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050	0	0	_aML3785 _b.R67 2010
082	0	0	_a780.4 ROS
100	1		_aRoss, Alex, 1968-
245	1	0	_aListen to this _c/ Alex Ross
250			_a1st ed
260			_aNew York _b: Farrar, Straus and Giroux _c, 2010.
300			_axiii, 364 p. _b: ill., music _c; 24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
504			_a"Suggested listening": p. [335]-345.
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	_aMusical criticism
650		0	_aPopular music
650		0	_aMusic _x--History and criticism
650		4	_aArt music
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