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Strauss, Stravinsky, Korngold and "What about" Schrecker, Wagner, The Beatles, Phillip Glass, Steve Reich, Ligeti, Gershwin, Chuck Berry, Brian Eno, David Bowie, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Frank Zappa and so many more composers all influencing, no, all *richocheting* influences back and forth on each other in an uniquely and delightfully, yet plenty scholarly, Alex Rossian romp through the space-time continuum known as 20th century music.
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The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross
andreaburnsworth, October 23, 2007
Strauss, Stravinsky, Korngold and "What about" Schrecker, Wagner, The Beatles, Phillip Glass, Steve Reich, Ligeti, Gershwin, Chuck Berry, Brian Eno, David Bowie, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Frank Zappa and so many more composers all influencing, no, all *richocheting* influences back and forth on each other in an uniquely and delightfully, yet plenty scholarly, Alex Rossian romp through the space-time continuum known as 20th century music.(19 of 43 readers found this comment helpful)