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Music of the Natural World

Music of the Natural World

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The devastation of the natural world through climate change, pollution, urban sprawl, and the accelerating extinction of plant and animal species has prompted a wave of urgent musical responses in recent years. Music of the Natural World: Cornell Composers on Nature, Ecology, and Climate features scores, videos, and sound recordings of works inspired by endangered creatures and fragile habitats. The exhibit showcases music by current and former Cornell students and faculty, including the elegiac orchestral work Silent Spring (2011), by the late Pulitzer Prize winner and Cornell faculty member

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