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Article: Rothenberg, David. Why birds sing; a journey into the mystery of bird song.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
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ROTHENBERG, David. Why birds sing; a journey into the mystery of bird song. Basic Books. 271p. CD. illus. notes. bibliog. index. c2005.0-465-07136-8. $19.95. SA
David Rothenberg is a jazz musician and philosopher and he approaches the question of why birds sing from both an emotional and intellectual vantage point. His analysis of birds' songs is done from the tradition of musicians who have tried to capture their songs through notations and physical recordings through the last centuries, but he also is philosophical about birds' motivations and individual talent and styles. This calls for some anthropomorphizing on his part, but his examples of birds that have ...