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Philosopher and musician David Rothenberg is the author of Why Birds Sing, also published in Italy, Spain, Taiwan, China, Korea, and Germany. Rothenberg has also written Sudden Music, Always the Mountains, and Thousand Mile Song, about making music live with whales. His last book was Survival of the Beautiful, on aesthetics in evolution. His first CD on ECM Records, with pianist Marilyn Crispell, “One Dark Night I Left My Silent House” was released in 2010. Rothenberg is professor of philosophy and music at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
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Tobias, M., Morrison, J. (2014). Why Insects Sing: A Conversation with David Rothenberg. In: Why Life Matters. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07860-1_35
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