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'''Raymond Murray Schafer''' (1933) is a Canadian composer, writer, music educator and environmentalist perhaps best known for his ''World Soundscape Project'', concern for acoustic ecology, and his book ''The Tuning of the World'' (1977).
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'''Raymond Murray Schafer''' (18 July 1933, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada - 14 August 2021, Peterborough, Ontario) was a Canadian composer, writer, music educator and environmentalist perhaps best known for his ''World Soundscape Project'', concern for acoustic ecology, and his book ''The Tuning of the World'' (1977).
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Schafer studied harpsichord and piano in Toronto and London, and literature, music and philosophy in Vienna. He pioneered research in the field of acoustic ecology in 1972, and has since remained active as a researcher, notably with the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology. As a professor at Simon Fraser University (Burnaby, B.C., Canada) from 1965-1975, he founded the World Soundscape Project as well as the Studio for Sonic Research and Electronic Music.
  
 
==Publications==
 
==Publications==
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* ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=7905 The New Soundscape: A Handbook for the Modern Music Teacher]'', Scarborough/Ontario: Berandol Music, and New York: Associated Music Publishers, 1969, 67 pp.
 
* ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=7905 The New Soundscape: A Handbook for the Modern Music Teacher]'', Scarborough/Ontario: Berandol Music, and New York: Associated Music Publishers, 1969, 67 pp.
  
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* ''The Book of Noise'', Wellington, NZ: Price, Milburn, 1970; repr., Indian River, ON: Arcana Editions, 1998.
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* ''[[Media:Schafer R Murray The Book of Noise 1970.pdf|The Book of Noise]]'', Wellington, NZ: Price, Milburn, 1970, 30 pp; repr., Indian River, ON: Arcana Editions, 1998. A publication of the World Soundscape Project. [https://www.sfu.ca/sonic-studio-webdav/index2.html]
  
 
* ''When Words Sing'', 1970.
 
* ''When Words Sing'', 1970.
  
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* ''The Music of the Environment'', Vienna: Universal Edition, 1973.
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* ''[[Media:Schafer R Murray The Music of the Environment 1973.pdf|The Music of the Environment]]'', Vienna: Universal Edition, 1973, 35 pp. A publication of the World Soundscape Project.
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* editor, ''Sound Heritage'' 3(4): "The World Soundscape Project", 1974. [https://www.sfu.ca/sonic-studio-webdav/index2.html Selected essays]. [https://www.scribd.com/read/423724442/The-World-Soundscape-Project] [https://publications.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/product/sound-heritage-the-world-soundscape-project/]
  
 
* ''E.T.A. Hoffmann and Music'', 1975.
 
* ''E.T.A. Hoffmann and Music'', 1975.
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* ''The Tuning of the World'', New York: Knopf, 1977; repr. as ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=9970 The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment and the Tuning of the World]'', Rochester/Vermont: Destiny Books, 1993, 320 pp.
 
* ''The Tuning of the World'', New York: Knopf, 1977; repr. as ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=9970 The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment and the Tuning of the World]'', Rochester/Vermont: Destiny Books, 1993, 320 pp.
 
** ''[[Media:Schafer_R_Murray_A_afinacao_do_mundo.pdf|A afinação do mundo]]'', trans. Marisa Trench Fonterrada, São Paulo: UNESP, 1997. {{br-pt}}
 
** ''[[Media:Schafer_R_Murray_A_afinacao_do_mundo.pdf|A afinação do mundo]]'', trans. Marisa Trench Fonterrada, São Paulo: UNESP, 1997. {{br-pt}}
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* editor, ''[[Media:Schafer R Murray ed European Sound Diary 1978.pdf|European Sound Diary]]'', Vancouver: A.R.C. Publications, 1978, 100 pp. A publication of the World Soundscape Project.
  
 
* ''The Thinking Ear: Complete Writings on Music Education'', Toronto: Arcana, 1986, 342 pp. Contains "The composer in the classroom", "Ear cleaning", "The new soundscape", "When words sing", "The rhinoceros in the classroom", and "Beyond the music room".
 
* ''The Thinking Ear: Complete Writings on Music Education'', Toronto: Arcana, 1986, 342 pp. Contains "The composer in the classroom", "Ear cleaning", "The new soundscape", "When words sing", "The rhinoceros in the classroom", and "Beyond the music room".
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; Articles
 
; Articles
 
* "The Graphics of Musical Thought", in ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=5681 Sound Sculpture: A Collection of Essays by Artists Surveying the Techniques, Applications, and Future Directions of Sound Sculpture]'', ed. John Grayson, Vancouver: Aesthetic Research Centre of Canada, 1975, pp 99-125.
 
* "The Graphics of Musical Thought", in ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=5681 Sound Sculpture: A Collection of Essays by Artists Surveying the Techniques, Applications, and Future Directions of Sound Sculpture]'', ed. John Grayson, Vancouver: Aesthetic Research Centre of Canada, 1975, pp 99-125.
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==Interviews==
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* "Soundscape in the Age of Networks. Murray Schafer in Conversation with Sabine Breitsameter", Apr 2005. [http://www.swr.de/swr2/audiohyperspace/engl_version/interview/schafer.html]
  
 
==Links==
 
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* http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/emc/schafer-r-murray
 
* http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/emc/schafer-r-murray
 
* http://biblio.uottawa.ca/omeka2/schafer360/
 
* http://biblio.uottawa.ca/omeka2/schafer360/
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* http://www.sfu.ca/%7Etruax/wsp.html
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* http://composers21.com/compdocs/schaferm.htm
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* Obituaries: [https://www.cbc.ca/music/r-murray-schafer-composer-writer-and-acoustic-ecologist-has-died-at-88-1.5404868 Robert Rowat] (CBC Music), [https://peterboroughcurrents.ca/arts/memories-of-r-murray-schafer/ Claude Schryer] (Peterborough Currents).
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Murray_Schafer Wikipedia]
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Murray_Schafer Wikipedia]
  
 
[[Category:Sound art|Schafer, R. Murray]]
 
[[Category:Sound art|Schafer, R. Murray]]

Revision as of 11:55, 7 October 2021

Raymond Murray Schafer (18 July 1933, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada - 14 August 2021, Peterborough, Ontario) was a Canadian composer, writer, music educator and environmentalist perhaps best known for his World Soundscape Project, concern for acoustic ecology, and his book The Tuning of the World (1977).

Schafer studied harpsichord and piano in Toronto and London, and literature, music and philosophy in Vienna. He pioneered research in the field of acoustic ecology in 1972, and has since remained active as a researcher, notably with the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology. As a professor at Simon Fraser University (Burnaby, B.C., Canada) from 1965-1975, he founded the World Soundscape Project as well as the Studio for Sonic Research and Electronic Music.

Publications

Books
  • Ezra Pound and Music, 1961.
  • The Composer in the Classroom, 1965.
    • "O compositor na sala de aula", in Schafer, Ouvido pensante, São Paulo: UNESP, 1991, pp 19-65; 2nd ed., 2012. (Brazilian Portuguese)
  • The Book of Noise, Wellington, NZ: Price, Milburn, 1970, 30 pp; repr., Indian River, ON: Arcana Editions, 1998. A publication of the World Soundscape Project. [1]
  • When Words Sing, 1970.
  • E.T.A. Hoffmann and Music, 1975.
  • editor, European Sound Diary, Vancouver: A.R.C. Publications, 1978, 100 pp. A publication of the World Soundscape Project.
  • The Thinking Ear: Complete Writings on Music Education, Toronto: Arcana, 1986, 342 pp. Contains "The composer in the classroom", "Ear cleaning", "The new soundscape", "When words sing", "The rhinoceros in the classroom", and "Beyond the music room".
    • O ouvido pensante, trans. Marisa Trench de O. Fonterrada, Magda R. Gomes da Silva and Maria Lucia Pascoal, São Paulo: UNESP, 1992. (Brazilian Portuguese)
  • Voices of Tyranny, Temples of Silence, Toronto: Arcana, 1993.
Articles

Interviews

  • "Soundscape in the Age of Networks. Murray Schafer in Conversation with Sabine Breitsameter", Apr 2005. [4]

Links

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