The fabulous history of birds in music

Although bird song is very different from human music, it has never ceased to inspire composers, from ancient times to the present day.

Why do we prefer nightingales to crows? Can bird song really be transcribed into music? How do instruments that imitate bird song work? Have composers really succeeded in imitating the true song of birds?

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Discover the answers to all these questions and many more with the ensemble La Rêveuse!