Alex Ross bibliography explained

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

Books

• Book: Ross, Alex . 2007 . . New York . Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
• Book: Ross, Alex . 1 . 2010 . Listen to this . Farrar, Straus and Giroux . New York.
• Book: Ross, Alex . 1 . 2020 . Wagnerism : art and politics in the shadow of music . Farrar, Straus and Giroux . New York.
  • Book: Ross, Alex . 1 . 2020 . Wagnerism : art and politics in the shadow of music . U.K. . 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]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . April 25, 1994 . [<!-- Generation Exit ]. Postscript . The New Yorker . -->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . September 4, 1995 . [<!-- Mahlermania ]. The Critics. Books . The New Yorker . -->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . March 11, 1996 . [<!-- Mann in Love]. The Critics. Books. The New Yorker. -->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . August 19, 1996 . [<!-- The shock of the true ]. The Critics. A Critic at Large . The New Yorker . -->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . August 26, 1996 . [<!-- The musical kaleidoscope ]. The Talk of the Town. Comment . The New Yorker . -->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . December 16, 1996 . [<!-- The battle of Britten ]. The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . -->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . February 3, 1997 . [<!-- Great soul ]. The Critics. A Critic at Large . The New Yorker . -->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . February 17, 1997 . [<!-- Native sons ]. The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . -->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . March 10, 1997 . [<!-- Beautiful Nightmare ]. The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . -->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . March 24, 1997 . [<!-- The Shining ]. The Talk of the Town . The New Yorker . -->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . April 14, 1997 . Johnny One–Note . The Talk of the Town. De–Programming Heaven's Gate . The New Yorker . 73 . 8 . 32–33.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . April 28 – May 5, 1997 . The Finnish crescendo . The Talk of the Town . The New Yorker . 73 . 10 . 55–56.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . 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.
• Book: Ross, Alex . 1 . Gaitskill . Mary . Mary Gaitskill . Daphne Carr . amp . 2006 . Da Capo Best Music Writing 2006 : the year's finest writing on Rock, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Pop, Country, & more . Doctor Atomic 'Countdown' . Da Capo Press . Cambridge . 978-0-306-81499-0--> .

2010–2014

• Ross, Alex . March 15, 2010 . . Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook . The New Yorker . 86 . 4 . 15 . 2011-01-15-->. ^[2]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . March 29, 2010 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 86 . 6 . 90–92 . 28 March 2011-->. ^[3]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . April 19, 2010 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 86 . 9 . 2018-08-24-->. ^[4]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . April 26, 2010 . . Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook . The New Yorker . 86 . 10 . 11 . 2022-03-16-->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . November 15, 2010 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 86 . 36 . 92–93. 2016-08-12-->. ^[5]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . March 14, 2011 . [<!-- Admirable Nelsons ]. Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook . The New Yorker . 87 . 4 . 10 . -->. ^[6]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . March 14, 2011 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 87 . 4 . 74–75 . 10 February 2014 -->. ^[7]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . November 14, 2011 . Third-base blues . Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook . The New Yorker . 87 . 36 . 14. ^[8]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . November 14, 2011 . Heart to heart . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 87 . 36 . 86–87. ^[9]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . December 19–26, 2011 . Prince of darkness . A Critic at Large . The New Yorker. 87 . 41 . 84–92. ^[10]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . February 13–20, 2012 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 88 . 1 . 116–117 . 2014-11-13-->. ^[11]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . April 16, 2012 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 88 . 9 . 104–106 . 2015-02-06-->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . November 19, 2012 . . Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook . The New Yorker . 88 . 36 . 20. 25 April 2014-->. ^[12]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . November 19, 2012 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 88 . 36 . 92–93 . 2014-11-03-->. ^[13]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . December 3, 2012 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 88 . 38 . 110–111 . 2014-12-24-->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . January 28, 2013 . . Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook . The New Yorker . 88 . 45 . 13 . 2015-04-07-->. ^[14]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . February 4, 2013 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 88 . 46 . 76–77 . 2015-02-05-->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . March 4, 2013 . . Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook . The New Yorker . 89 . 3 . 14 . 2015-05-06-->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . March 4, 2013 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 89 . 3 . 78–79 . 2015-05-12-->. ^[15]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . March 25, 2013 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 89 . 6 . 104–105 . 2015-09-11-->. ^[16]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . April 8, 2013 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 89 . 8 . 84–85 . 2015-12-23-->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . April 15, 2013 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 89 . 9 . 82–83 . 2016-08-12-->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . April 29, 2013 . . Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook . The New Yorker . 89 . 11 . 6 . 2016-04-28-->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . April 29, 2013 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 89 . 11 . 78–79 . 2016-05-26-->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . June 10–17, 2013 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 89 . 17 . 100–102 . 2017-06-05-->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . July 1, 2013 . . Goings on About Town. Critic's Notebook . The New Yorker . 89 . 19 . 13 . 2017-03-16-->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . July 8–15, 2013 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 89 . 20 . 92–93 . 2016-12-19-->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . October 28, 2013 . . Goings on About Town. Classical Music . The New Yorker . 89 . 34 . 16 . 2017-03-03-->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . November 4, 2013 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 89 . 35 . 112–113 . 2017-10-20-->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . November 25, 2013 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 89 . 38 . 132–133 . 2017-11-14-->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . January 6, 2014 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 89 . 43 . 68–69 . 2018-01-08-->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . February 3, 2014 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 89 . 47 . 80–81 . 2018-01-03-->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . February 3, 2014 . . Goings on About Town. Classical Music . The New Yorker . 89 . 47 . 9 . 2017-12-21-->. Steven Schick.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . March 3, 2014 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 90 . 2 . 76–77 . 2018-04-02-->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . March 24, 2014 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 90 . 5 . 94–95 . 2015-02-27-->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . April 14, 2014 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 90 . 8 . 84–85 . 2018-08-08-->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . June 2, 2014 . . Letter from Budapest . The New Yorker . 90 . 15 . 36–41 . 2015-03-13-->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . August 25, 2014 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 90 . 24 . 70–71 . 2019-07-26-->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . October 20, 2014 . . Onward and Upward with the Arts . The New Yorker . 90 . 32 . 44–49 . 2014-12-22-->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . October 20, 2014 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 90 . 32 . 104–105 . 2014-12-24-->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . December 15, 2014 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 90 . 40 . 66–68 . 2019-08-09-->.

2015–2019

• Ross, Alex . February 2, 2015 . . The New Yorker . 90 . 46 . 8 . 2019-08-27-->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . February 9, 2015 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 90 . 47 . 74–75 . 2019-09-24-->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . March 16, 2015 . . Goings on About Town. Classical Music . The New Yorker . 91 . 4 . 15 . 2019-09-25-->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . April 13, 2015 . . Goings on About Town. Classical Music . The New Yorker . 91 . 8 . 8 . 2015-06-10-->. Jordi Savall.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . April 20, 2015 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 91 . 9 . 94–95 . 2020-05-10-->. ^[17]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . November 23, 2015 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 91 . 37 . 102–104 . 2022-08-11-->. ^[18]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . December 7, 2015 . . The Critics. A Critic at Large . The New Yorker . 91 . 39 . 72–78 . 2022-01-30-->. ^[19]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . February 22, 2016 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 92 . 2 . 80–81 . 2023-10-12-->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . February 29, 2016 . . The Talk of the Town. The Pictures . The New Yorker . 92 . 3 . 18–19 . 2016-09-16-->. ^[20]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . April 25, 2016 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 92 . 11 . 100–101 . 2024-07-18-->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . July 25, 2016 . . Goings on About Town. Classical Music . The New Yorker . 92 . 22 . 8 . 2022-11-16-->. ^[21]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . November 7, 2016 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 92 . 36 . 76–77 . 2017-04-22-->. ^[22]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . January 2, 2017 . . The Critics. A Critic at Large . The New Yorker . 92 . 43 . 66–73 . 2017-04-24-->. ^[23]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . February 27, 2017 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 93 . 2 . 74–75 . 2022-10-03-->. ^[24]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . March 20, 2017 . . Goings on About Town. Classical Music . The New Yorker . 93 . 5 . 18 . 2022-10-24-->. ^[25]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . April 24, 2017 . . Goings on About Town. Classical Music . The New Yorker . 93 . 10 . 18 . 2022-04-25-->. ^[26]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . May 1, 2017 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 93 . 11 . 78–79 . 2017-09-08-->. ^[27]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . July 3, 2017 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 93 . 19 . 72–73 . 2018-06-08-->. ^[28]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . August 21, 2017 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 93 . 24 . 80–81 . 2017-12-19-->. ^[29]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . October 30, 2017 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 93 . 34 . 74–75 . 2018-04-27-->. ^[30]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . September 17, 2018. . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker. 94. 28. 68–69. 2018-11-13-->. ^[31]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . May 27, 2019 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 95 . 14 . 74–75 . 2019-09-14-->. ^[32]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . June 3, 2019 . . Onward and Upward with the Arts . The New Yorker . 95 . 15 . 26–31 . 2019-08-16-->. ^[33]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . November 18, 2019 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 95 . 36 . 78–79 . 2020-03-03-->. ^[34]

2020–

• Ross, Alex . January 6, 2020 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 95 . 43 . 64–65 . 2020-08-09-->. ^[35]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . January 13, 2020 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 95 . 44 . 70–71 . 2020-05-04-->. ^[36]
• Book: Woolfe . Zachary . Zachary Woolfe . Alex Ross . Beckerman . Michael . amp . Paul Boghossian . Paul Boghossian . 2021 . Classical music : contemporary perspectives and challenges . The evolving role of music journalism . Open Book Publishers . Cambridge . 978-1-80064-116-7-->.
• Book: Ross, Alex . Beckerman . Michael . amp . Paul Boghossian . Paul Boghossian . 2021 . Classical music : contemporary perspectives and challenges . A report on new music . Open Book Publishers . Cambridge . 978-1-80064-116-7-->.
• Ross, Alex . 1 . March 22, 2021 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 97 . 5 . 72–73 . 2023-01-18-->. ^[37]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . June 21, 2021 . . Onward and Upward with the Arts . The New Yorker . 97 . 17 . 26–31 . 2022-11-04-->. ^[38]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . September 27, 2021 . . Onward and Upward with the Arts . The New Yorker . 97 . 30 . 60–71 . 2023-01-26-->. ^[39]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . May 23, 2022 . . The Critics. Musical Events . The New Yorker . 98 . 13 . 66–67 . 2023-08-02-->. ^[40]
• Ross, Alex . 1 . February 6, 2023 . . Onward and Upward with the Arts . The New Yorker . 98 . 48 . 24–28 . 2024-01-10-->. ^[41]
• News: Ross, Alex . 1 . June 19, 2023 . Sonic Signatures . The New Yorker . https://web.archive.org/web/20230615141824/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/19/venere-e-adone-salvatore-sciarrino-music-review . 15 June 2023 . live . ^[42]

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.

External links

• Web site: Contributors: Alex Ross . The New Yorker.

Notes and References

1. Review of Book: Koestenbaum, Wayne . The queen's throat : opera, homosexuality, and the mystery of desire . New York . Poseidon Press . 1993 .
2. Discusses baritone Gerald Finley.
3. [Peter Gelb]
4. William Christie at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
5. [New York City Opera]
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]
13. 100 years of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.
14. [Witold Lutoslawski]
15. [West-Eastern Divan Orchestra]
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 (composer)|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 "Conjuring the music of Proust’s salons".
38. Online version is titled "The musical mysteries of Josquin".
39. Online version is titled "Richard Neutra's architectural vanishing act".
40. Online version is titled "How the South Dakota Symphony became one of America's boldest orchestras".
41. Online version is titled "Hildegard of Bingen composes the cosmos".
42. Online version is titled "The Sonic Signatures of Salvatore Sciarrino and Kaija Saariaho".