Alex Ross bibliography

For the works of the comic book artist Alex Ross, see Alex Ross § Bibliography.

A list of the works by or about music critic Alex Ross.

Books

• Ross, Alex (2007). The rest is noise : listening to the Twentieth Century . New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
• — (2010). Listen to this. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
• — (2020). Wagnerism : art and politics in the shadow of music. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
  • — (2020). Wagnerism : art and politics in the shadow of music (U.K. ed.). London: 4th Estate.

Essays, reporting and other contributions

1993–2009

• Ross, Alex (April 12, 1993). "Grand seductions". The Critics. Books. The New Yorker. 69 (8): 115–120. ^[1]
• — (April 25, 1994). "Generation Exit". Postscript. The New Yorker.
• — (September 4, 1995). "Mahlermania". The Critics. Books. The New Yorker.
• — (March 11, 1996). "Mann in Love". The Critics. Books. The New Yorker.
• — (August 19, 1996). "The shock of the true". The Critics. A Critic at Large. The New Yorker.
• — (August 26, 1996). "The musical kaleidoscope". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker.
• — (December 16, 1996). "The battle of Britten". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker.
• — (February 3, 1997). "Great soul". The Critics. A Critic at Large. The New Yorker.
• — (February 17, 1997). "Native sons". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker.
• — (March 10, 1997). "Beautiful Nightmare". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker.
• — (March 24, 1997). "The Shining". The Talk of the Town. The New Yorker.
• — (April 14, 1997). "Johnny One–Note". The Talk of the Town. De–Programming Heaven's Gate. The New Yorker. 73 (8): 32–33.
• — (April 28 – May 5, 1997). "The Finnish crescendo". The Talk of the Town. The New Yorker. 73 (10): 55–56.
• — (May 26, 1997). "The pavement tapes : how a rock band became famous for lyrics that make no sense". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 73 (13): 85–87.
• — (2006). "Doctor Atomic 'Countdown'". In Gaitskill, Mary & Daphne Carr (eds.). Da Capo Best Music Writing 2006 : the year's finest writing on Rock, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Pop, Country, & more. Cambridge: Da Capo Press.

2010–2014

• Ross, Alex (March 15, 2010). "Baritone Poem". Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook. The New Yorker. 86 (4): 15. ^[2]
• — (March 29, 2010). "House of style". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 86 (6): 90–92. ^[3]
• — (April 19, 2010). "Sweet noises". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 86 (9). ^[4]
• — (April 26, 2010). "Pandora's box". Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook. The New Yorker. 86 (10): 11.
• — (November 15, 2010). "Disquiet". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 86 (36): 92–93. ^[5]
• — (March 14, 2011). "Admirable Nelsons". Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook. The New Yorker. 87 (4): 10. ^[6]
• — (March 14, 2011). "Reverberations". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 87 (4): 74–75. ^[7]
• — (November 14, 2011). "Third-base blues". Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook. The New Yorker. 87 (36): 14. ^[8]
• — (November 14, 2011). "Heart to heart". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 87 (36): 86–87. ^[9]
• — (December 19–26, 2011). "Prince of darkness". A Critic at Large. The New Yorker. 87 (41): 84–92. ^[10]
• — (February 13–20, 2012). "Number Nine". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 88 (1): 116–117. ^[11]
• — (April 16, 2012). "Joyful noise : Michael Tilson Thomas's "American Mavericks" festival". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 88 (9): 104–106.
• — (November 19, 2012). "Royal command". Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook. The New Yorker. 88 (36): 20. ^[12]
• — (November 19, 2012). "Primal scream". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 88 (36): 92–93. ^[13]
• — (December 3, 2012). "Retaking the stage : The Tempest and Un Ballo in Maschera at the Met". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 88 (38): 110–111.
• — (January 28, 2013). "After Chopin". Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook. The New Yorker. 88 (45): 13. ^[14]
• — (February 4, 2013). "The power of four : string quartets multiply across New York". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 88 (46): 76–77.
• — (March 4, 2013). "Good knight". Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook. The New Yorker. 89 (3): 14.
• — (March 4, 2013). "Border crossings : East meets West at Carnegie Hall". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 89 (3): 78–79. ^[15]
• — (March 25, 2013). "Illuminated : George Benjamin's long-awaited masterpiece". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 89 (6): 104–105. ^[16]
• — (April 8, 2013). "Shock tactics : smaller opera companies break the routine". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 89 (8): 84–85.
• — (April 15, 2013). "Singing shadows : early music finds new life downtown". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 89 (9): 82–83.
• — (April 29, 2013). "Spring kings". Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook. The New Yorker. 89 (11): 6.
• — (April 29, 2013). "Even the score : female composers edge forward". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 89 (11): 78–79.
• — (June 10–17, 2013). "Return engagement : James Levine resumes conducting". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 89 (17): 100–102.
• — (July 1, 2013). "Capricious Bach". Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook. The New Yorker. 89 (19): 13.
• — (July 8–15, 2013). "Water music : John Luther Admas's "Become Ocean," at the Seattle Symphony". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 89 (20): 92–93.
• — (October 28, 2013). "Back to the future : Gotham Chamber Opera offers four mini-operas from 1927". Goings on About Town. Classical Music. The New Yorker. 89 (34): 16.
• — (November 4, 2013). "Imperious : the problem with Valery Gergiev". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 89 (35): 112–113.
• — (November 25, 2013). "Finales : the Minnesota Orchestra cancels, and Hilary Hahn stages a festival". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 89 (38): 132–133.
• — (January 6, 2014). "Holy fool : 'Falstaff' at the Met". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 89 (43): 68–69.
• — (February 3, 2014). "The opera lab : the Prototype Festival rethinks a venerable genre". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 89 (47): 80–81.
• — (February 3, 2014). "Weather man : a percussion virtuoso patrols the outer reaches of sound". Goings on About Town. Classical Music. The New Yorker. 89 (47): 9. Steven Schick.
• — (March 3, 2014). "Drowned sounds : Pawel Szymanski's opera 'Qudsja Zaber', in Warsaw". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 90 (2): 76–77.
• — (March 24, 2014). "The Vienna fixation : the 'City of Dreams' festival, at Carnegie Hall". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 90 (5): 94–95.
• — (April 14, 2014). "Séance : the pianist Igor Levit plays late Beethoven". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 90 (8): 84–85.
• — (June 2, 2014). "Notes of dissent : in Hungary, Iván Fischer is shaking up music and politics". Letter from Budapest. The New Yorker. 90 (15): 36–41.
• — (August 25, 2014). "Under the stars : the Hollywood Bowl gets a digital upgrade". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 90 (24): 70–71.
• — (October 20, 2014). "Deus ex machina : Beethoven transformed music – but has veneration of him stifled his successors?". Onward and Upward with the Arts. The New Yorker. 90 (32): 44–49.
• — (October 20, 2014). "Sound and fury : "Macbeth" at the Met, and Carl Nielsen at the Philharmonic". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 90 (32): 104–105.
• — (December 15, 2014). "Wall of sound : a resurgence of organ music in the concert hall". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 90 (40): 66–68.

2015–2019

• Ross, Alex (February 2, 2015). "Sound and silence : Juilliard's 'Focus!' concerts celebrate modern Japanese composers". The New Yorker. 90 (46): 8.
• — (February 9, 2015). "Eyes and ears : at the Metropolitan Museum, early music in the galleries". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 90 (47): 74–75.
• — (March 16, 2015). "Dance of death : Thomas Adès's latest work is a meditation on an ancient theme". Goings on About Town. Classical Music. The New Yorker. 91 (4): 15.
• — (April 13, 2015). "The quiet man : the soft tones of the viol speak volumes at Carnegie Hall". Goings on About Town. Classical Music. The New Yorker. 91 (8): 8. Jordi Savall.
• — (April 20, 2015). "Surround Sound: The New Philharmonie de Paris Combines Sing-Alongs and Symphonies". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 91 (9): 94–95. ^[17]
• — (November 23, 2015). "Desperadoes: 'Lulu' at the Met, 'Spring Awakening' on Broadway". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 91 (37): 102–104. ^[18]
• — (December 7, 2015). "The shadow : a hundred years of Orson Welles". The Critics. A Critic at Large. The New Yorker. 91 (39): 72–78. ^[19]
• — (February 22, 2016). "Stars and snow : Messiaen's 'Canyons,' and Abrahamsen's 'let me tell you.'". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 92 (2): 80–81.
• — (February 29, 2016). "Fish out of water". The Talk of the Town. The Pictures. The New Yorker. 92 (3): 18–19. ^[20]
• — (April 25, 2016). "Embrace everything : the Big Ears Festival, in Knoxville". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 92 (11): 100–101.
• — (July 25, 2016). "Puccini plus". Goings on About Town. Classical Music. The New Yorker. 92 (22): 8. ^[21]
• — (November 7, 2016). "A sudden shadow : the Met highlights the darkness in Rossini's William Tell". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 92 (36): 76–77. ^[22]
• — (January 2, 2017). "Holy dread : Bach has long been seen as a symbol of divine order. But his music has an unruly obsession with God". The Critics. A Critic at Large. The New Yorker. 92 (43): 66–73. ^[23]
• — (February 27, 2017). "Singing philosophy : Kate Soper's theatre of the mind". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 93 (2): 74–75. ^[24]
• — (March 20, 2017). "L. A. rhapsody : a globe–trotting composer–conductor writes a concerto for Yo–Yo Ma". Goings on About Town. Classical Music. The New Yorker. 93 (5): 18. ^[25]
• — (April 24, 2017). "To Lou, with love". Goings on About Town. Classical Music. The New Yorker. 93 (10): 18. ^[26]
• — (May 1, 2017). "Nordic fire : the Los Angeles Philharmonic celebrates the music of Iceland". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 93 (11): 78–79. ^[27]
• — (July 3, 2017). "Departures and arrivals : end-of-season changes at the Met and the New York Philharmonic". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 93 (19): 72–73. ^[28]
• — (August 21, 2017). "Power play : fresh provocations at the Salzburg Festival". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 93 (24): 80–81. ^[29]
• — (October 30, 2017). "Tremors : the deep sounds of Ashley Fure's 'The Force of Things'". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 93 (34): 74–75. ^[30]
• — (September 17, 2018). "Hero worship : Leonard Bernstein's centenary". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 94 (28): 68–69. ^[31]
• — (May 27, 2019). "Culture by the Yards : the Shed, a West Side venue devoted to new work, opens". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 95 (14): 74–75. ^[32]
• — (June 3, 2019). "Salieri's revenge". Onward and Upward with the Arts. The New Yorker. 95 (15): 26–31. ^[33]
• — (November 18, 2019). "Sorrowful songs : Julia Bullock and Christoan Gerhaher bring fresh approaches to classic lieder". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 95 (36): 78–79. ^[34]

2020–2024

• Ross, Alex (January 6, 2020). "Queens of the night". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 95 (43): 64–65. ^[35]
• — (January 13, 2020). "Mind storms : 'Wozzeck' and 'The Queen of Spades' at the Met". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 95 (44): 70–71. ^[36]
• Woolfe, Zachary & Alex Ross (2021). "The evolving role of music journalism". In Beckerman, Michael & Paul Boghossian (eds.). Classical music : contemporary perspectives and challenges. Cambridge: Open Book Publishers.
• Ross, Alex (2021). "A report on new music". In Beckerman, Michael & Paul Boghossian (eds.). Classical music : contemporary perspectives and challenges. Cambridge: Open Book Publishers.
• — (February 15–22, 2021). "The icon–maker : the director Andrei Tarkovsky fashioned a new way of looking at the world". A Critic at Large. The New Yorker. 97 (1): 82–86. ^[37]
• — (March 1, 2021). "Wind songs : the 'Darkness Sounding' festival in southern California". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 97 (2): 72–73. ^[38]
• — (March 22, 2021). "Music regained : new compact disks conjure the sounds of Proust's salons". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 97 (5): 72–73. ^[39]
• — (June 21, 2021). "Opus One : the mysterious Renaissance man who helped turn composition into an art". Onward and Upward with the Arts. The New Yorker. 97 (17): 26–31. ^[40]
• — (September 27, 2021). "Vanishing act : the Austrian-born architect Richard Neutra perfected a signature Los Angeles look : houses that erase the boundary between inside and outside". Onward and Upward with the Arts. The New Yorker. 97 (30): 60–71. ^[41]
• — (May 23, 2022). "Basin and range : the South Dakota Symphony presents a craggy new work by John Luther Adams". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 98 (13): 66–67. ^[42]
• — (September 5, 2022). "Chart-topper : the Bard Festival examines the enduring allure of Rachmaninoff". The Critics. Musical Events. The New Yorker. 98 (27): 64–65. ^[43]
• — (February 6, 2023). "The first composer : the cosmic musical visions of Hildegard of Bingen". Onward and Upward with the Arts. The New Yorker. 98 (48): 24–28. ^[44]
• — (June 19, 2023). "Sonic Signatures". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on June 15, 2023. ^[45]

Critical studies and reviews of Ross' work

Wagnerism

• Halliwell, Michael (January–February 2021). "'Endless melody by the year' : Alex Ross's paean to Richard Wagner". Australian Book Review. 428: 31–32.

Notes

1. Review of Koestenbaum, Wayne (1993). The queen's throat : opera, homosexuality, and the mystery of desire. New York: Poseidon Press.
2. Discusses baritone Gerald Finley.
3. Peter Gelb and the 2010/11 season at the Metropolitan Opera.
4. William Christie at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
5. New York City Opera's production of Leonard Bernstein's opera A Quiet Place .
6. Andris Nelsons.
7. Discusses John Adams' Nixon in China ; eighth blackbird's Tune-In Festival; John Luther Adams' Inuksuit.
8. The Metropolitan Opera production of Siegfried at the Met.
9. The Lincoln Center's White Light Festival.
10. On Carlo Gesualdo.
11. Philip Glass.
12. Joyce DiDonato's "Drama Queens" at Carnegie Hall.
13. 100 years of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.
14. Witold Lutoslawski.
15. West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and the Afghanistan National Institute of Music.
16. Written on Skin.
17. Title in the online table of contents is "Symphonies and Sing-Alongs".
18. Online version is titled "Opera's Bad Girl".
19. Title in the online table of contents is "A hundred years of Orson Welles".
20. David Lang.
21. Online version is titled "Italianate ardor, beyond Puccini".
22. Online version is titled "The cosmic message of 'William Tell'".
23. Online version is titled "Bach’s holy dread".
24. Online version is titled "Kate Soper’s philosophy-opera".
25. Online version is titled "A complex concerto for Yo–Yo Ma".
26. Online version is titled "New York celebrates a composer who left town".
27. Online version is titled "The L.A. Philharmonic celebrates Iceland".
28. Online version is titled "Renée Fleming and Alan Gilbert take their bows".
29. Online version is titled "The Salzburg Festival reawakens".
30. Online version is titled "Infrasound opera".
31. Online version is titled "Leonard Bernstein and the perils of hero worship".
32. Online version is titled "The Shed attempts to inject culture into Hudson Yards".
33. Online version is titled "Antonio Salieri's revenge".
34. Online version is titled "Sorrowful songs at the White Light Festival".
35. Online version is titled "Opera against the patriarchy".
36. Title in the online table of contents is "Operatic shows of force".
37. Online version is titled "The drenching richness of Andrei Tarkovsky".
38. Online version is titled "'Darkness Sounding' takes music outside".
39. Online version is titled "Conjuring the music of Proust’s salons".
40. Online version is titled "The musical mysteries of Josquin".
41. Online version is titled "Richard Neutra's architectural vanishing act".
42. Online version is titled "How the South Dakota Symphony became one of America's boldest orchestras".
43. Online version is titled "How radical was Rachmaninoff?".
44. Online version is titled "Hildegard of Bingen composes the cosmos".
45. Online version is titled "The Sonic Signatures of Salvatore Sciarrino and Kaija Saariaho".

External links

• "Contributors: Alex Ross". The New Yorker.