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This is the title page from a book found in Morrisset Library written by R. Murray Schafer, ''Creative Music Education: A Handbook for the Modern Music Teacher.'' . It discusses the challenges and solutions for music education in the modern era.

Children making a ''paper symphony'', from a school experimenting with the concept of music soundscape inspired by Schafer.

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.

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

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 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.

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…

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

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

Exhibition of musical manuscripts and sound sculpture.