Bug music
Subtitle: how insects gave us rhythm and noise
By: David Rothenberg
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9781250005212; 9781250018267
Subjects: Sound production by insects; Insekten; Nature in music; Lautäußerung; Nature sounds; Insect sounds
Description: In listening to cicadas, as well as other humming, clicking, and thrumming insects, Rothenberg considers the radical notion that we humans got our idea of rhythm, synchronization, and dance from the world of insect sounds that surrounded our species over the millions of years over which we evolved. He explores insect influences in classical and modern music, plays his saxophone with crickets and other insects, and confers with researchers and scientists nationwide, making a passionate case for the interconnectedness of species.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-253) and index.
Table of contents: title: The seventeen year pitch; title: Mr. Fung's cricket orchestra; title: What makes them dance?; title: Listen outside the ear; title: From El grillo to das techno; title: Throat-singing with the katydids of Glynwood; title: Sax and cicadas; title: The opposite of terrorism.