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Dein Angesicht is a piece by Robert Schumann. Schafer quotes this work, among many, in Adieu, Robert Schumann. This piece was written around the time when Schumann began to go crazy enhancing the themes in Schafer's piece.

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,…

Page 1 of R. Murray Schafer’s unpublished letter to his instrumentalists performing in “Music for Wilderness Lake.” Schafer gives the instrumentalists specific instructions of their formations for when they are performing, and a brief description of…

One of 18 'editing units' from the "'ritual drama' to be performed on a lake at dawn; for 4 sound-poets or actors, 6 dancers, solo soprano, double vocal quartet or double chorus (SAATTBB), flute, clarinet, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba and percussion…

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…

A recording of the Vancouver Chamber Choir performing R. Murray Schafer's Snowforms. In the background the score is displayed in conjunction with what is being sung.

Pedagogical exercise by R. Murray Schaffer, found on page 18 of his book, Ear Cleaning (1967). In this exercise, students are assigned 2, then 3, and then 4 notes, on which they are to improvise as creatively as possible.

This photo is featured in Schafer's book, Creative Music Education. It shows him leading a class in relaxation exercises.

This an example of graphic notation created by a student.

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