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A great silence is spreading over the natural world even as the sound of man is becoming deafening.

Bernie Krause

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Bernie Krause
Age: 85
Born: 1938
Born: December 8
Musician
Sound Artist
Detroit
Michigan
Bernard L. Krause
Great
Even
Men
Deafening
World
Spreading
Becoming
Silence
Sound
Natural

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