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This is the second song from page 3 of R. Murray Schafer's Seventeen Haiku. It includes the original Japanese text for the haiku by Issa Kobayashi, followed by a phonetic transcription, and an English translation. It also features the meaning of the…

The music shown is from Hymn to Night. Inscription: SOMETIMES WE SPENT WHOLE DAYS... | ...LISTENING... | ...TO SINGLE SOUNDS... The drawing is on page 44 of Schafer's "Smoke: A Novel".

This book by R. Murray Schafer is filled with listening and sound making exercises that allow the student to begin thinking more deeply about sounds and their environment. This book will help the participants "clean" their ear and explore questions…

support to the idea of his educationnal skills, showing with great details and attention how to perform, think and act the piece.

Photo de la peinture du personnage mythologique d'Ariadne d'Angelica Kauffmann.

This notice was issued by the City of Ottawa to residents surrounding the East Portal tunnel construction site of the O-Train Confederation Line. It informs residents that OLRT constructors hold a by-law exemption allowing them to perform overnight…

Beethoven's 3rd symphony analysed by Schafer as a demonstration of inevitable noise and undesired sound in music. The image shows how if you take part of a concert or listen to a live experience, these noises will be part of the performance, as to…

An illustration found on page 198 of The Tuning of the World titled Description of a Sound Event. Consists of a table of symbols explaining how to describe a sound event using qualifiers such as duration, frequency, duration, and fluctuation. The…

A step by step guide to describing a sound event, as seen in R. Murray Schafer's, The Tuning of the World

Une photo d'un dessin du visage de Dionysos, le dieux de la fête et de l'excès.