Music critic Alex Ross established himself as a true cultural historian with his international bestseller The Rest is Noise, an ambitious and award-winning history of 20th-century music. Now Ross is expanding his repertoire, approaching music “not as a self-sufficient sphere but as a way of knowing the world.” Ross, author of Listen to This, offers a panoramic view of the musical scene, from Bach to the Malcolm X Shabazz High School Marching Band.

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