![]() “The best book on what music is about- really about-that you or I will ever own. A must-read for those who have struggled with understanding modern music and a benchmark book that should eventually become a classic history of the 20th century. He tells great stories about musicians' lives and illuminates their work with the light of his own experiences.” - Kevin Berger, With his typically lyrical and attentive style, the author presents a lucid, often gripping story of a complex century. writes about music in vivid language humming with intelligence. “ The Rest Is Noise is a long and thrilling ride. He has an almost uncanny gift for putting music into words.” - The Economist Ross, who worked on this book for a decade. “It would be hard to imagine a better guide to the maelstrom of recent music than Mr. By Alex Ross Review by Bruce I urge you not to be put off by the size of this book: at nearly 550 pages it is undeniably a large volume, but it is engagingly written and I found myself drawn in quickly to the atmospheric depictions of events and suggestive descriptions of people that populate this narrative of music in the twentieth century. “Ross is a surpremely gifted writer who brings together the political and technological richness of the world inside the magic circle of the concert hall, so that each illuminates the other.” - Lev Grossman, Time “ Brilliant, hugely enjoyable cultural history.” - The Christian Science Monitor ![]() Ross enables us to listen more hearingly.” - Geoff Dyer, The New York Times Book Review Rilke once wrote of how he learned to stand 'more seeingly' in front of certain paintings. “ The Rest Is Noise is a great achievement. ![]()
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