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Ladataan... Why Birds Sing: A Journey Into the Mystery of Bird Song (2005)Tekijä: David ROTHENBERG
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Absolutely great. Thanks to my old pal Michael Pestel, David & I have played together before as a part of Michael's 'swan song' to Chatham College - where he'd taught for many yrs. This bk is marvelous - very well researched - managing to be of good general interest as well as of good interest to ornithologists & musicians inspired by birdsong, etc, etc.. I've gotten the impression that this bk is popular (or at least by obscurantist standards) & that's just fine w/ me. David explores the subject of birdsong from as many different angles as there probably are: as analyzed, as incorporated into human music, as simulated in poetry, as explored by vivisectionists. W/o being highly technical, his approach to the subject is fairly exhaustive - any deeper reading wd require going to primary sources. Thank you, David, I love this bk. &, besides, it comes w/ a CD that both Michael & David play on - along w/ birds a'plenty - including a LYRE BIRD. What more cd ya ask for?! ( ) I also have the related CD. Some of it is sublime, some I don't get. That pretty much goes for the book, too. Rothenberg traces all the many ways people have studied bird song, and that we mostly don't know much about it. His response? To play his clarinet in the Australian forest to an Albert's lyre bird. I suppose it makes as much sense as a lot of other things people do. Wie zu erwarten war, kann auch David Rothenberg die Frage, warum Vögel singen, in seinem Buch nicht beantworten. Trotzdem ist seine Auseinandersetzung mit dem Thema ganz interessant. Die Idee, als Mensch mit Vögeln zusammen zu musizieren, ist originell, obwohl nicht ganz klar ist, ob die Tiere genauso viel Spaß daran haben wie der Mensch. Als Antwort auf die Frage, warum Vögel singen, scheint sich jedenfalls herauszukristallisieren, dass sie es deswegen tun, weil es ihnen Spaß macht. Die Idee, auf dem Umschlagfoto einen Vogel mit einer Note im Schnabel darzustellen, kommt mir etwas infantil vor; der Gedanke scheint von der amerikanischen Ausgabe übernommen worden zu sein. Ansonsten ist das Buch eine nette Beschäftigung mit der Vogelwelt. Es ist immer wieder erfreulich, zu sehen, wie viele Menschen sich für die Vogelwelt interessieren. 'Why Birds Sins is the first introduction to the world of bird song that combines the insights of science, poerty and music. The aim is to show that we need all three human ways of knowing to find the fullest understanding of these beutiful, natural sounds which resound around us every spring. (...) after all these tales you will finally learn that birds sing for the same reason humans do: because they can, and because they must'. ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
"The astonishing variety and richness of bird song is both an aesthetic and a scientific mystery. Biologists have never been able to understand why bird song displays are often so inventive and why so many species devote so many hours to singing. The standard explanations, which generally have to do with territoriality and sexual display, don't begin to account for the astonishing variety and energy that the commonest birds exhibit. Is it possible that birds sing because they like to? This seemingly naive explanation is starting to look more and more like the truth." "In the tradition of classic works by Bernd Heinrich, Edward Abbey, and Terry Tempest Williams, Why Birds Sing is a lyric exploration of bird song that blends the latest scientific research with a deep understanding of musical beauty and form. Based on conversations with neuroscientists, ecologists, and composers, it is the first book to investigate why birds sing and how, and what effect their music has on other animals - particularly humans. Whether playing the clarinet with the white-crested laughing thrush in Pittsburgh, or jamming in the Australian winter breeding grounds of the Albert's lyrebird, Rothenberg journeys to the heart and soul of bird song."--BOOK JACKET. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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