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David Dunn : Why do Whales and Children Sing?: A Guide to Listening in Nature
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A book with CD combo that introduces the many ways animals (and humans) use sound and make sound
Genre: Avant Garde: Sound Art
Release Date: 1999
Why do Whales and Children Sing?: A Guide to Listening in Nature Record Label: EarthEar
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Chama NM: Birds and Thunderstorm 1:58 Album Only
Venice CA: Thunderstorm 2:19 Album Only
Les Moulins Switzerland: Cows and Thunderstorm 2:35 Album Only
Great Barrier Reef: Underwater Sounds 1:35 Album Only
Maui HI: Humpback whales 1:49 Album Only
Round Island AK: Underwater walrus 1:32 Album Only
Smokey Mountains NC: Frogs 1:35 Album Only
Black Lakes NM: Frogs and Ravens 2:23 Album Only
Atchafalaya Swamp LA: Insects and Frogs 1:38 Album Only
Irangi Zaire: Insects and Frogs 1:47 Album Only
Masuma Pan, Zimbabwe: Night Sounds 1:52 Album Only
Masuma Pan, Zimbabwe: Morning Sounds 1:51 Album Only
Bosque del Apache NM: Insects and Birds 1:38 Album Only
The Cotswalks, England: Birds 1:35 Album Only
Island of Elba, Italy: Dawn Chorus 2:04 Album Only
Kakadu Australia: Birds 2:05 Album Only
Launching Place, Australia: Lyrebirds and Insects 1:49 Album Only
Tierra del Fuego Chile: Magellanic Penguins and Cormorants 1:32 Album Only
Red Rocks Lakes MT: Birds and Insects 3:05 Album Only
Anza-Borrego Desert CA: Insects and Birds 1:30 Album Only
Distin Lake AK: Loons 1:30 Album Only
Chama NM: Hummingbird 0:40 Album Only
Yakushima Forest Japan: Insects and Birds 1:39 Album Only
Rainforest, Indonesia: Night Sounds and Thunderstorm 2:11 Album Only
Sangre de Cristo Mountains, NM: Grey squirrel 1:04 Album Only
Moss Landing CA: Dawn Chorus and Red Fox 1:06 Album Only
Rainforest, Costa Rica: Howler Monkeys and Insects 1:15 Album Only
Sonoran Desert, Mexico: Mexican Wolves and Coyotes 1:17 Album Only
Carlsbad Caverns NM: Interior Sounds 1:08 Album Only
Carlsbad Caverns NM: Entrance to Bat Rookery 1:34 Album Only
Carlsbad Caverns NM: Bats Leaving Main Entrance 1:25 Album Only
Carlsbad Caverns NM: Bats Returning 1:35 Album Only
Mora NM: Underwater Pond Insects 2:12 Album Only
Besa Village, Zimbabwe: Night Sounds 3:23 Album Only
Chimayo NM: Frogs, Insects, and Traffic 2:58 Album Only
Vondelpark, Amsterdam: Street Sounds 1:16 Album Only
Lake Cochiti NM: Bicycle Race 3:03 Album Only
Santa Monica Pier CA: Arcade and Street Sounds 2:15 Album Only
Kalanga Village, Zimbabwe: Glossolalia 1:16 Album Only
Besa Village, Zimbabwe: Children Singing 2:11 Album Only
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Album Notes

How did our culture come to lose its appreciation for the voices of our planetary companions? What can paying attention to sound offer us, individually and collectively? This wide-ranging and accessible book leads us to ask such questions, while showing how sound invites us into connection with nature, and ourselves, in profoundly direct ways. Over the course of forty brief essays, each accompanied by a track on the CD, Dunn explores the universal qualities of soundmaking and listening. His diverse interests lead to an insightful blend of history, biology, personal reflection, deep ecology musings, and social context.
96 page book with CD

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