Bøger af David Rothenberg

The marvelous sonic world of whales, from the perspective of music and science.Whale 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, Whale Music 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.This is a revised edition of Thousand Mile Song, 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.

A beautiful and surprising exploration of a phenomenon that is at once familiar and baffling: the mystery of why birds sing.

Rothenberg takes us to Berlin's urban landscape to discover and engage with one of nature's most beautiful and celebrated sounds, the nightingale's song.

David Rothenberg's multilayered life thrust him into Broadway's brightest lights, prison riots, political campaigns, civil rights sit-ins, and a Central American civil war. In his memoir, Fortune in My Eyes, his journey includes many of the most celebrated names in the theater: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Bette Davis, Sir John Gielgud, Peggy Lee, Alvin Ailey, Lauren Bacall, Christine Ebersole, and numerous others.He produced an Off-Broadway prison drama, Fortune and Men's Eyes, which reshaped his life. John Herbert's chilling play led directly to the creation of the Fortune Society, which has evolved into one of the nation's most formidable advocacy and service organizations in criminal justice.Rothenberg was Elizabeth Taylor's opening night date at the Richard Burton Hamlet - a distant cry from his entering Attica prison during that institution's famed inmate uprising; these are just two of the experiences revealed in this memoir. As a theater publicist and producer - and as a social activist - he shares experiences with politicians and with anonymous men and women, out of prison, who have fought to reclaim their lives. The human drama of the formerly incarcerated that unfolds in this book is a match for many of the entertainment world's most fabled characters.

Weaving memoir, travelogue and philosophical reflection, this title presents a musical way of knowing that can closely engage us with the world and open us to its spontaneity. It is a testament to the creative power of improvisation. The accompanying CD includes 11 of Rothenburg's compositions

Die Vielfalt der Vogelgesänge ist erstaunlich und aus ästhetischer wie auch aus wissenschaftlicher Sicht ein großes Rätsel. Noch immer verstehen Evolutionsbiologen nicht, warum der Vogelgesang derart einfallsreich ist und warum zahlreiche Vogelarten so viele Stunden mit Singen zubringen. Die gewöhnlich vorgebrachten Erklärungen - Revierverteidigung und Anlockung von Geschlechtspartnern - können die Vielfalt und Energie, die viele der uns vertrauten Vögel an den Tag legen, nicht im Ansatz erklären. Singen Vögel möglicherweise, weil es ihnen gefällt? Diese scheinbar naive Erklärung kristallisiert sich immer mehr als die Wahrheit heraus.Warum Vögel singen geht dem Vogelgesang einfühlsam auf den Grund - ganz in der Tradition der klassischen Werke etwa von Bernd Heinrich - und vereint neueste wissenschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse mit einem profunden Verständnis von Schönheit und Form in der Musik. Gestützt auf Gespräche mit Neurowissenschaftlern, Ökologen und Komponisten geht der Autor der schwer zu beantwortenden Frage nach, warum Vögel singen, in welcher Weise sie es tun und was ihre Gesänge für Artgenossen und für andere Arten - insbesondere für den Menschen - bedeuten.David Rothenberg taucht stets völlig in Herz und Seele des Vogelgesangs ein - ob er nun in Pittsburgh mit seiner Klarinette den Weißhauben-Häherling begleitet oder in den australischen Winterquartieren eine Jam-Session mit dem Braunrücken-Leierschwanz abhält. Er schreibt als Naturkundler, Philosoph, Musiker und Forscher und liefert mit seinen intimen Schilderungen des anrührendsten aller Naturerlebnisse brillante Einblicke in ein Phänomen, das uns zugleich vertraut und doch zutiefst fremd ist.

A collection of 19 essays by David Rothenberg, observer of the interplay between nature, culture and technology. In settings that range from wildest Norway to his own front porch in New York, he discusses the Hudson River School of painters, ecoterrorism, suburbia, the World Wide Web, and more.

Examines human inventions from the water wheel to the nuclear bomb and discusses theories of technology in the thought of philosophers including Plato, Aristotle, Bacon, Marx, Heidegger, Spinoza, Mumford, and McLuhan.

The richness and variety of birdsong is both a scientific mystery and a source of wonder. Combining scientific research with an understanding of musical beauty, this book offers a different look at this natural phenomena. It explores the question: can the explanations of territoriality account for so many species' devotion to singing?

Presenting the natural philosopher in his own words, discussing a life imbued with ecology, this reveals in the most human terms how respect for and contact with the natural world can provide the foundation for a total view of the vast problems of humanity and our place in the world.

A collection of essays that bring a fresh perspective to the wilderness paradoxically at the centre of civilization.