Part 1: The Advent of Modernism

Part 2: The Impacts of World Wars

Part 3: The Jazz Age and the Great Depression

Part 4: The Rise of Totalitarianism and its Influence on Music

Part 5: Post-War Experimentalism

Part 6: The Cultural Revolution and Its Effects

Part 7: Minimalism and Avant-garde Movements

Part 8: The Digital Age and the Future of Music

The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century is a voyage into the labyrinth of modern music. The author tells the riveting story of twentieth-century music through the eyes of its composers and its listeners, connecting themes of innovation and creativity with historical events.