Douglas Quin

* Original 1995 edition, long out of print. * Oropendola: Music by and from Birds weaves together a rich tapestry of music and wildlife recordings from Madagascar, Kenya and Brazil, featuring the songs and habitats of birds from around the world. The booklet provides written information by Douglas Quin about his wildlife recordings and his compositions. It is illustrated with scores and spectrographs. The considerable time and energy spent in the field, obtaining recordings, is an integral part of the process of composition. The music includes works for sampler and electronic ensembles as well as traditional instruments, such as percussion, clarinet and flute whose parts are derived from the songs of birds and the sounds of the natural world.