AUDIOBOOK

The Rest Is Noise

Listening to the Twentieth Century

Alex Ross
4.4
(24)
Duration
23h 8m
Year
2008
Language
English

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The Rest Is Noise takes the reader inside the labyrinth of modern sound. It tells of maverick personalities who have resisted the cult of the classical past, struggled against the indifference of a wide public, and defied the will of dictators

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"The Rest Is Noise is a great achievement. Rilke once wrote of how he learned to stand 'more seeingly' in front of certain paintings. Ross enables us to listen more hearingly."
New York Times Book Review
"It would be hard to imagine a better guide to the maelstrom of recent music than Mr. Ross, who worked on this book for a decade. He has an almost uncanny gift for putting music into words."
Economist  

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