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| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| ISBN 13 | 9781841154763 |
| ISBN 10 | 1841154768 |
| Book Subtitle | Listening to the Twentieth Century |
| Book Description | 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. 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'.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. |
| Editorial Review | `Alex Ross's incredibly nourishing book will rekindle anyone's fire for music.' Bjoerk`A brilliant, bracing account of all the different kinds of |
| About the Author | Alex Ross has been the music critic of the `New Yorker' since 1996. From 1992 to 1996 he wrote for the `New York Times'. His first book, `The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century', published in 2007, was awarded the Guardian First Book Award and was shortlisted for the Pulitzer and Samuel Johnson prizes. In 2008 he became a MacArthur Fellow. A native of Washington, DC, he now lives in Manhattan. |
| Language | English |
| Author | Alex Ross |
| Publication Date | 16 Mar 2009 |
| Number of Pages | 640 |
Rest Is Noise: Listening To The Twentieth Century paperback english - 16 Mar 2009
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