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From: jwp@lucille.Princeton.EDU (James Pritchett)
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Subject: Re: Mockingbirds
Keywords: mockingbird,song
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Date: 16 May 91 17:25:39 GMT
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I've also noticed that Mockingbirds don't string their songs together
randomly.  In fact, frequently I'll listen to a mocker for an extended
period just to hear all the subtle connections of songs.  I'm a 
musicologist (musicology=theory and history of music), and when I hear
a really virtuoso mockingbird, I frequently want to do an analysis of
the "development" of the song.  Maybe some day I'll tape a performance
and do just that.


James Pritchett
jwp@silvertone.Princeton.EDU