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The Rest is Noise : Listening to the Twentieth Century

Alex Ross

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Musical history of 20th century explained clearly.

Recommended for music lovers seeking insightful history.

  • Pulitzer Prize Nominee for General Nonfiction (2008)
  • Warwick Prize for Writing Nominee for Shortlist (2009)
  • Guardian First Book Award (2008)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism (2007)
  • Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee (2008)
  • Marfield Prize (National Award for Arts Writing) Nominee (2007)
  • Cundill History Prize Nominee (2009)
  • Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Creative Communication (2008)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9780312427719
Author: Alex Ross
Publisher: Picador USA
Date of Publication: 2008-10-14
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Art, History, Music
Related Topics: Art, History
Goodreads rating: 4.1
(rated by 15093 readers)

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Winner of the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for CriticismA New York Times Book Review Top Ten Book of the YearTime magazine Top Ten Nonfiction Book of 2007Newsweek Favorite Books of 2007A Washington Post Book World Best Book of 2007In this sweeping and dramatic narrative, Alex Ross, music critic for The New Yorker , weaves together the histories of the twentieth century and its music, from Vienna before the First World War to Paris in the twenties; from Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia to downtown New York in the sixties and seventies up to the present. Taking readers into the labyrinth of modern style, Ross draws revelatory connections between the century's most influential composers and the wider culture. The Rest Is Noise is an astonishing history of the twentieth century as told through its music.
 

Musical history of 20th century explained clearly.

Recommended for music lovers seeking insightful history.

  • Pulitzer Prize Nominee for General Nonfiction (2008)
  • Warwick Prize for Writing Nominee for Shortlist (2009)
  • Guardian First Book Award (2008)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism (2007)
  • Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee (2008)
  • Marfield Prize (National Award for Arts Writing) Nominee (2007)
  • Cundill History Prize Nominee (2009)
  • Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Creative Communication (2008)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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