(
Chloropsis aurifrons) The birdsongs in this piece are from Asia and the Americas: the
southern hill myna, the
golden-fronted leafbird, the
Baltimore oriole, the
greater prairie chicken, the
northern mockingbird, the
catbird, the
Indian robin, the
white-crested laughingthrush, the
american robin (played by the two clarinets), the
Swainson's thrush, the
hermit thrush, the
red-whiskered bulbul and the
wood thrush.
Hindu rhythms Decî-
Tâlas of ancient India, Cârngadeva system: Nihcankalîla, Gajalîla, Laksmîca, Caccarî, Candrakâla, Dhenkî, Gajajhampa, and
karnâtic theory: Matsya-Sankirna, Triputa-Miśra, Matsya-Tiśra, Atatâla-Cundh.
Greek rhythms Composed feet by the metre: Typistlo-Epitrite; verses by the metre: lambelegiac, logaedic verses:
Asclepiad, Saphique, Glyconic, Aristophanian, Phalaean, Peregrinean. == Duration ==