The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century is a 2007nonfiction book by the Americanmusic criticAlex Ross, first published byFarrar, Straus and Giroux.[1] It recounts the history of European and American music, starting in 1900, and highlights many examples.[2] According toGrove Music Online, the book was intended to "open musical discourse to the broader educated public".[2]
 First edition (US) | |
| Author | Alex Ross |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Picador, 4th Estate |
Publication date | October 2007 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Awards | National Book Critics Circle Award (2007),Guardian First Book Award (2007),Premio Napoli (2010),Grand Prix des Muses |
| ISBN | 978-0312427719 |
| LC Class | n2017003448 |
| Website | http://www.therestisnoise.com/noise/ |
It received widespread critical praise in the U.S. and Europe, garnering aNational Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism,[3][4][5] aGuardian First Book Award,[6] aPremio Napoli,[7] and the 2011Grand Prix des Muses [fr].[8]The Rest is Noise was also on theNew York Times list of the ten best books of 2007 and was a finalist for thePulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. The book was shortlisted for the 2008Samuel Johnson Prize for nonfiction.[9]
Reception
editOn January/February 2008 issue ofBookmarks, the book received a
(4.0 out of 5) based on critic reviews with a summary saying, "Instead, Ross gauges the legacy of classical music-its shaping of jazz, swing, pop, rock, and hip-hop-in this compelling book".[10]
References
edit- ^Ross, Alex (2008).The Rest Is Noise. London: Fourth Estate.ISBN 978-1-84115-475-6.
- ^abAndrea F. Bohlman (20 January 2016) [26 November 2013]. "Ross, Alex".Grove Music Online.doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2289326.
- ^"National Book Critics Circle Announces 2007 Award Winners".the American Booksellers Association. 2008-03-07. Retrieved2022-01-25.
- ^"2007 NBCC Winners Announced".National Book Critics Circle. 2008-03-07. Retrieved2022-01-25.
- ^Rich, Motoko (2008-03-07)."National Book Critics Circle Awards".The New York Times.ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved2022-01-25.
- ^"Guardian first book award: all the winners".the Guardian. 7 April 2016.
- ^"Premio Napoli 2007-2011 - Fondazione Premio Napoli".Fondazione Premio Napoli.
- ^"Grand prix des Muses 2011 à Alex Ross pour "The Rest is Noise" - Actes Sud".www.actes-sud.fr.
- ^"BBC Four - 2008 Shortlist for Samuel Johnson Prize".
- ^"The Rest Is Noise By Alex Ross".Bookmarks. Archived fromthe original on 10 Sep 2015. Retrieved14 January 2023.
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