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.