels, Ragtime, and Jazz. The first three are by Paul Oliver, whose New Grove entry on the Blues is widely regarded as the definitive brief history of the genre. He has revised and expanded it for this book publication and, in addition, has extended the coverage of his essays on Spirituals in The New Grove to discuss both black and white traditions. Similarly, Oliver has revised and recast his coverage of Gospel music, which has been considerably expanded. Max Harrison's long entry on Jazz, which has also been extended, draws together the separate strands of the book to discuss the concept of Jazz as a matrix of mutually… Leer más

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.