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How Insects Gave Us Rhythm and Noise
St. Martin's Press
April 2013
On Sale: April 16, 2013
288 pages
ISBN: 1250005213
EAN: 9781250005212
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
In the spring of 2013 the cicadas in the Northeastern United
States will yet again emerge from their seventeen-year
cycle—the longest gestation period of any animal. Those who
experience this great sonic invasion compare their sense of
wonder to the arrival of a comet or a solar eclipse. This
unending rhythmic cycle is just one unique example of how
the pulse and noise of insects has taught humans the meaning
of rhythm, from the whirr of a cricket’s wings to this
unfathomable and exact seventeen-year beat. In
listening to cicadas, as well as other humming, clicking,
and thrumming insects, Bug Music is the first book to
consider the radical notion that we humans got our idea of
rhythm, synchronization, and dance from the world of insect
sounds that surrounded our species over the millions of
years over which we evolved. Completing the trilogy he began
with Why Birds Sing and Thousand Mile Song, David Rothenberg
explores a unique part of our relationship with nature and
sound—the music of insects that has provided a soundtrack
for humanity throughout the history of our species. Bug
Music continues Rothenberg’s in-depth research and spirited
writing on the relationship between human and animal music,
and it follows him as he explores insect influences in
classical and modern music, plays his saxophone with
crickets and other insects, and confers with researchers and
scientists nationwide. This engaging and
thought-provoking book challenges our understanding of our
place in nature and our relationship to the creatures
surrounding us, and makes a passionate case for the
interconnectedness of species.
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