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001			006865917
003			OCoLC
005			20180722210833.0
008			100309s2010 nyuag bk 001 0 eng
010			_a 2010010283
020			_a0374187746 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020			_a9780374187743 (hardcover : alk. paper)
029	1		_aNZ1 _b13468873
035			_a(OCoLC)569508875
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092			_a780 _bR823
100	1		_aRoss, Alex, _d1968- _9104642
245	1	0	_aListen to this / _cAlex Ross.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bFarrar, Straus and Giroux, _c2010.
300			_axiii, 364 p. : _bill., music ; _c24 cm.
504			_a"Suggested listening": p. [335]-345.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aListen to this : crossing the border from classical to pop -- Chacona, lamento, walking blues : bass lines of music history -- Infernal machines : how recordings changed music -- The storm of style : Mozart's golden mean -- Orbiting : Radiohead's grand tour -- The anti-maestro : Esa-Pekka Salonen at the Los Angeles Philharmonic -- Great soul : searching for Schubert -- Emotional landscapes : Björk's saga -- Symphony of millions : classical music in China -- Song of the Earth : the Arctic sound of John Luther Adams -- Verdi's grip : opera as popular art -- Almost famous : on the road with the St. Lawrence Quartet -- Edges of pop : Kiki and Herb, Cecil Taylor and Sonic Youth, Sinatra, Kurt Cobain -- Learning the score : the crisis in music education -- Voice of the century : Marian Anderson -- The music mountain : inside the Marlboro retreat -- I saw the light : following Bob Dylan -- Fervor : remembering Lorraine Hunt Lieberson -- Blessed are the sad : late Brahms.
520			_aThis collection of essays showcases the best of Ross's writing from more than a decade at" The New Yorker." Whether 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, "Listen to This" teaches us how to listen.
650		0	_aMusic _xHistory and criticism. _923897
650		0	_aMusical criticism. _9167084
650		0	_aPopular music and art music. _9167085
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998			_a006865917
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