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The Great Animal Orchestra

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by Krause, Bernie


  effects of logging on, 70–71

  functions of birdsong, 96, 244–45

  hearing mechanisms of, 63

  in natural soundscapes, 5, 11, 28, 29, 53, 87, 98, 126, 127, 131, 132, 155–56, 245

  sound collections, 86

  and sound mirrors, 33–34

  species extinction, 205, 206

  and tundra habitat, 77

  and water sounds, 45

  Blomberg, Les, 157

  Borneo (Camp Leakey), 90–93, 97–98, 98, 99, 124

  Borneo old-growth habitat, 211, 212

  brain activity

  effect of noise on, 160, 161, 173

  and natural soundscapes, 105, 218, 219–20

  and sound perception, 18, 23, 62

  and tranquillity, 216

  British Library of Wildlife Sounds, 86

  Britten, Benjamin

  Billy Budd, 149

  Death in Venice, 149

  Brown, Steven, 244

  Bush, George W., 196, 198

  Cage, John, 122, 175, 206

  California Academy of Sciences, 82–88, 248

  Camp Leakey, Borneo, natural soundscape recording at, 90–93, 97–98, 98, 99, 124

  Carr, Nicholas, 221

  Celilo Falls, 40–41, 165

  Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), 150

  Chernobyl, Ukraine, 226–28

  Chihuahuan Desert, 229

  children

  detrimental effects of noise on, 163–64

  influence of soundscape on, 104, 106–08, 218, 222

  Chowning, John, 150

  chromatic scale, 22–23

  Citadels of Mystery, 17

  climate change, 77, 78–79, 233, 255

  Coleridge, Samuel, 81

  Columbia River, 39–40

  Colver, Kevin, 231

  common potoo, as animal soloist, 128, 129–30, 129

  Coney Island, 42, 43

  Conservation International, 213

  contact mics, 50–51

  control of sound, 110, 250

  Copland, Aaron, 153

  coral reefs

  and climate change, 79

  lack of reverberation of, 30

  soundscapes of, 6–7, 72–73, 72, 73, 74

  Cornell University Lab of Ornithology, 34, 86

  Costa Rica clear-cut to edge habitat, 211, 213

  Council for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE), 217–18

  Creel, Scott, 187–88

  Crooks, Kevin, 192

  Crumb, George, 145

  Currier, Lavinia, 250

  Cusack, Peter, 227–28

  Dalles Dam, 40

  dance, 140, 200, 235

  Dar es Salaam, 42–43

  Darling, Erik, 250

  Darwin, Charles, The Descent of Man, 118

  dawn chorus, 77–78, 107, 126, 150, 181, 182, 183–84, 233

  daytime chorus, 126

  Debussy, Claude, La Mer, 17–18, 145, 243–44

  decibels (dB), 24

  deserts

  anthrophony in, 195

  rain forests compared to, 76

  restoration of natural soundscapes in, 228–30

  digital audiotape (DAT), 33, 185–86

  Digit Fund, 54

  Dugan, Dan, 243

  duration, as sound characteristic, 18

  Dzanga-Sangha region, Central African Republic, 104, 130–32, 134, 235

  earth movement sounds, 39, 50–51

  East Anglia, Great Britain, 42, 43

  echolocation, 64, 96, 97, 189, 246, 249

  eco-acoustic paradigm, 150–51

  Edison, Thomas, 32

  Eiseley, Loren, 81

  Endangered Species Act (ESA), 189

  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 168, 169, 175

  Epic of Gilgamesh, 41, 138–39

  European Union, 174

  evening chorus, 77–78, 107, 126, 233

  Fauré, Gabriel, “Requiem,” 47

  Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 171, 174–75, 195, 196

  Ferry, Luc, The New Ecological Order, 146

  Finney, Ross Lee, 249

  fish

  effect of anthrophony on, 188, 190, 191–92

  function of acoustic behavior, 96

  hearing mechanisms of, 61, 192

  in natural soundscapes, 5–7, 53, 59, 72–73, 94

  Fisker Karma, 170

  Fjell, Simon, 247

  Fossey, Dian, 54, 89

  frequency, 18, 22–23

  frequency modulation, 103

  Frere-Jones, Sasha, 175

  Fristrup, Kurt, 192

  frogs and toads

  biophonic behavior of, 93–94

  decoding sounds of, 65

  effect of anthrophony on, 183, 188

  function of synchronous chorusing, 178–81

  hearing mechanisms of, 63

  in natural soundscapes, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 30, 34, 126, 127, 131, 132, 177–78

  species extinction, 206

  Frösö Zoo, Sweden, 187

  Gabriele, Chris, 191, 253

  Gage, Stuart, 181, 183

  Galdikis, Biruté, 90

  Galileo, 19

  Genesis flood, 41

  geophones, 50–51

  geophony. See also earth movement sounds; rain sounds; water sounds; wind sounds

  and bioacoustics, 153

  definition of, 39

  effect of biome type on, 76

  effect of weather on, 45

  effect on animal sounds, 39, 45

  and Native American traditions, 40–41

  in soundscapes, 80, 126–27, 132

  white-noise elements in, 164–66

  geophysical sounds, 50

  gibbons, 92–93, 114–15

  Gilbert, Ronnie, 109, 250

  glacial ice sounds, 8–9, 49–50

  Glacier Bay, Alaska, 30, 79, 116, 190–91

  Glavin, Terry, The Sixth Extinction, 206

  Gombe, Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania, 90, 95

  Goodall, Jane, 90, 95

  Google-O’Reilly Science Foo conference, 112–13

  Graber, David, 183–84

  Grand Canyon, 100–01, 194, 196, 215

  Grand Teton National Park, 195

  Gray Ranch, New Mexico, 229

  group synchrony model, 113

  Gulf of Mexico, 44

  Hamilton, Frank, 250

  Happel, Ruth, 11, 12, 90–92, 99, 229, 249

  Hardy, Thomas, 14

  Harris, Miller, Miller, and Hanson, 100–01

  Hawaii, 205

  Hays, Lee, 250

  hearing

  and amplitude, 24–25

  and ear structure, 60–61

  and frequency, 22

  listening distinguished from, 15–16

  mechanisms of, 60–64, 192

  and pitch, 22–23

  range of, 22, 32

  Hellerman, Fred, 109, 250

  Helmholtz, Hermann, On the Sensations of Tone, 19–20, 21, 22

  Helmholtz resonator, 20–21

  Henry, Wes, 195, 197, 198

  Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 222

  Hertz, Heinrich, 20

  Hitchcock, H. Wiley, 146–48

  Hodges, Donald, 161

  Holocene, 204

  Horner, Jack, 124

  Hovhaness, Alan, 145

  Hubbard Glacier, Alaska, 49

  humans. See also children

  adversarial relationship with natural world, 138–44

  knowledge of biophonies, 104–05

  and mimicry, 126–28, 131, 142

  soundscape of early humans, 125–28, 137

  sounds of, 10, 39

  synchronous rhythm structures of, 113

  hydrophones, 41, 50, 59, 72, 95, 176, 177, 189

  In a Wild Sanctuary, 14–15, 122, 136–37, 243

  Indonesia, 92–93

  insects

  and acoustic features of landscape, 29–30

  ants singing, 58

 
bioacoustic boundaries of, 102–03

  decoding sounds of, 65

  effect of anthrophony on, 188

  effect of weather on, 47, 250

  fossil record of, 124

  hearing mechanisms of, 62–63

  in natural soundscapes, 11, 12, 29, 34, 87, 98, 126, 127, 131, 132

  species extinction, 205

  Interior Department, 196, 197, 198

  intermodulation, 103

  Inuit, 48, 133

  Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, 42, 44

  irrelevant sound effect (ISE), 162

  Isle Royale National Park, 187

  Ives, Charles, Fourth Symphony, 148–49

  Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 79, 184, 195

  Jivaro, 66–68, 133

  Jobim, Antônio Carlos, 201–02

  Johanson, Donald, 125

  Johnston’s organ, 62

  Junette, Kristin, 124

  Jurasz, Charles, 191

  Kawésqar, 245–46

  Keim, Frank, 232–33

  Keizer, Garret, 172

  Kellogg, Peter Paul, 34

  Kenya, Governors’ Camp, Masai Mara, soundscape recording of, 82–88, 86, 124, 248

  Kjellberg, Anders, 162

  Klatte, Maria, 163

  Koch, Ludwig, 34

  Krause, Kat, 166, 167, 170, 171, 180, 220, 229

  Lachmann, Thomas, 163

  lakes, wave sounds of, 44–45

  Lake Wallowa, Oregon, soundscape of, 36–38, 132, 165, 208

  landscape

  acoustics of, 27–30, 41–42

  biophony affected by, 75–77, 139, 153

  and reverberation, 29, 37–38, 76

  and sound fragmentation, 34

  and weather changes, 29–30, 45–48

  Lange, Dorothea, 16

  Langone, Michael, 171

  La Selva, Costa Rica, 101

  lateral line, as hearing mechanism of fish, 61, 192

  Leakey, Richard, 206

  Lebanon, cedar forests of, 139

  Lee, Bill, 250

  Lemoore Naval Air Station, 183

  Leopold, Aldo, 97

  Lincoln Meadow, Sierra Nevada mountains

  recording of, 68–71, 74, 255

  soundscape after selective logging, 70–71, 71, 80

  soundscape before selective logging, 69–70, 69

  Linnaeus, Carolus, 143

  listening

  active listening, 223–24, 225

  complex listening, 61

  effective listening area, 192–93, 253–54

  hearing distinguished from, 15–16

  Lopez, Barry, Arctic Dreams, 48

  Louv, Richard, Last Child in the Woods, 218

  Low Frequency Active Sonar (LFAS), 189–90

  Luening, Otto, 122

  Madagascar, 205–06

  Mainella, Fran, 198

  Malagasy, 205–06

  mammals. See also marine mammals and acoustic features of landscape, 29–30

  effect of anthrophony on, 185, 187–88

  functions of acoustic behavior, 96

  hearing mechanisms of, 62

  in natural soundscapes, 53, 87, 98, 126, 127, 131, 132

  and origins of music, 113–16

  sound collections, 86

  Mammoth Lakes, Sierra Nevada mountains, 50

  mangrove swamps, 7–8, 91–92

  marine bioacoustics, 17

  marine habitats. See also coral reefs

  acoustics of, 30–31, 45, 177, 252

  effect of anthrophony on, 188–92, 253

  marine mammals. See also whales

  effect of anthrophony on, 188–92

  hearing mechanisms of, 62

  ultrasound signals of, 64

  marine organisms

  anemone sounds, 59

  and water sounds, 5–7, 39

  Marine World, Belmont, California, 116

  Marler, Peter, 115

  Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, 42, 43

  Martin, George, 122–23

  Martinville, Édouard-Léon Scott de, 32

  Mayacamas Mountains, California, 233–34

  Mbuti pygmies, 146–47

  McFerrin, Bobby, 128

  McIntyre, Chuna, 141, 250–51

  McKibben, Bill, 207

  Meis, Markus, 163

  Merker, Björn, 113, 244

  Messiaen, Olivier, 145

  Messiaen, Yvonne, 145

  Miller, Nick, 100

  Mills College, 13

  missionaries, 134–35, 141

  Mitani, John, 115

  Mithen, Steven, The Singing Neanderthals, 119, 121

  modular synthesizers, 109

  Mojave Desert, 195

  Monacchi, David

  and eco-acoustic paradigm, 150–51

  Integrated Ecosystem, 152

  Nightingale, 151–52

  Mono Lake, California, 176–79, 179, 180, 252

  Moore, Bob, 231

  Mount Kilimanjaro, 79

  Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

  music lionizing pet starling, 145

  Symphony no. 41 in C Major, K. 551, 84

  Muhr, Per, 162

  Muir, John, 51, 143–44

  Muir Woods, 14–16, 51, 122, 136–37, 243

  Murch, Walter, 19, 244

  music

  as acoustic mirror, 121

  of Ba’Aka, 104, 130–32, 134, 135, 141

  and bioacoustics, 152

  biophonic connection with, 105, 111

  definitions of, 109–11

  evolutionary basis of, 118–21, 235

  and geophony, 133

  Helmholtz’s study of, 20

  of Jivaro, 67–68, 133

  and mammals, 113–16

  natural sounds integrated into, 136–37

  nature as inspiration for, 144–46

  religious suppression of, 140–41

  rhythmic origins of, 119, 120

  self-referential nature of, 135

  signals in, 158

  soundscape as origin of, 38, 111–12, 113, 123–24, 128, 130–32, 148, 149, 186, 245

  soundscapes replaced by, 108–09

  structure and intent in, 111, 112

  vertical and horizontal patterns in, 110–11

  water sounds replicated in, 17–18

  and wind sounds, 133, 150

  musical instruments, 21, 23–24, 26, 128, 129, 141, 142

  musical notation, history of, 32, 142

  musician wren

  as animal soloist, 128, 129–30, 129

  Villa-Lobos’s music highlighting, 145

  musicking, 119

  Narell, Andy, 17

  National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 189

  National Park Service, 100–01, 183–84, 191, 192, 195–99, 213–14, 254

  Native Americans. See also specific tribes

  and National Park Service, 214

  and soundscapes, 36–38

  and water sounds, 40

  natural soundscapes attraction to, 219

  birds in, 5, 11, 28, 29, 53, 87, 98, 126, 127, 131, 132, 155–56, 245

  changes in, 207–08, 210–11

  component voices of, 31–32

  compositions of, 89

  effects of anthrophony on, 80, 155–56, 195, 203–04, 254

  frogs and toads in, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 30, 34, 126, 127, 131, 132, 177–78

  insects in, 11, 12, 29, 34, 87, 98, 126, 127, 131, 132

  mammals in, 53, 87, 98, 126, 127, 131, 132

  preservation of, 195–99, 236

  restoration of, 226–30

  self-editing mechanisms of, 31

  and species extinction, 203–04, 206

  variations in, 90, 210

  as voices of ecological systems, 27

  Natural Sounds Program, 197–99, 254

  Nature Conservancy, 213, 229

  naturerecordists@yahoogroups.com, 225

  nature sounds. See also geophony

  integrated into music, 136–37

  overtones in, 37
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  in prehistoric time, 3–4

  and sound fragmentation, 33–34

  Nature Sounds Society, 225, 243

  Newton, Isaac, 19

  Nez Percé, 36–37, 132, 165, 208–09

  niche hypothesis

  and acoustic mapping, 100–03

  development of, 99, 100, 249

  and fossil record of soundscape, 124

  and Norris, 176

  Nichols, Michael “Nick,” 89–90

  night chorus, 126

  noise

  of aircraft, 100–01, 157, 163, 164, 168, 171–72, 175, 180–81, 183, 187, 193, 195, 196, 198, 217, 234, 252, 254

  anthrophony as cause of, 157–58, 181

  and architecture, 173

  definition of, 65, 156–57, 251

  detrimental effects of, 160, 161–64, 165, 170–71, 175, 181, 186, 204, 206–07

  of electric vehicles, 170

  and expectations, 158–59

  in film, 169–70

  in natural soundscapes, 155–56

  noise-canceling headphones, 172–73

  power associated with, 167–68, 174

  and recording time period, 185–86

  of recreational activities, 168–69, 187, 188, 194, 195, 196, 229, 251–52, 254

  in restaurants, 160, 166–67

  as structural component of composition, 122

  in urban areas, 159, 173–74

  visual noise, 170

  white noise, 164–66

  Noise Control Act of 1972, 175

  Noise Pollution Clearinghouse, 157

  The Nonesuch Guide to Electronic Music, 109

  Nonesuch Records, 16

  Noriega, Manuel, 161

  Norris, Ken, 88, 176–77, 249

  Norton, Gale, 197, 198, 254

  Ocean Beach, San Francisco, 42, 43

  O’Farrell, Kevin, 82–83

  Office of Noise Abatement and Control (ONAC), 167–68, 174–75

  Oliveros, Pauline, 122

  Olson, Curt, 250

  orchestras

  amplitude of sound produced by, 25

  biophony as proto-orchestra, 84–88, 97, 99, 152–53, 186, 207, 236, 250

  orchestral reference tunings, 21

  overtones, 24, 37

  Pantanal, Brazil, 235

  Papua New Guinea, 118, 235–36

  Parque Estadual do Rio Doce, Brazil, 201–03

  Patel, Aniruddh, 112–13

  Payne, Katy, 31

  Payne, Roger, 30–31

  pentatonic scale, 128

  photographs, soundscapes compared to, 71–72

  physical structure, and sound generation, 24

  Piaget, Jean, 126

  Pijanowski, Bryan, 253

  Pinker, Steven, 118–19

  pitch, 22–23

  Pitjantjatjara, 66, 67, 246–47

  Planck, Max, 156

  Pleistocene, 217

  polar magnetic shifting, 78–79, 199, 233

  Pombo, Richard, 197, 198, 254

  Poulter, Thomas, 246

  Praia Beach, Azores, 42, 43

  primates, 113–15

  Prince William Sound, Alaska, 44

  Proust, Marcel, Swann’s Way, 146

 

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