When you’re displaced, ailing, and demoralized, sometimes the best thing you can do is just get away.

How tranquility and birdsong of the Adirondacks revitalized the creative spirit of Béla Bartók:

https://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2020/12/history-matters-bartoks-birds.html

Lots more about Bartók’s cabin at Saranac Lake (since restored):

https://localwiki.org/hsl/Bartok_Cabin

His Piano Concerto No. 3 (bird song influence particularly strong in the second movement, around 11:58):