{"product_id":"listen-to-this","title":"Listen to this","description":"\u003cp\u003ePreviously Enjoyed Book: Very Good Condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Alex Ross\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's Best Music Books 2011 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlex Ross's award-winning international bestseller, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, has become a contemporary classic, establishing Ross as one of our most popular and acclaimed cultural historians.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e Listen to This\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e The New Yorker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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 In a previously unpublished essay, Ross brilliantly retells hundreds of years of music history―from Renaissance dances to Led Zeppelin―through a few iconic bass lines of celebration and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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eListen to This \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eteaches us how to listen more closely.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: 9780374187743\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Résonance Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51289168117892,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0950\/9801\/1780\/files\/51RT7JxPweL._SL1500.jpg?v=1763058952","url":"https:\/\/librairieresonance.com\/products\/listen-to-this","provider":"Librairie Résonance Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}