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The NY Times website for the story Erich posted also mentions some
websites for science songs and song writers (I'm proud to claim Jef
Poskanzer in my extended family):
Where the Quarks Make Music All the Day
For more songs that use science, here are some Web sites.
* Archive of Dr. Walter F. Smith, professor of physics at Haverford College
* Science Songwriters' Association
* Archive of Dr. Greg Crowther, biophysicist at the University of Washington
* Archive of William Stirrat's science songs for children kept by
Jef Poskanzer, a software developer
* Artichoke's site
I'm actively looking for music that would be appropriate for programs
and activities in our upcoming exhibition, Linnaeus & America. (Our
museum has an enthusiastic choral group.) A web search turned up
several interesting possibilities:
*a musical entertainment, Vivat Linnaeus! by Sarah Elliott for the NY
Linnaean Society
*a Linnaeus song, written and composed by Jan Stein Carter,
Biology,Univ. of Cincinnati - Clermont College (you can hear her sing
it at http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio104/Linnaeus.htm)
*a piece inspired by Linnaeus's Floral Clock (can't find ref right now)
*a wordless Canto del vagabondo : in memoria di Carolus Linnaeus,
Anders Eliasson, 1979, publihsed 2003 (orchestra, women's chorus, boy
soprano) (catalogue entry in Columbia Univ Library)
Please do let me know about others. Thanks,
Karen
>Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 18:50:36 -0400
>From: Eric Siegel <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Science Songs
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>When You Wish Upon an Atom: The Songs of Science
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> By MICHAEL ERARD
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Karen Reeds, Ph.D.
Guest Curator, Linnaeus & America
American Swedish Historical Museum, Philadelphia
http://www.americanswedish.org/linnaeus.html
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