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The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century

By Alex Ross
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Winner of the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism

A New York Times Book Review Top Ten Book of the Year

Time magazine Top Ten Nonfiction Book of 2007

Newsweek Favorite Books of 2007

A Washington Post Book World Best Book of 2007

In this sweeping and dramatic narrative, Alex Ross, music critic for The New Yorker, weaves together the histories of the twentieth century and its music, from Vienna before the First World War to Paris in the twenties; from Hitler's Germany and Stalin'...

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AwardsHistoryMusic, Film & Performing ArtsMusicWorld HistoryClassical MusicMusic Instruction & EducationGeneral & Miscellaneous World HistoryModern Classical Music (c. 1900 - c. 1945)World History - General & MiscellaneousModern Classical Music - General & MiscellaneousMusic - History & CriticismPost-Modern Classical Music (c. 1945 - )New York Times Notable Nonfiction of 2007New York Times 10 Best Books of 2007Washington Post Best Arts Books of 2007Christian Scientist Monitor's Best General Nonfiction of 2007Los Angeles Times Favorite Nonfiction of 2007Time Magazine's Top 10 Nonfiction Books of 2007New York Magazine's Best Books of 2007Slate's Best Books of 2007Barnes&Noble.com Best Books for Culture Vultures of 20072008 Samuel Johnson Prize Shortlist2008 Guardian First Book Award Winner2008 Guardian First Book Award Shortlist2007 National Book Critics Circle Award Winners2008 Pulitzer Prize Finalists2001-2010->General Nonfiction->Pulitzer Prize FinalistsBooks by the 2008 MacArthur Fellows2007 National Book Critics Circle Award FinalistsCriticism->National Book Critics Circle Award WinnersBest Books of the YearBest Books of the Year 2007New York Times Best Books of 2007Washington Post Best Books of 2007Christian Science Monitor's Best Books of 2007Los Angeles Times Favorite Books of 2007Time Magazine's Best Books of 2007New York Magazine's Best Books of 2007Slate's Best Books of 2007Barnes&Noble.com Best Books of 2007British Literary AwardsBaillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction (formerly the Samuel Johnson Prize)Previous Finalists - Baillie Gifford PrizeGuardian First Book AwardAll Winners - Guardian First Book AwardPrevious Finalists - Guardian First Book AwardNational Book Critics Circle AwardsAll Winners by Year - National Book Critics Circle AwardsPulitzer PrizesAll Previous Finalists - Pulitzer PrizesGeneral Nonfiction - Pulitzer Prize FinalistsOther AwardsMacArthur Fellows ProgramBooks by Previous MacArthur FellowsPrevious Finalists - National Book Critics Circle AwardsAll Winners by Category - National Book Critics Circle Awards