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Explore the fascinating intersection of music and animal behavior in this lecture that examines whether animals truly make music and how their vocalizations relate to human musical expression. Investigate the fundamental question of what constitutes music as human animals and how musical elements might emerge across the animal kingdom. Discover how composers like Messiaen transcribed bird calls into musical compositions and learn about the rhythmic patterns found in animal gaits that echo in blues music. Examine the languages of whales and birds to determine if they can be classified as true songs, while considering whether music represents a uniquely human trait or a shared communicative language with our animal cousins. Delve into the concept of animals forming an unwitting orchestra through their natural behaviors and gain insights into the evolutionary and biological foundations of musical expression across species.
