![]() This edition includes a definitive list of the greatest recordings of twentieth-century music. Ross writes that Philip Glasss music 'gives off a kind of Times Square neon glow', and reaches a peak of sensuous glee in talking about the 'stupefying sound' of Iannis Xenakiss 'meticulously. Above all, this unique portrait of an exceptional era weaves together art, politics and cultural history to show how twentieth-century classical music was both a symptom and a source of immense social change. In this comprehensive tour, Alex Ross, music critic for the 'New Yorker', explores the people and places that shaped musical development: Adams to Zweig, Brahms to Bjoerk, pre-First World War Vienna to 'Nixon in China'. This is invariably difficult to do.' A wise warning, which Ross himself mostly heeds. The landscape of twentieth-century classical music is a wild one: this was a period in which music fragmented into apparently divergent strands, each influenced by its own composers, performers and musical innovations. ![]() ![]() Alex Ross's sweeping history of twentieth-century classical music, winner of the Guardian First Book Award, is a gripping account of a musical revolution. Alex Ross, classical music critic of the New Yorker, has always astounded me with his extraordinarily engaging and highly intelligent music critiques. The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century (Part of the The Rest Is Noise Series) by Alex Ross See Customer Reviews Select Format Hardcover 7.19 - 7.59 Paperback 7.89 - 22.74 Audio CD - Select Condition Like New Unavailable Very Good - Good 7.59 Acceptable 7.19 New - See All 8 Editions from 7. ![]()
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