The Rest Is Noise
2007 nonfiction book by American music critic Alex Ross
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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]
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 | therestisnoise |
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 Premio Napoli,[7] and the 2011 Grand Prix des Muses.[8] The Rest is Noise was also 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 shortlisted for the 2008 Samuel Johnson Prize for nonfiction.[9]
