nightingale
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Just as the familiar tune “In the Hall of the Mountain King” gradually builds speed “accelerando,” as the compositional notation is known, some birdsong does too, like that of the nightingale.
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023
For decades, the "nightingale of Bollywood" was the country's most in-demand singer, with every top actress wanting her to sing their songs.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2022
In 1924, the BBC recorded the cellist Beatrice Harrison playing in her garden accompanied by a nightingale.
From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2020
The book has the line “for the first time ever, a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square.”
From The Verge • May 30, 2019
“The bird said...It doesn’t make a lot of sense. She said, ‘The nightingale makes them bleed, makes them pay.’
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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