Stan Brakhage plays an audio clip featuring a song that imitates the sounds of birds. The next audio clip features various bird calls. Brakhage describes James Broughton's techniques in poetry and filmmaking. The audio clip features Broughton reading his poem 'The Birds of America.' Brakhage plays an audio clip that slows down bird calls to one-eighth speed. He plays an audio clip of various French birds. Brakhage describes how Olivier Messiaen drew his inspiration from bird calls. He plays an audio clip of Messiaen's 'La rousserolle effavatte.' The lecture concludes with Charles Ives' 'The New River.'
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Stan Brakhage plays an audio clip featuring a song that imitates the sounds of birds. The next audio clip features various bird calls. Brakhage describes James Broughton's techniques in poetry and filmmaking. The audio clip features Broughton reading his poem 'The Birds of America.' Brakhage plays an audio clip that slows down bird calls to one-eighth speed. He plays an audio clip of various French birds. Brakhage describes how Olivier Messiaen drew his inspiration from bird calls. He plays an audio clip of Messiaen's 'La rousserolle effavatte.' The lecture concludes with Charles Ives' 'The New River.'
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