![]() ![]() Of course it's "pretty," "melodic," even "hypnotic," but most of us eventually reach a verbal Waterloo, where, defeated by Beethoven's power, surrender by saying simply: "Indescribable. ![]() One can try for example, to ramble on about the Moonlight Sonata. Ross clearly loves music, but so do many people Ross's genius is that he can describe music. I HAVE MADE MY LIVING as a composer and conductor for over 30 years, standing in front of a symphony orchestra waving my baton or sitting before a blank sheet of manuscript paper gnawing a pencil, and I can say with all confidence that The Rest is Noise by Alex Ross is simply the best book about music that I have ever read.
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