{"product_id":"whale-music-thousand-mile-songs-in-a-sea-of-sound-paperback","title":"Whale Music: Thousand Mile Songs in a Sea of Sound - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Rothenberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eScott McVay\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe marvelous sonic world of whales, from the perspective of music and science.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhale song is an astonishing world of sound whose existence no one suspected before the 1960s. Its discovery has forced us to confront the possibility of alien intelligence--not in outer space but right here on earth. Thoughtful, richly detailed, and deeply entertaining, \u003ci\u003eWhale Music\u003c\/i\u003e uses the enigma of whale sounds to open up whales' underwater world of sonic mystery. In observing and talking with leading researchers from around the globe as they attempt to decipher undersea music, Rothenberg tells the story of scientists and musicians confronting an unknown as vast as the ocean itself. His search culminates in a grand attempt to make interspecies music by playing his clarinet with whales in their native habitats, from Russia to Canada to Hawaii. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a revised edition of \u003ci\u003eThousand Mile Song\u003c\/i\u003e, originally published in 2008. The latest advances in cetacean science and interspecies communication have been incorporated into this new edition, along with added photographs and color whale scores.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMusician and philosopher David Rothenberg has written \u003ci\u003eWhy Birds Sing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBug Music\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSurvival of the Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other books, published in at least eleven languages. He has more than thirty recordings out, including \u003ci\u003eOne Dark Night I Left My Silent House\u003c\/i\u003e, and most recently \u003ci\u003eIn the Wake of Memories\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFaultlines\u003c\/i\u003e. He has performed or recorded with Pauline Oliveros, Peter Gabriel, Ray Phiri, Suzanne Vega, Scanner, Elliott Sharp, Iva Bittová, and the Karnataka College of Percussion. \u003ci\u003eNightingales in Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e is his latest book and film. Rothenberg is Distinguished Professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eScott McVay was Founding Executive Director of both the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, where he led efforts in strategic grant-making in education (K-12), the arts, critical issues, and the welfare of animals. McVay wrote an article for \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e in 1966 that became a baseline document for whale conservation, and he served on the US delegation to the International Whaling Commission during the years when it began to protect whales and not just kill and count them. He discovered and documented that Humpback whales sing long, elegant, and complex songs and, together with Roger Payne, published their findings in a cover article in the journal \u003ci\u003eScience\u003c\/i\u003e in 1971.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 9.13 x 6.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 21, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42157722763399,"sku":"9781949597257","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/0fc27bdb3fcf4b3e153a427adf3bf596.webp?v=1733253130","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/whale-music-thousand-mile-songs-in-a-sea-of-sound-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}