Alan Hovhaness composed "And God Created Great Whales", Op. 229, No. 1, a symphonic poem for orchestra and recorded whale sounds.
If you have not listened to it, you should. The whale sounds, produced by humpback whales as well as bowhead whales, seem to indicate intelligent communication. I cannot help but wonder what the whales are communicating to each other about.
In the music, sometimes the whales sounds seem a little angry. I imagine one whale saying to another: "I know you are having an affair with Janet. I am so done with you, you impotent piece of blubber."
Then maybe the angry whale whacks her partner with her pectoral fin.
Could they talk to each other in that fashion?
Or are their conversations more elementary and mundane, like "where are the krill today?"
Listening to "And God Created Great Whales"
Interestingly, the title is derived from Genesis 1:21
