{"product_id":"listen-to-this-9780312610685","title":"Listen to This","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Alex Ross\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History \u0026amp; Criticism - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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 In a previously unpublished essay, Ross brilliantly retells hundreds of years of music history--from Renaissance dances to Led Zeppelin--through a few iconic bass lines of celebration and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 Björk 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.","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45115414053015,"sku":"9780312610685","price":1937.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780312610685.webp?v=1767270646","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/listen-to-this-9780312610685","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}