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Who is the author of 'The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century'?
What is the main genre of the book?HistoryCultural StudiesFictionBiography
What century's music is discussed in 'The Rest Is Noise'
The book discusses the influence of which major 20th-century event on music?World War IICold WarVietnam War
Which composer's life and work is discussed extensively in the book?
What political ideology influenced Shostakovich's music, as discussed in the book?CommunismCapitalismFascism
'The Rest Is Noise' won which prestigious award in 2008?
The book discusses the contrast between 'atonality' and what other musical principle?TonalityPolytonalityMonotony
The author Alex Ross is a critic for which publication?
Which composer associated with surrealism and birdsong is covered in the book?Olivier MessiaenLudwig van BeethovenJohannes Brahms