A good overview on the topic, drawing some historical lines:
Doolittle, Emily Leonore. „Crickets in the Concert Hall: A History of Animals in Western Music“. In: Trans. Revista Transcultural de Música 12 (2008). http://www.sibetrans.com/trans/articulo/94/crickets-in-the-concert-hall-a-history-of-animals-in-western-music
We won't cover the ethnomusicological perspective in the course. But as Harley briefly touched upon it, I recommend the book based on this influential book, originally a PhD thesis published in 1982:
Feld, Steven. Sound and sentiment: Birds, Weeping, Poetics, and Song in Kaluli Expression. 3rd ed. Duke University Press, 2012.
