The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
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Alex Ross
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Twentieth-century classical music's revolutionary panorama.
If you're intrigued by the evolution of classical music and how it intertwined with cultural and social shifts, "The Rest Is Noise" is a treasure trove. Alex Ross's expertise and narrative skill illuminate a fascinating period of musical history that goes beyond notes and scores, delving into its profound impact on and reflection of the society it serenaded. This isn't just a book; it's a journey through an era's soundtrack.
- 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.
The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
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Alex Ross
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ISBN: 9781841154763
Authors:
Alex Ross
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date of Publication: 2009-01-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 4.1
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The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century is a voyage into the labyrinth of modern music, which remains an obscure world for most people. While paintings of Picasso and Jackson Pollock sell for a hundred million dollars or more, and lines from T. S. Eliot are quoted on the yearbook pages of alienated teenagers across the land, twentieth-century classical music still sends ripples of unease through audiences. At the same time, its influence can be felt everywhere. Atonal chords crop up in jazz. Avant-garde sounds populate the soundtracks of Hollywood thrillers. Minimalism has had a huge effect on rock, pop, and dance music from the Velvet Underground onward. The Rest Is Noise shows why twentieth-century composers felt compelled to create a famously bewildering variety of sounds, from the purest beauty to the purest noise. It tells of a remarkable array of maverick personalities who resisted the cult of the classical past, struggled against the indifference of a wide public, and defied the will of dictators. Whether they have charmed audiences with sweet sounds or battered them with dissonance, composers have always been exuberantly of the present, defying the stereotype of classical music as a dying art. The narrative goes 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. We
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Twentieth-century classical music's revolutionary panorama.
If you're intrigued by the evolution of classical music and how it intertwined with cultural and social shifts, "The Rest Is Noise" is a treasure trove. Alex Ross's expertise and narrative skill illuminate a fascinating period of musical history that goes beyond notes and scores, delving into its profound impact on and reflection of the society it serenaded. This isn't just a book; it's a journey through an era's soundtrack.
- 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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