When Bernard L. Krause was a very small farsighted boy afflicted with astigmatism, the sounds of his suburban Detroit home intrigued him - both inside, where the plumbing gurgled and the stairs ...

Composer Richard Blackford looked to a book by Bernie Kraus to compose "The Great Animal Orchestra Symphony." Looking ahead to Earth Day on Friday, I'll have some really "wild" music on the next ...

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Eventually, he abandoned the music business and Hollywood, where he had worked on the score for the film Apocalypse Now, to collect natural “soundscapes”, the pure, rich sounds of untouched ecosystems ...

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Since 1968, Bernie Krause, a seventy-six-year-old musician, writer, and self-described “soundscape ecologist,” has visited every continent, often carrying cumbersome and heavy equipment. His mission: ...

Animal Orchestra by Ilo Orleans, illus. by Tibor Gergely, originally published in 1958, offers a grand introduction to members of the brass, strings, percussion and woodwind families. Seal violinists ...

Your imagination does the work at The Great Animal Orchestra – you just sit in a dark room and listen. Currently at the Peabody Essex museum in Salem, Mass., through May 22, the exhibition immerses ...

Audiences at The Great Animal Orchestra at the current exhibit in Salem, Mass. Your imagination does the work at The Great Animal Orchestra – you just sit in a dark room and listen. Currently at the ...