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Let art imitate nature in her manner of operation.

Welcome to Music and Nature, a place to explore the living world through sound
and discover how our evolving understanding of natural processes has influenced
the idea of music.

Environmental sound artist Philip Blackburn introduces us to some of the wild
sounds around us and investigates what they have meant for musicians (not to
mention birds and elephants) around the globe.


feature spotlight



Composer Kenneth Gaburo spent years in the deserts of California and wrote
Antiphony IX, a work for orchestra, children and tape that reflects the
ecosystem he found there. Read his text "LA", view score samples, and listen to
the work. (Go to feature)

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Dutch music writer Rene Van Peer talks about the necessity of listening
inclusively in primitive times, as a matter of survival, and how that kind of
global attention is returning in modern times through the medium of technology
and nature sound recordings. (Go to interview)

interview spotlight



Composer and peace activist Steve Heitzeg has written a number of eco-scores,
some of them conceptual, some performable, all with a plea for environmental
harmony. (Go to interview)



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