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Cargando... Bug Music: How Insects Gave Us Rhythm and Noisepor David ROTHENBERG
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. I enjoyed the scientific bits and the bits on cricket keeping and occasional poetry. I'd have benifitted from a greater understanding of the musical terms involved, rhythm, tone,etc. didn't have the accompanying cd, which I think would have greatly enhanced the experience ( ) I couldn't have read this at a more perfect time. A book that exalts the wonder and beauty of insect song, and I started it right at the beginning of the 17-year cicada emergence of 2016 here in Ohio. I live in a heavily wooded area, so I read it with the sound of them penetrating the walls of my home, and hear them now as I type this review. Unfortunately, I went into it with the wrong mindset. I was under the impression that it was written by a scientist studying the psychological impact of insects sounds on human music. I was imagining a study in which that scientist compared local insect noises with indigenous music to find similarities. Alas, that's not the case at all. Bug Music is written by a musician, a man with an eccentric mind for artistic expression. Though there is the occasional foray into science, it would be better described as a work of philosophy and musical theory. David Rothenberg likes the sound of insects, and he ruminates like a person with a poetic mind does - with passion bordering on obsession. All that is great and all, but as a more logical-minded and rational person, I don't think he and I are on the same wavelength. I found his theories irksome, and his way of writing too informal for my taste. For example, when quoting a few-hundred-years-old passage, he remarks that the author uses "creative spelling," as if it's his first time reading an old document, reminding me of a teenager writing a high school report and trying/failing to inject his paper with humor. There are also lengthy off topic passages, such as when he goes on for several pages about various musical artists he likes. The book isn't terrible if you know what you are getting into, but it wasn't really my thing, and I felt like I was forcing myself to read the last few chapters. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
In the spring of 2013, the cicadas in the Northeastern United States emerged from their seventeen-year cycle--the longest gestation period of any animal. Those who experienced this great sonic invasion compared their sense of wonder to the arrival of a comet or a solar eclipse. This unending rhythmic cycle is just one unique example of how the pulse and noise of insects has taught humans the meaning of rhythm, from the whirr of a cricket's wings to this unfathomable and exact seventeen-yearbeat. Bug Music is the first book to consider 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. Bug Music continues Rothenberg's in-depth research and spirited writing on the relationship between human and animal music, and it follows him as he explores insect influences in classical and modern music, plays his saxophone with crickets and other insects, and confers with researchers and scientists nationwide. This engaging and thought-provoking book makes a passionate case for the interconnectedness of species. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — Cargando... GénerosSistema Decimal Melvil (DDC)595.7159Natural sciences and mathematics Zoology Arthropoda Insects: Insecta, Hexapoda Thysanura: bristletails, springtails, etc.Clasificación de la Biblioteca del CongresoValoraciónPromedio:
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