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Is birdsong music?
Author(s) -
ArayaSalas Marcelo
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
significance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1740-9713
pISSN - 1740-9705
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2012.00613.x
Subject(s) - singing , beauty , cuckoo , chorus , vocal music , art , communication , visual arts , literature , aesthetics , music , biology , psychology , acoustics , zoology , music education , physics
The nightingale, the lark ascending; the cuckoo, the dawn chorus; since ancient times man has found beauty in birdsong. It appeals to our senses. It inspires composers. But is it music? Marcelo Araya‐Salas listens to the nightingale wren and tries to find out if it is singing in tune.