Alex ross, music critic for the new yorker, offers ten recommended recordings outstanding performances of great 20thcentury music as discussed in his book, the rest is noise. Oct 16, 2007 alex ross, the brilliant music critic for the new yorker, shines a bright light on this secret world, and shows how it has pervaded every corner of twentieth century life. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The rest is noise takes the listener inside the labyrinth of modern sound, from turnofthecentury vienna to bohemian paris, from hitlers germany and stalins russia to downtown new york in the sixties and seventies.
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