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This is a photograph of a page from Schafer's Creative Music Notation, in which he discusses the idea that a particular musical texture (which he titles "confusions") can be notated in a musical score.

This is a photograph of a page from one of Schafer's books, Creative Music Education. It demonstrates Schafer's belief that musical texture can be notated, and shows two textures that Schafer featured in his compositions-he titled these "clouds" and…

This is an exercise created by Schafer to promote musical texture in choral singing. It is found in Creative Music Education.

"Neither the book nor the reader is silent. Listen to the sounds you can make together", writes composer R. Murray Schafer. This dedication for bp and Steve is handwritten and signed by R. Murray Schafer. It is found on page 1 of the unpublished…

R. Murray Schafer addresses the issues with sound notation. Soundscape notation is silent, and requires skill in order to properly notate these sound.

Diagrams on page 229 of R. Murray Schafer's unpublished manuscript "The Tuning of the World". The diagrams are Schafer's visual interpretations of sound duration, frequency, internal fluctuations, and dynamics. These interpretations are presented in…

Une photo d'une mosaïque crée au IVième siècle avant J.-C. qui démontre Thésée en train de combratte le minautore dans le labyrinthe mythologique.

Page 13 from the score for the Third String Quartet which features both conventional and graphic notation techniques.

A video still of a performance of a movement from Schafer’s Music for Wilderness Lake called Dawn. Performed at Central Park Lake, the performance was a follow up after another critically acclaimed piece that was performed at the same spot. (Schafer,…

A sound event diagram from page 201 of The Tuning of the World which compares a ringing telephone to a motorcycle engine, providing an example of how Schafer's notation symbols can be put into practice.