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“The Century in Sound”
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Title: The Rest Is Noise
Author: Alex Ross
Category: World History, Culture & Society
What does the sound of a century in chaos actually sound like? Sam and Sophie sit with Alex Ross's sweeping history of 20th-century classical music, from the scandal of Strauss's Salome to the silence of Cage's 4'33", and how composers mirrored the political and social upheavals of their times.
They walk through the major movements…
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