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The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
by Alex Ross

The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
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Author: Alex Ross
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-10-16
ISBN: 0374249393
Number of pages: 640
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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Book Review: "Writing about Music..."
Summary: 5 Stars

Alex Ross accomplishes here what only great writers do by making a potentially dry subject come alive. Reading this book only made me want to learn more about the music, the composers, and the times that influenced and were influenced by what they did. Like any book about music, I found myself breaking from the page to seek out the sounds described wherever they were able to be found quickly (Amazon is a great source!). Whoever the smartalek was that said "writing about music is like dancing about architecture" is soundly proven wrong by this book.

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