Biology would teach us that animal noises are purely functional - the sounds animals make for attracting mates or warning of danger are evolutionary adaptations necessary for surviving in the wild but nothing more. Our guest today contends the story is more complex than what you learned in bio class. Animals can make music and it’s even possible to jam with them.
To help us sort out this musical jungle is David Rothenberg - a professor of philosophy and music at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, with a special interest in animal sounds as music. He is also a composer and jazz musician whose books and recordings reflect a longtime interest in understanding other species such as singing insects, birds and even whales. Through Rothenberg's study of animal song and his experimental interactions with animal music, he is often called an "interspecies musician". We reached him in Cold Spring, New York.
Learn more about David’s work and find his books and music at: davidrothenberg.net
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