![]() ![]() A remarkable achievement." - Richard Taruskin, author of the "Oxford History of WesternMusic", ".his is no plodding hisotry. An enticing and bold invitation to learn something of the great themes of the past century." - Fritz Stern, author of "Five Germanys I Have Known" " With every page you turn, the story departs further from the old fairy tale of giants bestriding the earth and looks more like the twentieth century we remember, with fallible human beings reacting to, reflecting, and affecting with symbolic sounds a flux of conditions and events created by other fallible human beings. ![]() ![]() A great, inspiring ride." - Osvaldo Golijov " In words that are beautiful, passionate, witty, and utterly compelling, Alex Ross has written a true rarity- a book about music that makes you want to run and listen to every note he talks about." - Emanuel Ax " A rare and successful weaving together of musical and cultural history, at once sweeping and accessible, written felicitously by a seasoned music critic at home in the history of the last century. " You don't have to be an aficionado of modern music to love this book: Alex Ross' s extraordinary gifts as a writer, his deep knowledge of music, and his fresh forays into cultural history make "The Rest is Noise" a complete delight." - Jean Strouse, author of "Morgan: American Financier" " "The Rest Is Noise" reads like a sprawling, intense novel, one of utopian dreams, doom, and consolation, with the most extraordinary cast of characters from music and history alike. ![]()
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