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Page 2 of "Situation Music", composition for brass quintet, provides information to performers on how to stage the performance. Examples of shapes and figures that are noted in the score are provided with a brief explanation.

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.

Exhibition of musical manuscripts and sound sculpture.

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

Maureen Forrester sings Schafer's Adieu Robert Schuman at the premier at the National Arts Centre on March 14th 1978 conducted by Mario Bernardi.

A diagram comparing and visualizing the tone of a bell versus a horn, found on page 260 of The Tuning of the World. The illustration represents a visualized cross section of the resulting sounds, which provides context illuminating Schafer's approach…

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.

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…

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

Commissioned by the CBC in 1976, Adieu, Robert Schumann is a piece for voice and orchestra. The piece uses letters by Clara Schumann to her husband Robert Schumann during his last few days.