. Field book of wild birds and their music; a description of the character and music of birds, intended to assist in the identification of species common in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains . -f*r-.—— r— P I have chosen to render the latter part of this song(which is given in rapid, twanging, wiry tones) in aseries of comprehensible intervals, not unlike thosewhich Chopin introduces in his fantasias. The bird sim-ply suggested that kind of a run to me, that was all;he did not in the least conform to pitch or interval. Butthe character of the music was the same; and if every-body u
. Field book of wild birds and their music; a description of the character and music of birds, intended to assist in the identification of species common in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains . -f*r-.—— r— P I have chosen to render the latter part of this song(which is given in rapid, twanging, wiry tones) in aseries of comprehensible intervals, not unlike thosewhich Chopin introduces in his fantasias. The bird sim-ply suggested that kind of a run to me, that was all;he did not in the least conform to pitch or interval. Butthe character of the music was the same; and if every-body understands that a fantasia is a musical composi-tion freed from strict form and allowed to follow thelead of fancy, they will see at once that the last part ofthe Bobolinks song unquestionably conforms to thatstyle. But if one prefers not to interpret bird music,but to take it from Nature exactly as it comes, this bitthat follows may prove more acceptable: accel. rJ>J- 3 tW w& ms§s& 50 BOBOLINK. or tnis: Hit. Then, here is still another song taken from a bird whichsang in a meadow not far from the campus of DartmouthCollege, Hanover, N. H.: Jillegro
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