The richness and variety of birdsong is both a scientific mystery and a source of wonder. David Rothenberg has a unique approach to this fascinating subject - a musician and a philosopher, he is not satisfied with the conventional wisdom. Combining the latest scientific research with a deep understanding of musical beauty and form, he questions whether the standard explanations of territoriality or sexual selection account for so many species' astonishing inventiveness and devotion to singing? Could birds in fact sing just ...
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The richness and variety of birdsong is both a scientific mystery and a source of wonder. David Rothenberg has a unique approach to this fascinating subject - a musician and a philosopher, he is not satisfied with the conventional wisdom. Combining the latest scientific research with a deep understanding of musical beauty and form, he questions whether the standard explanations of territoriality or sexual selection account for so many species' astonishing inventiveness and devotion to singing? Could birds in fact sing just because they like to? Whether playing the clarinet with the white-crested laughing thrush in Pittsburgh or jamming in the Australian winter breeding grounds of the Albert's lyrebird, Rothenberg touches the heart and soul of birdsong.
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Add this copy of Why Birds Sing: One Man's Quest to Solve an Everyday to cart. $13.28, very good condition, Sold by Reuseabook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester, GLOS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2005 by Allen Lane.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.
Add this copy of Why Birds Sing to cart. $14.86, very good condition, Sold by Fieldfare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sidmouth, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2005 by Allen Lane.
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Very good in Acceptable jacket. Size: 222 x 144 mm; This book is not only for birders--I would not even say it is mainly for birders. This book is first and foremost a book that would be appreciated by musicians. The author, as a musician, is driven by a passion for music and the need to make music, and his underlying question is, if we human musicians can have such a drive to make music and to take pleasure in the beauty of the music that we make, why should we think that other music-making species do not have the same need and drive to make music for the pleasure and beauty of it? Certainly birdsong has established practical reasons, attracting mates and defending territory, but birdsong is much more elaborate and beautiful than it needs to be for that purpose, and there are other reasons that those traditional explanations are not adequate to explain why birds make music. Anyone who has had a pet bird can recognize that birds simply love music. I recommend this book as a gift to any musician who will resonate with the sense that birds, like human musicians, make music "because they can, and because they must. Dust jacket slightly torn.
Add this copy of Why Birds Sing: One Man's Quest to Solve an Everyday to cart. $16.99, very good condition, Sold by Brit Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Milton Keynes, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2006 by Penguin.
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Add this copy of Why Birds Sing: One Man's Quest to Solve an Everyday to cart. $18.29, very good condition, Sold by Greener Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from London, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2005 by Allen Lane.
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Add this copy of Why Birds Sing: One Man's Quest to Solve an Everyday to cart. $19.99, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2005 by Allen Lane.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 400grams, ISBN: 0713998296.
Add this copy of Why Birds Sing: One Man's Quest to Solve an Everyday to cart. $35.19, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Allen Lane.
