Bibliograph

Mozart's starling, Lyanda Lynn Haupt

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Label

Mozart's starling, Lyanda Lynn Haupt

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-276)

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mozart's starling

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

978270721

Responsibility statement

Lyanda Lynn Haupt

Summary

Explores the unlikely bond between the famous Austrian composer and his pet starling, providing an unexpected window into human-animal friendships, music, and the nature of creative inspiration

Table Of Contents

Prelude: A plague of inspiration -- One: The starling of Seattle -- Two: Mozart and the musical thief -- Three: Uninvited guests -- Four: What the starling said -- Five: The starling of Vienna -- Six: How the starling knew -- Seven: Chomsky's starling -- Interlude: The heart of time for birds and Mozart -- Eight: Birds of a feather -- Nine: Mozart's ear and the music of the spheres -- Finale: Three funerals and a flight of fancy -- Coda

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