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

Description: The Great Animal Orchestra by Bernie Krause A "passionate amalgam of science and autobiography" that will leave you hearing -- and seeing -- nature as never before (New York Times Book Review). Musician and naturalist Bernie Krause is one of the worlds leading experts in natural sound, and hes spent his life discovering and recording natures rich chorus. Searching far beyond our modern worlds honking horns and buzzing machinery, he has sought out the truly wild places that remain, where natural soundscapes exist virtually unchanged from when the earliest humans first inhabited the earth. Krause shares fascinating insight into how deeply animals rely on their aural habitat to survive and the damaging effects of extraneous noise on the delicate balance between predator and prey. But natural soundscapes arent vital only to the animal kingdom; Krause explores how the myriad voices and rhythms of the natural world formed a basis from which our own musical expression emerged. From snapping shrimp, popping viruses, and the songs of humpback whales -- whose voices, if unimpeded, could circle the earth in hours -- to cracking glaciers, bubbling streams, and the roar of intense storms; from melody-singing birds to the organlike drone of wind blowing over reeds, the sounds Krause has experienced and describes are like no others. And from recording jaguars at night in the Amazon rain forest to encountering mountain gorillas in Africas Virunga Mountains, Krause offers an intense and intensely personal narrative of the planets deep and connected natural sounds and rhythm. The Great Animal Orchestra is the story of one mans pursuit of natural music in its purest form, and an impassioned case for the conservation of one of our most overlooked natural resources-the music of the wild. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New 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. Review "The Great Animal Orchestra speaks to us of an ancient music to which so many of us are deaf. Bernie Krause is, above all, an artist. I have watched him recording the calls of chimpanzees, the singing of the insects and birds, and seen his deep love for the harmonies of nature. In this book he helps us to hear and appreciate the often hidden musicians in a new way. But he warns that these songs, an intrinsic part of the natural world and essential to human well being, are vanishing, one by one, snuffed out by human actions. Read The Great Animal Orchestra, tell your friends about it. And as Bernie urges, let us all do our part to preserve the age old sounds of nature." -- Jane Goodall"The Great Animal Orchestra is about the symphony of beasts that surrounds us, a vast orchestra in the process of being silenced....A fascinating life, and devotion to a fascinating topic...Krause wakes up your ears, gives you a desire to experience these wild soundscapes." -- Jeremy Denk, New York Times Book Review"Bernie Krause has admirably produced not only a comprehensive overview of the art of nature recording, but also shows his heartfelt understanding and appreciation of natural soundscapes, a threatened heritage in our modern world." -- Dr. Roger Payne, author of Songs of the Humpback Whale"Forty years travelling the world to record more than 15,000 species have given Krause a rare insight into the importance of biophony." -- Nature"Krause...has recorded the sounds of more than 15,000 animal species and their natural ambience. This often poetic and thoroughly entertaining book reflects his passion." -- San Francisco Chronicle"This book will get you to wake up and listen to the natural world." -- San Francisco Chronicle"This passionate amalgam of science and autobiography argues that in the wild, animals vocalize with a musicianly ear." -- New York Times Editors ChoiceFeatured in The New York Times Book Reviews Paperback Row Review Quote "This passionate amalgam of science and autobiography argues that in the wild, animals vocalize with a musicianly ear." -- New York Times Editors Choice Details ISBN031608686X Author Bernie Krause Short Title GRT ANIMAL ORCHESTRA Language English ISBN-10 031608686X ISBN-13 9780316086868 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 780 Year 2013 Publication Date 2013-03-12 Pages 304 Imprint Back Bay Books Subtitle Finding the Origins of Music in the Worlds Wild Places Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2013-03-12 NZ Release Date 2013-03-12 US Release Date 2013-03-12 UK Release Date 2013-03-12 Illustrations Illustrations Publisher Little, Brown & Company Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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