The Creation of Beethoven's Nine Symphonies
Offers a unique investigation of the composition of the entire corpus of Beethoven's symphonies, reconstructing their creation through the most extensive study of Beethoven's sketches yet (Provided by Publisher).
Professor Barry Cooper has been a member of staff at The University of Manchester since 1990 and is considered to be a world authority on Beethoven.
The Special Liveliness of Hooks in Popular Music and Beyond
This book illuminates the aesthetically underrated meaningfulness of particular elements in works of art and aesthetic experiences generally. Beginning from the idea of "hooks" in popular song, the book identifies experiences of special liveliness that are of enduring interest, supporting contemplation and probing discussion. When hooks are placed in the foreground of aesthetic experience, so is an enthusiastic "grabbing back" by the experiencer who forms a quasi-personal bond with the beloved singular moment and is probably inclined to share this still-evolving realization of value with others. This book presents numerous models of enthusiastic "grabbing back" that are art-critically motivated to explain how hooks achieve their effects and philosophically motivated to discover how hooks and hook appreciation contribute to a more ideally desirable life. Framing hook appreciation with a defensible general model of aesthetic experience, this book gives an unprecedented demonstration of the substantial aesthetic and philosophical interest of hook-centred inquiry (Provided by Publisher)
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The Library uses the Dewey Decimal Classification scheme (Dewey for short) to arrange books and other resources on the shelves so you can locate them easily.
The vast majority of books concerning Music and related subjects can be found in the Main Library.
| Subject Areas | Classmark(s) | Location |
| Music | 780 | Main Library - Red Area - Floor 2 |
| Music history | 780.9 | Main Library - Red Area - Floor 2 |
| Individual composers and musicians | 780.92 | Main Library - Red Area - Floor 2 |
| General principles and musical forms | 781 | Main Library - Red Area - Floor 2 |
| Notation | 781.24 | Main Library - Red Area - Floor 2 |
| Harmony | 781.3 | Main Library - Red Area - Floor 2 |
| Counterpoint | 781.4 | Main Library - Red Area - Floor 2 |
| Form and analysis | 781.5 | Main Library - Red Area - Floor 2 |
| Orchestration | 781.632 | Main Library - Red Area - Floor 2 |
| Score reading | 781.633 | Main Library - Red Area - Floor 2 |
| Instruments, general | 781.91 | Main Library - Red Area - Floor 2 |
| Vocal music (incl. Opera) | 782 | Main Library - Red Area - Floor 2 |
| Instruments and instrumental ensembles | 784 | Main Library - Red Area - Floor 2 |
| Ensembles with one instrument per part | 785 | Main Library - Red Area - Floor 2 |
| Keyboard & other instruments | 786 | Main Library - Red Area - Floor 2 |
| Stringed instruments (Chordophones) | 787 | Main Library - Red Area - Floor 2 |
| Wind instruments (Aerophones) | 788 | Main Library - Red Area - Floor 2 |
| Percussion | 789 | Main Library - Red Area - Floor 2 |
| Anthologies, Denkmäler | M780.8 | Main Library - Music Scores - Red Area - Floor 2 |
| Collected editions of composer | M780.92 | Main Library - Music Scores - Red Area - Floor 2 |
| Opera vocal scores | M781.2 | Main Library - Music Scores - Red Area - Floor 2 |
| Church music | M783 | Main Library - Music Scores - Red Area - Floor 2 |
| Secular vocal music | M784 | Main Library - Music Scores - Red Area - Floor 2 |
| Full and study scores | M785 | Main Library - Music Scores - Red Area - Floor 2 |
| Chamber music parts | M785.7 | Main Library - Music Scores - Red Area - Floor 2 |
| Keyboard music | M786 | Main Library - Music Scores - Red Area - Floor 2 |
| String solo music | M787 | Main Library - Music Scores - Red Area - Floor 2 |
| Wind solo music | M788 | Main Library - Music Scores - Red Area - Floor 2 |
| Music for percussion | M789 | Main Library - Music Scores - Red Area - Floor 2 |
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A searchable and browsable database of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1743 to the present day. It also offers full text for graduate works added since 1997, along with selected full text for works written prior to 1997. It contains a significant amount of new international dissertations and theses both in citations and in full text. Designated as an official offsite repository for the U.S. Library of Congress, PQDT Global offers comprehensive historic and ongoing coverage for North American works and significant and growing international coverage from a multiyear program of expanding partnerships with international universities and national associations.
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