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Why birds sing
a journey through the mystery of bird song
By Rothenberg, David
- ISBN
- 978-0-46507-135-7
- Publisher
- New York : Basic Books, c2005.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2005
Why do birds sing? This delightfully odd little book is musician Rothenberg's (Sudden Music ) attempt to solve a most perplexing question. It all begins with his going to an aviary to play music with a bird. That creature--a White-crested Laughing Thrush--surprises him, changes his music, and sets him to work on this survey. The text's oddity derives from humankind's efforts to get birds' alien music onto the page, and so the reader wi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
