Alex Ross brings the paperback Noise

Alex Ross, music critic for The New Yorker, recently became a 2008 MacArthur "Genius" fellow. The fellowship came about a year after The Rest is Noise, his 20th-century study of music history, won the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award, and took finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Picador has just released The Rest is Noise in paperback, and to mark the occasion, Ross added a number of complementary, interactive features to his website.

He expanded the the audio guide on TheRestIsNoise.com, now including more than 300 sound samples, plus photos, videos and other related documents. There's also a new glossary feature, defining musical terms used throughout the book.

A few of Ross' favorite new website features are Inside the Rite of Spring, The post war avant-garde, with John Cage performing on American network TV, and A brief history of the trombone glissando. Click here to explore his acclaimed blog.

Related links:
TheRestIsNoise.com
News: Alex Ross named one of 25 MacArthur "Genius" Fellows
Alex Ross on NewYorker.com

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