7 volumes of music : illustrations, portraits ; 34 cm
OCLC
ocm00761297, ocm00761297
Each volume includes a list of all the birds that sing in the work.
Preceding each song is an introduction, setting the scene of the piece with location and season.
Biography of composer in French, English, German and Spanish ; list of birds represented in the work in French, Latin, English, German and Spanish ; introductions to each song in French.
1er livre. Le chocard des Alpes (coracia graculus) ; Le loriot (oriolus oriolus) ; Le merle bleu (monticola solitarius) -- 2e livre. Le traquet stapazin (œnanthe hispanica) -- 3e livre. La chouette hulotte (strix aluco) ; L'alouette lulu (lullula arborea) -- 4e livre. La rousserolle effarvatte (acrocephalus scirpaceus) -- 5e livre. L'alouette calandrelle (calandrella brachydactyla) ; La bouscarle (cettia cetti) -- 6e livre. Le merle de roche (monticola saxatilis) -- 7e livre. La buse variable (buteo buteo) ; Le traquet rieur (œnanthe leucura) ; Le courlis cendré (numenius arquata)