Is Birdsong Music?: Outback Encounters with an Australian Songbird (Music, Nature, Place) by Hollis Taylor ISBN 13: 9780253026668

Paperback. Very Good.

Indiana University Press, 2017-05-01. Paperback. Like New.

Indiana University Press, 2017-05-01. Paperback. New.

Indiana Univ Pr, 2017. Paperback. New. 347 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. How and when does music become possible? Is it a matter of biology, or culture, or an interaction between the two? Revolutionizing the way we think about the core values of music and human exceptionalism, Hollis Taylor takes us on an outback road trip to meet the Australian pied butcherbird. Recognized for their distinct timbre, calls, and songs, both sexes of this songbird sing in duos, trios, and even larger choirs, transforming their flute-like songs annually. While birdsong has long inspired artists, writers, musicians, and philosophers, and enthralled listeners from all walks of life, researchers from the sciences have dominated its study. As a field musicologist, Taylor spends months each year in the Australian outback recording the songs of the pied butcherbird and chronicling their musical activities. She argues persuasively in these pages that their inventiveness in song surpasses biological necessity, compelling us to question the foundations of music and confront… Read More

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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.