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Fourth Estate has acquired two new books from Guardian First Book prize winner Alex Ross. UK and Commonwealth rights were bought from Dorothy Vincent at Janklow & Nesbit by Fourth Estate editor Robin Harvie for a "very healthy five-figure sum".
Listen to This will be published in 2010. A selection of Ross' essays from the New Yorker, it will introduce basic classical music concepts and give an alternative view of pop music.
Wagnerism: How a Composer Shaped the Modern World will be published in 2014.
Ross will explore the myth of Wagner and his impact on politics, modern poetry, painters and pop culture, from heavy metal to "The Lord of the Rings".
Both books will be in a royal format, with suggested r.r.p. of £18.99 for Listen to This and £25 for Wagnerism.