. 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 . major; some are plaintive, others are joyous, all aremelodious; there is no score of the Nightingale whichcan compare with such records as these; notice particu-larly the fifth one. It must be remembered, however,that bird songs are most ethereal things, a great deallike the wonderful tinting and delicate spiral weavingin Venetian glass; one must see the color or hearthe melody in order to fu
. 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 . major; some are plaintive, others are joyous, all aremelodious; there is no score of the Nightingale whichcan compare with such records as these; notice particu-larly the fifth one. It must be remembered, however,that bird songs are most ethereal things, a great deallike the wonderful tinting and delicate spiral weavingin Venetian glass; one must see the color or hearthe melody in order to fully appreciate its subtile beauty;the song is charming because of its spirituality of toneand its depth of expression; how can the meagre out-lines of music notation convey such truths ! Who canjustly report the Hermits song ! there is a silvery sus-tained tone like that of a flute, then a burst of brilliantscintillating music: and the songs complete,With such a wealth of melody sweetAs never the organ pipe could blowAnd never musician think or know I One of the most fantastic and perhaps extraordinarythemes I ever heard from this Thrush, was obtained latein July, in the White Mountains: * J dimrtt \ ™P- ^f dim. -A-p 261 FAMILY Turdidae. In structure it closely resembles that tempestuous andwild movement that opens the finale of BeethovensMoonlight Sonata: Vres to agiiah PPresto agitato^^ mm lip m i Constructively the permits music resembles this;but the birdreverses the order of dynamics. Wk wt 1 But Beethoven emphasizes the tonic at the close of therun; the Hermit does so in the beginning; both bits ofmusic progress in presto time, and both rush onward toa high climax. The Thrush moreover is a transcendenttalist, he climbs higher than his voice will carry, andlike many another aspiring songster, makes a ludicrousfailure of the highest notes. After one or two badbreaks, which apparently threaten the woodland sym-phony with the ignominy of disaster, the Hermit—whos
Size: 2239px × 1116px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, booksubjectbirds, bookyear1921
