The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
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- Synopsis
- Ross (music critic for The New Yorker) tells the story of 20th century classical composition, which for him is an "untamed art, and unassimilated underground." While composers from Richard Strauss to John Adams lie at the heart of the narrative, Ross also places them within a social and political world, describing the politicians, dictators, corporate officers, art patrons, intellectuals, and critics who have attempted to adjudicate and control musical expression and the social upheavals that impacted the lives of composers and the music they produced. He also goes beyond the genre confines of classical to discuss connections to such artists as Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, the Beatles, and the Velvet Underground.
- Copyright:
- 2007
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 706 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780312427719
- Publisher:
- Picador
- Date of Addition:
- 02/21/09
- Copyrighted By:
- Alex Ross
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Entertainment, Nonfiction, Music
- Submitted By:
- Trans Access
- Proofread By:
- Trans Access
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.