Nature in Music

Nature in Music

The ways music can be inspired by nature.

Written By

David Rothenberg

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www.earthear.com
EarthEar, website and record label devoted to stocking the best music/nature discs around

www.interspecies.com
Interspecies Communication, website of Jim Nollman, who wants to save the whales by playing music with them.

www.zoosemiotics.helsinki.fi/4frames_welcome.htm
Dario Martinelli, author of How Musical Is a Whale?, has a website discussing scholarly efforts to consider animal sounds as music.

www.biomusic.org
A collaborative website linking musicians and scientists around questions on the nature of music and the music of nature

web.njit.edu/~tn/musicnatureintro.html
David Rothenberg’s introduction to The Book of Music and Nature.

www.livingmusic.com
Website of saxophonist Paul Winter, who has played with the sounds of whales, eagles, and elephants for years.

From Nature in Music
by David Rothenberg
© 2004 NewMusicBox