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alex ross IS a genius

by Charles Noble on September 23, 2008

At least according to the MacArthur Foundation, who made Ross one of its 2008 Genius Grant Fellows.
Here’s his bio from the Foundation website:
Alex Ross is a critic whose writing captures the often-elusive aesthetic and technical aspects of classical and contemporary music with clarity, grace, and wit. A staff writer for the New Yorker, his frequent [...]

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brilliant criticism

by Charles Noble on April 30, 2008

Throughout history, the great works of literature (whether well-received or not) have sparked equally great works of literary criticism.  Alex Ross’ brilliant history of music in the twentieth century has sparked criticism of the highest order – most lately by the great British tenor Ian Bostridge, writing in the Times Literary Supplement (think the English [...]

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alex ross on colbert report

by Charles Noble on January 31, 2008 · 1 comment

I’m sure that many of you may have seen this elsewhere, but for those of you who have not, here is the video:

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alex ross – rockstar

by Charles Noble on January 29, 2008

Alex Ross, classical music critic for the New Yorker, and critically-acclaimed author of the critically-acclaimed book The Rest is Noise, and bloggie-nominated-finalist blogger, will appear on the Colbert Report tonight, Tuesday January 29, 2008 (guest subject to change, would be the required caveat).  Go figure!

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