David Rothenberg

A musician, composer, author and philosopher-naturalist, David Rothenberg’s work and many collaborations cross genres and species. He has written about animal sounds as music in his books: Why Birds Sing: A Journey into the Mystery of Birdsong and Thousand Mile Song: Whale Music in a Sea of Sound. His latest book, Bug Music, is about insects and music and is accompanied by a companion CD. Bug Music has garnered attention in The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and on PBS “News Hour” and NPR’s “Radiolab.” Rothenberg is also a composer and jazz clarinetist and has produced nine CDs under his own name.

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