Listen To This

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Listen To ThisISBN13:9780312610685ISBN10:0312610688Author:Ross, Alex (Author)Description:One Of The Telegraph's Best Music Books 2011 Alex Ross's Award-Winning International Bestseller, The Rest Is Noise: Listening To The Twentieth Century, Has Become A Contemporary Classic, Establishing Ross As One Of Our Most Popular And Acclaimed Cultural Historians Listen To This, Which Takes Its Title From A Beloved 2004 Essay In Which Ross Describes His Late-Blooming Discovery Of Pop Music, Showcases The Best Of His Writing From More Than A Decade At The New Yorker These Pieces, Dedicated To Classical And Popular Artists Alike, Are At Once Erudite And Lively In A Previously Unpublished Essay, Ross Brilliantly Retells Hundreds Of Years Of Music History--From Renaissance Dances To Led Zeppelin--Through A Few Iconic Bass Lines Of Celebration And Lament He Vibrantly Sketches Canonical Composers Such As Schubert, Verdi, And Brahms; Gives Us In-Depth Interviews With Modern Pop Masters Such As Bj Rk And Radiohead; And Introduces Us To Music Students At A Newark High School And Indie-Rock Hipsters In Beijing Whether His Subject Is Mozart Or Bob Dylan, Ross Shows How Music Expresses The Full Complexity Of The Human Condition Witty, Passionate, And Brimming With Insight, Listen To This Teaches Us How To Listen More Closely Whether His Subject Is Mozart Or Bob Dylan, Ross Shows How Music Expresses The Full Complexity Of The Human Condition Witty, Passionate, And Brimming With Insight, Listen To This Teaches People How To Listen Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Picador USAPublication Date:2011-10-25Weight:0.9 lbsDimensions:1.1'' H x 8.2'' L x 5.4'' WNumber of Pages:380Language:English

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