R. Murray Schafer: The New Soundscape: A Handbook for the Modern Music Teacher (1969)
14 April 2013, dusan
Filed under book | Tags: · acoustics, education, music, music theory, noise, schizophonia, sound
“Overheard in the lobby after the premiere of Beethoven’s Fifth: ‘Yes, but is it music?’
Overheard in the lobby after the premiere of Wagner’s Tristan: ‘Yes, but is it music?’
Overheard in the lobby after the premiere of Stravinsky’s Sacre: ‘Yes, but is it music?’
Overheard in the lobby after the premiere of Varèse’s Poème électronique: ‘Yes, but is it music?’
A jet scrapes the sky over my head and I ask: ‘Yes, but is it music? Perhaps the pilot has mistaken his profession?’ ” (Preface)
Publisher Berandol Music Limited, Scarborough, Ontario, and Associated Music Publishers, New York, 1969
67 pages
via Charles Turner
PDF (updated to OCR’d version via John Erik Kristensen on 2016-11-11, 2 MB)
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