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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 a page from one of Schafer's books, Creative Music Education. This page features an example of Schafer's sight-singing exercises designed for school-aged students, and also includes a short letter from a music teacher.

Performer's notes for Sun: A Composition for Choir. This gives insight into how Schafer intended his musical notation to be performed.

Excerpt from R. Murray Schafer’s work Patria II: Requiems for the Party Girl. This excerpt demonstrates the composer’s use of graphic notation and of multiple languages within his work.

This is an excerpt from R. Murray Schafer’s "Requiems for the Party Girl." Notated is Ariadne’s fifth aria of the work. The excerpt demonstrates fragments of Schafer’s graphic notation, and how text is set within his score.

An excerpt from page 229 of My Life on Earth and Elsewhere where Schafer discusses the performance of Seventeen Haiku and speaks about his friend and fellow composer Komei Harasawa, the Utaoni Choir, and his experiences in Japan.

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…

This is the cover of the book Ear Cleaning: Notes for an Experimental Music Course. It discusses the importance of protecting our ear from our sonic environment plus how to protect it in an environment as noisy as our modern society.

Une photo du dessin de R. Murray Schafer représentant les multiples facettes de la personnalité d'Ariadne.