The Rest is Online
One thing I’m reading these days is Alex Ross’s book on 20th Century music, The Rest is Noise. I’m not fully ready to comment on it yet, in part because I’m not finished with it and in part because
Nikil Saval will likely do a much better job in his upcoming (March ‘09) review of the book for n+1’s new online Book Review Supplement, N1BR.
That said, it’s been really fun to follow Ross’s website, where he regularly posts but has also made a home for supplemental information and musical content relevant to the book, including a handy glossary.
I’ve been good about not reading any existing reviews of the book so far (I’m saddled with enough of my own classical-music baggage already, thank you), but I’m very curious to find out what people have thought. I’ll post a more detailed reflection when I’m through with it myself.
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