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Re: What's Up When Birds Sing?

Subject: Re: What's Up When Birds Sing?
From: "Jeffrey D. Daub" <>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 09:43:47 -0700
Interesting subject once again... I am not much of a historian on
musical trivia, but I believe Eric Dolphy and John Coltrane both
transcribed/ or imitated bird songs too

Jeff Daub



Syd Curtis wrote:

>Congratulations you fortunate American people!  Those of you, that is, who
>can get to the Hemmerdinger Hall, 100 Washington Square East, NYC on
>Saturday evening (April 16, 4-7 pm).
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>If one really could turn green with envy, I'd now be as bright as the new
>leaves on the Poinciana tree outside my study window.
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>You will recall that on March 12 Doug (Von Gausig) congratulated Nature
>Recordists member Don Kroodsma on the Audubon article featuring him.  Now,
>free and open to the public, he will be part of, and I quote:
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>    "... the first event in New York to bring scientists together with
>musicians and poets to explore how these different approaches to the world
>have explored and made sense of bird song".
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>David Rothenberg, composer, jazz clarinettist (and Professor of Philosophy
>at the New Jersey institute of Technology), and Michael Pestel both have
>much experience of bird song, its musicality and of playing (music) with
>birds, to contribute to the evening.   Lang Elliott, valued contributor to
>Nat/Recs, Biology Professor Fredric Vencl (at SUNY Stont Brook) and Ofer
>Tchernichovski will be adding their erudite knowledge of bird song to the
>proceedings.   Breyton Breytonbach and Alan Vardy provide expertise in the
>poetry department.  While Eric Salzman - "once music critic for the New Yo=
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>Times, (and) now a composer ... and a contributing writer to Birding
>Magazine" - will, I assume, be competent to keep their collective feet on
>the ground.
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>What a feast in store.  No wonder I wish I could be there.
>
>Syd Curtis
>(in Brisbane, Australia)
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>Loudspeakers are not birds,
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