What role do the vintage bird illustrations and avian information, which were not in the original book, play in the Korean edition?
While browsing through the bird song score book transcribed by a musician, I saw a note stating that bird illustrations and information not in the original book were added, and I wanted to know what purpose this visual material serves in the book.
Beside the bird song sheet music transcribed onto five-line staves by the 19th-century musician, it helps you compare and examine at a glance the appearance and information of the birds that make those sounds.
The original book published in 1892 contained only text and transcribed musical scores, but in the Korean edition, bird illustrations and ecological information unearthed from vintage materials are placed side by side[1][2].
『야생 숲의 노트』, translated and published by Franz, is a book in which 19th-century American musician Simeon Pease Cheney transcribed the songs of wild birds onto musical staves[3]. Although bird songs transcribed into sheet music show the pitch and rhythm, it is not easy to picture the forest scene in one's mind without knowing what the bird that made the sound looks like.
Accordingly, the Korean edition refines and includes illustrations of the relevant birds found in historical literature, and adds brief avian information[4]. It is composed so that while following the notes on the staff, you can compare the feathers, beak, name, and ecological characteristics of the owner of that sound.
hmmm, for readers who follow the musical score with their eyes and imagine the sound with their ears, this visual material serves as a kind guide connecting music and nature.
The specific sources from which the bird illustrations were collected or the names of the vintage materials have not yet been confirmed in official materials.