The Rest Is Noise
Author | Alex Ross |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Picador, 4th Estate |
Publication date | October 2007 |
Media type | |
Awards | National Book Critics Circle Award (2007), Guardian First Book Award (2007), (2010), |
ISBN | 978-0312427719 |
LC Class | n2017003448 |
Website | http://www.therestisnoise.com/noise/ |
The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century is a 2007 nonfiction book by the American music critic Alex Ross, first published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.[1] It recounts the history of European and American music, starting in 1900, and highlights many examples.[2] According to Grove Music Online, the book was intended to "open musical discourse to the broader educated public".[2]
It received widespread critical praise in the U.S. and Europe, garnering a National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism,[3][4][5] a Guardian First Book Award,[6] a ,[7] and the 2011 .[8] The Rest is Noise also had a spot on the New York Times list of the ten best books of 2007, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. The book was also shortlisted for the 2008 Samuel Johnson Prize for nonfiction.[9]
References[]
- ^ Ross, Alex (2008). The Rest Is Noise. London: Fourth Estate. ISBN 978-1-84115-475-6.
- ^ a b Andrea 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. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ "2007 NBCC Winners Announced". National Book Critics Circle. 2008-03-07. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ Rich, Motoko (2008-03-07). "National Book Critics Circle Awards". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ "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".
External links[]
- Music books
- 2007 non-fiction books
- Music publication stubs