The reader has a good rhythm and reading style-you can always tell the quotes of secondary sources-and does a fantastic job with french and german and other languages (he gets the names right: Poulenc, for instance, is sometimes mispronounced, but not by him!) a not inconsiderable feat, given the range of people this history must inevitably cover.Īudiobooks are a relatively new departure for me, and i've had a couple of experiences where the reader has definitely NOT done the book any service (Richard Preston's Wild Trees comes to mind). I'm actually listening to the book on tape, and, despite the names of various foreign composers and iconic 20th works that are sited (luckily I'm familiar with most of them by name already), my experience with listening to it is absolutely enhanced by the fantastic reader (not sure who it is, but must look it up, because I'm thinking he must be a musical connoiseur or critic himself). The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century PDF Download Read Online Summary Alex Ross’s sweeping history of twentieth-century classical music, winner of the Guardian First Book Award, is a gripping account of a musical revolution. I'm loving this book, which is fascinating and informative (for a musical amateur with next to no knowledge of "modern" music-i regret i never took a college course in this) as well as engagingly written. Book Reviews 75 a critical form, in The commentary,New Yorker. I've always been a fan of Alex Ross's NYer reviews for their intelligence and accessibility.
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