{"product_id":"book-bc53","title":"Listen to This","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Music Books 2011 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 In a previously unpublished essay, Ross brilliantly retells hundreds of years of music history—from Renaissance dances to Led Zeppelin—through a few iconic bass lines of celebration and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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49391912059184,"sku":"BDbc53","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/309241-bc53-Square.jpg?v=1735307303","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-bc53","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}