The relationship between music and animal noises like meow, quack, oink, roar, woof, buzz, neigh, and moo is, I think, profounder than first appears. Jotting down a number of composers inspired by birdsong alone, the list just goes on: Beethoven, Berlioz, Rossini, Prokoviev, Saint-Saens, Mahler, Messiaen… They couldn’t get enough of the stuff, particularly Olivier Messiaen. He didn’t just borrow birdsong for
Animals, Music, Mimesis.
Animals, Music, Mimesis.
Animals, Music, Mimesis.
The relationship between music and animal noises like meow, quack, oink, roar, woof, buzz, neigh, and moo is, I think, profounder than first appears. Jotting down a number of composers inspired by birdsong alone, the list just goes on: Beethoven, Berlioz, Rossini, Prokoviev, Saint-Saens, Mahler, Messiaen… They couldn’t get enough of the stuff, particularly Olivier Messiaen. He didn’t just borrow birdsong for