Geophony, Biophony, and Anthrophony

What do these words mean? Biophony is the melodic sound created by such organisms as frogs and birds; geophony, the composition of non-biological sounds like wind, rain and thunder; and anthrophony, the conglomeration of noise spawned by human activity. What they add up to is a cacophony--a mix of sounds made by the environment, and by people; a background to which most have become tone-deaf. "Another word for it is 'soundscape,'" says Pijanowski. [Read more] ...