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

The nightingale gives its lifeblood to create a perfect red rose.

From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2020

Animals have always come and gone, medieval wolves, later Keats’ nightingale, later still a rare wallaby, spotted bounding through the trees in spring 2019.

From The Guardian • Mar. 5, 2020

The Roman writers who told the story somehow got the sisters confused and said that the tongueless Philomela was the nightingale, which was obviously absurd.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton