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Among its many other innovations, the 20th century was the first to truly have its own soundtrack. New Yorker music critic Alex Ross is nothing if not ambitious, and, as he tracks the history of 20th-century music (and the music of 20th-century history) in The Rest Is Noise, his talent more than lives up to his lofty ambitions. One caveat: you may want to put together your own CD soundtrack to play as you read!