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Making Noise: The Composer's Cultural Predicament in the 20th Centurynew
New Yorker critic Alex Ross' book is a corrective for classical music history.
Charleston City Paper |
John Stoehr |
01-02-2008 |
Nonfiction
Dancing About Architecturenew
If writing about music is like dancing about architecture, as the famous saying suggests, then Alex Ross is the Lord of the Dance.
Portland Phoenix |
Emily Parkhurst |
12-20-2007 |
Nonfiction
Alex Ross Brings the Noisenew
Ross travels from the golden age of Strauss, Mahler and Wagner, through the mid-century struggles of composers -- American, European, black and white, classical, jazz and pretty much everything else.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
12-04-2007 |
Nonfiction
Classical Music Critic Alex Ross Rewrites Historynew
The New Yorker critic's new book, The Rest Is Noise, demonstrates his storyteller's gift for the engaging anecdote, humor and evocative description, to the 20th century's kaleidoscopic, tumultuous, non-pop musical history.
Willamette Week |
Brett Campbell |
10-17-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Alex Ross Brings the 'Noise'new
The New Yorker critic surveys the many faces of 20th-century classical music.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Max Goldberg |
10-17-2007 |
Nonfiction
The Superfriends Get a New Paint Job
Painter Alex Ross returns to DC's Justice League superheroes, giving them a photorealistic sheen.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
08-04-2005 |
Fiction
