The Rest Is Noise Series: Invisible Men: American Composers from Ives to EllingtonThis is a chapter from Alex Rosss groundbreaking history of twentieth century classical music, The Rest is Noise. Further extracts are available as digital shorts, accompanying the London Southbank festival programme. Tracing the development of the American avant garde, Ross examines the crucial influence of African American musicians on the classical establishment, the dawn of the Jazz age, and the forging of a new and uniquely American classical