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'''Jim Nollman''' (born 31 January 1947 in [[Boston]]) is a composer of music for theatre, an internationally distinguished [[conceptual artist]], and an [[environmental activist]]. He graduated from [[Tufts University]] in 1969. |
'''Jim Nollman''' (born 31 January 1947 in [[Boston]]) is a composer of music for theatre, an internationally distinguished [[conceptual artist]], and an [[environmental activist]]. He graduated from [[Tufts University]] in 1969. |
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In 1973, he was commissioned to compose a Thanksgiving Day radio piece for a U.S. national network, and recorded himself singing children's songs with three hundred turkeys. He has recorded interspecies music with [[wolves]], [[Gerbil|desert rats]], [[deer]], [[elk]], [[whales]], and [[dolphins]]. He has also released several albums on [[Folkways Records]], including ''Playing Music with Animals: Interspecies Communication of Jim Nollman with 300 Turkeys, 12 Wolves and 20 Orcas.'' |
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He directed one of [[Greenpeace|Greenpeace's]] first overseas projects, at [[Iki Island]], [[Japan]], where fishermen were slaughtering dolphins to compensate for human overfishing. |
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==Publications== |
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Jim Nollman is the author of five books, including ''The Man Who Talks to Whales'' (Sentient Publications, ISBN 0-9710786-2-9), originally published under the title ''Dolphin Dreamtime'' (Bantam Books, 1987)<ref>http://www.doyletics.com/_arj1/dolphind.htm</ref> and ''Why We Garden'' (Sentient Publications, ISBN 1-59181-025-6). He has also written essays which are anthologized in several collections of nature writing. He is contributing editor of the largest whale site on the Internet, with 10,000 visitors a month.<ref name="stats"> |
Jim Nollman is the author of five books, including ''The Man Who Talks to Whales'' (Sentient Publications, ISBN 0-9710786-2-9), originally published under the title ''Dolphin Dreamtime'' (Bantam Books, 1987)<ref>http://www.doyletics.com/_arj1/dolphind.htm</ref> and ''Why We Garden'' (Sentient Publications, ISBN 1-59181-025-6). He has also written essays which are anthologized in several collections of nature writing. He is contributing editor of the largest whale site on the Internet, with 10,000 visitors a month.<ref name="stats"> |
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Revision as of 20:06, 16 October 2012
Jim Nollman (born 31 January 1947 in Boston) is a composer of music for theatre, an internationally distinguished conceptual artist, and an environmental activist. He graduated from Tufts University in 1969.
Jim Nollman is the author of five books, including The Man Who Talks to Whales (Sentient Publications, ISBN 0-9710786-2-9), originally published under the title Dolphin Dreamtime (Bantam Books, 1987)[1] and Why We Garden (Sentient Publications, ISBN 1-59181-025-6). He has also written essays which are anthologized in several collections of nature writing. He is contributing editor of the largest whale site on the Internet, with 10,000 visitors a month.[2]
References
- ^ http://www.doyletics.com/_arj1/dolphind.htm
- ^ "Usage Statistics for www.interspecies.com (January 2007)". Retrieved 13 June 2007.