Episode · Conversations with Tyler · 2020-09-22
Tyler Cowen & Alex Ross: books mentioned on Conversations with Tyler
Alex Ross on Music, Culture, and Criticism
To Alex Ross, good music critics must be well-rounded and have command of neighboring cultural areas. "When you're writing about opera, you're writing about literature as well as music, you're writing about staging, theater ideas, as well as music," says the veteran music journalist and staff writer for The New Yorker.
Alex Ross discussed The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien and Ulysses by James Joyce. Tyler Cowen discussed Wagnerism by Alex Ross.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R.
Discussed“and i think going back to uh led zeppelin uh and their fascination with the lord of the rings and tolkien kind of brings them into the you know zone of the of the wagnerian uh the hammer of the gods”
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Wagnerism
Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music by Alex Ross is a sweeping cultural history that examines the massive, polarizing influence of composer Richard Wagner on global art, politics, and culture from the nineteenth century onward.
Discussed“now one theme of your book as i understand it is that vogerism historically is more diverse than many people realize”
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Ulysses
James Joyce's landmark modernist novel Ulysses chronicles an ordinary day in the life of Leopold Bloom in Dublin, mapping human consciousness and daily existence through a revolutionary stream-of-consciousness technique.
Discussed“i fell in love with joyce and ulysses in particular before i really got to know the classic works of the 20th century so ulysses read ulysses at age 18”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“today i am here with alex ross who is music critic for the new yorker author of the best-selling the rest is noise but most importantly he has a new book out fascinating work called wagnerism art and politics in the shadow of music”
“today i am here with alex ross who is music critic for the new yorker author of the best-selling the rest is noise”
“and in the context and i talk about this in the book it's absolutely ironic this is a catastrophe unfolding”