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n. A musical sound made by a bird.
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Birdsong, or bird vocalization, is the sounds of birds.
Birdsong or Bird Song may also refer to:
Birdsong is a 1993 war novel and family saga by English author Sebastian Faulks. It is Faulks' fourth novel, and follows the experiences of a British man, Stephen Wraysford, prior to and during World War I. Like many other WWI novels, the thematic focus of the book is how the experience of trauma shapes individual psyches.
Birdsong is part of a trilogy of novels by Sebastian Faulks, together with The Girl at the Lion d'Or and Charlotte Gray; the three novels are linked through location, history and several minor characters. The novel came 13th in a 2003 BBC survey called the Big Read which aimed to find Britain's favourite book. It has also been adapted three times under the same title – for radio (1997), the stage (2010) and television (2012).
Birdsong was a temporary radio channel which used to broadcast on national digital radio in the United Kingdom. The transmission consisted of a continuously looping recording of bird song. It was available via the Digital One DAB network. The recording is also available via the Digital One website until Autumn 2009 and the RadioBirdsong website. Originally starting out as a test signal on analogue radio back in 1992 and then later broadcast on digital radio from 2003 to 2005, the channel gained regular listeners, who complained when it was taken off-air. In 2008-2009, the broadcast again existed as a 'filler' transmission until a commercially operated radio station, Amazing Radio, replaced it on 1 June 2009.
Birdsong
was either:
- a 1979 one-act play written by James Saunders for the Richmond Fringe Festival; a study in safety or freedom, with three actors and very clever dialogue evocative of Wittgenstein-like complex philosophy
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- a 2010 adaptation of the novel of the same title by Sebastian Faulks. The text was written by Rachel Wagstaff and the premiere production directed by Trevor Nunn. That production began previews at the Comedy Theatre in London on September 18, 2010, and opened on September 28, 2010. The West End stage production's cast included Ben Barnes as Stephen Wraysford, Genevieve O'Reilly as Isabelle, Nicholas Farrell as René Azaire, Iain Mitchell as Bérard, Lee Ross as Jack Firebrace and Zoe Waites as Jeanne. Other cast members included Owain Arthur, Billy Carter, Florence Hall, Paul Hawkyard, Gregg Lowe, Joe Coen, Jack Hawkins, James Staddon and Annabel Topham. The play closed on January 15, 2011.
Birdsong is a two-part 2012 television drama, based on the 1993 war novel Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks. It stars Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Wraysford and Clémence Poésy as Isabelle Azaire and was directed by Philip Martin based on a screenplay by Abi Morgan.
The adaptation was produced by Working Title Films for the BBC and PBS's Masterpiece. It premiered in January 2012 in the United Kingdom and in April 2012 in the United States.
Birdsong was a three-part radio adaptation by Nick Stafford of the novel of the same title by Sebastian Faulks. It was first broadcast in the Classic Serial strand on BBC Radio 4 on 27 October, 3 November, and 10 November 1997. It was directed by Claire Grove. Its cast included Toby Stephens (Stephen Wraysford), Sophie Ward (Isabelle Azaire), John Rowe (René Azaire/Robert), Gavin Muir (Jack Firebrace), and Rachel Atkins (Elizabeth Benson).
Birdsong is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Bob Birdsong (born 1948), American bodybuilder
- Carl Birdsong (born 1959), American football player
- Cindy Birdsong (born 1939), American singer
- Edwin Birdsong (born 1950), American organist
- Gary Birdsong, American fundamentalist preacher
- Keith Birdsong, Native American illustrator
- Larry Birdsong (1934–1990), American R&B singer
- Mary Birdsong (born 1968), American actress
- Otis Birdsong (born 1955), American basketball player
Usage examples of "birdsong".
I was full of these thoughts when suddenly the Arkie spotted me and broke into a frenzy of birdsong.
Birdsongs filled the air, especially just after sunrise when Audubon and Harris started out each day.
Birdsong instead of a playmate with a sunny disposition like Bena Peyton.
Birdsong tucked up her hair in a careless knot, and reached out her arms for the filmy wrap Bena had brought from the guest room.
The fresh summer morning breathtakingly beautiful, but she barely noticed the pink blush of dawn or the riotous chorus of birdsong from the broadleaf maples lining the road.
Brandenburg Concertos for my ear, but I am open to wonder whether the same events are recalled by the rhythms of insects, the long, pulsing runs of birdsong, the descants of whales, the modulated vibrations of a million locusts in migration, the tympani of gorilla breasts, termite heads, drumfish bladders.
III After the hum of the Forum and the hurly-burly of the Roman squares, the Falco apartment was blessedly still, though faint noises rose from the street below and occasional birdsong could be heard across the acres of red tiled roofs.
Birdsong read out details of the newspaper and date, which the stenotypist recorded, then swung back to Nim.
Stroking her with one hand, I noticed the title, The Merry Widows by Mary Birdsong.
Nim thought glumly: The soft approach, excessive worrying about an elusive public image, pussyfooting, never standing up to the Birdsongs of the world by employing their own tough tactics in reverse -all these were the order of the day.
She could smell summer and dust, and hear wind, birdsongs, and distant traffic.
To accomplish this, Birdsong employed a small army of university students as canvassers and Nancy bad managed to locate several-now ex-students -who bad worked for him.
Birdsong, until ordered otherwise-but ordered officially, not by overinflated, self-appointed pecksniffs like you.
Surrounding Hefn and transceiver, a disk of April -- pink smears of blooming redbuds, fervent birdsong -- had superimposed itself on the dead of winter.
With the caroling of choirs in temple belfries, the trill of birdsong in gardens, the cry of vendors of oysters and shoes and sharpening echoing from the walls, the wicker of horses and laughter of children at games, the empire could be seen as a glorious and happy placeproviding the visitor could ignore memories of marching armies, oppressive taxes, wasteful practices, and the blind and stupid disregard and neglect of any non-Netherese "undermen.