The Great Animal Orchestra Finding the Origins of Music in the World's Wild Places

by Krause, Bernie

• ISBN13: 9780316086875
• ISBN10: 0316086878
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-03-19
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company

Summary

Bernie Krause is one of the world's experts in natural sound, and here we listen through Krause's ears as he collects the sounds of purring jaguars, snapping shrimp, cracking glaciers--and the roar of the wild. It is an intensely personal narrative of life as it hits the ears, and of the planet's deeply connected natural sounds and music. Krause also shows that just as streetlights drown out the stars, human noise is vanishing the sounds of nature--and the very soundscapes that help us understand how wild sound and music connect. A travelogue of sound based on a lifetime of study, this account will leave you hearing--and seeing--nature as never before.

Author Biography

Dr. Bernie Krause is both a musician and a naturalist. During the 1950s and 60s, he devoted himself to music and replaced Pete Seeger as the guitarist for The Weavers. For over 40 years, Krause has traveled the world recording and archiving the sounds of over 15,000 species, from creatures and environments large and small. He lives in California.

Table of Contents

Prelude: Echoes of the Past	p. 3
Sound as My Mentor	p. 11
Voices from the Land	p. 36
The Organized Sound of Life Itself	p. 54
Biophony: The Proto-Orchestra	p. 82
First Notes	p. 106
Different Croaks for Different Folks	p. 136
The Fog of Noise	p. 155
Noise and Biophony / Oil and Water	p. 176
The Coda of Hope	p. 201
Acknowledgments	p. 239
Notes	p. 243
Bibliography	p. 257
Index	p. 267
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