The Black Forest

["Hugh Livingston" oaklandonian]

I am traveling to Germany in the spring and want to do some recording 
of sounds of the Schwarzwald and the Rhein for a musical project. 
Does anyone have any recommendations of spots to visit? Is there a 
lot of air traffic to worry about? The project has to do with 
imagining what Eichendorff and Schumann (poet and composer) might 
have heard in the 19th C. I am not trying to recreate that, but to 
interrogate the issues surrounding the inspiration that they got from 
the natural environment, and in general what it means to write 'river 
music' and 'forest music'.

I have places to stay in Kressbonn on Bodensee, Aarau, Berne, Luzern, 
Freiburg and Strasbourg, and am looking for day trips from those 
places, possibly without a car. Any local tips would be much 
appreciated.

Thank you.

Hugh


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Hugh Livingston
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