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The result was: promoted by Orlady (talk) 17:44, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Pied Butcherbird

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... that the songs of the Pied Butcherbird have inspired and been incorporated into musical compositions of Henry Tate, Olivier Messiaen, Elaine Barkin, John Rodgers, and John Williamson, among others?

Created/expanded by Casliber (talk). Self nom at 14:28, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

NB: reviewed Théâtre de la Mode

Possible alt hook...Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:40, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

ALT1... that the song of the Pied Butcherbird has been likened to the opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony?

I like the original hook much better than Alt1, but it was just over 200 characters. I removed one name (David Lumsdaine), so all good now. -- P 1 9 9 • TALK 18:15, 19 December 2011 (UTC)