{"product_id":"listen-to-this-9780312610685","title":"Listen to This","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Music Books 2011 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlex Ross's award-winning international bestseller, \u003ci\u003eThe Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e, has become a contemporary classic, establishing Ross as one of our most popular and acclaimed cultural historians.\u003ci\u003e Listen to This\u003c\/i\u003e, 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\u003ci\u003e The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. 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 In a previously unpublished essay, Ross brilliantly retells hundreds of years of music history--from Renaissance dances to Led Zeppelin--through a few iconic bass lines of celebration and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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether 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, \u003ci\u003eListen to This \u003c\/i\u003eteaches us how to listen more closely.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/25\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312610685\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/08\/2012 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Alex Ross","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635928363164,"sku":"9780312610685","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_37fd5614-a3dd-4c85-9e2b-baf683e0494d.jpg?v=1603840918","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/listen-to-this-9780312610685","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}