Bug Music Rothenberg David
Bug Music Rothenberg David 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. This unending…
Specifikacia Bug Music Rothenberg David
Bug Music Rothenberg David
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. 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-year beat.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. Those who experienced this great sonic invasion compared their sense of wonder to the arrival of a comet or a solar eclipse.
Bug Music continues Rothenberg's in-depth research and spirited writing on the relationship between human and animal music, and it follows him as