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How A Bird Inspired Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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In order to explore the relationship between the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the starling he adopted, author and naturalist Lyanda Lynn Haupt adopted one of her own.

Here & Now's Robin Young spoke with Haupt (@LyandaHaupt), who writes about both birds in her book "Mozart's Starling," last year.

This segment aired on May 22, 2018.

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