The inspiration behind the South Bank Centre's year-long festival of 20th century music, Alex Ross's masterpiece is a sweeping musical history from pre-war Vienna to the Velvet Underground. 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 Bjork, pre-First World War Vienna to 'Nixon in China'. Winner of the Guardian First Book Award, 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.
| ISBN: | 9781841154763 |
| Publication date: | 13th December 2008 |
| Author: | Alex Ross |
| Publisher: | HarperPerennial an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 640 pages |
| Primary Genre | Temporary Thema |
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The inspiration behind the South Bank Centre's year-long festival of 20th century music, Alex Ross's masterpiece is a sweeping musical history from pre-war Vienna to the Velvet Underground. 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 Bjork, pre-First World War Vienna to 'Nixon in China'. Winner of the Guardian First Book Award, 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.
The Rest is Noise Listening to the Twentieth Century features in the following genres: eBooks of the Month, Recommendations, Temporary Thema
The Rest is Noise Listening to the Twentieth Century is available in Paperback
The Rest is Noise Listening to the Twentieth Century was written by Alex Ross and published by HarperPerennial an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
The Rest is Noise Listening to the Twentieth Century has 640 pages
£17.09
