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Hear Me Out (Excerpt)
Page 2 of 'Hear Me Out' for 4 voices. As explained by R. Murray Schafer "aural figures of speech" are noted to be performed somewhere between recitation and song. Includes performance suggestions on tempo, dynamic and body movements.
String Quartet No. 2, "Waves" (Excerpt)
Duration of crest to crest is notated within the score. R. Murray Schafer writes "speed up," and "gradually getting slower" in order to imitate the sound of waves.
String Quartet No. 2, "Waves" (Excerpt)
The duration of waves, and wave motion gives the string quartet it's rhythm and structure. R. Murray Schafer indicates this within the program.
Music for Wilderness Lake: Dusk (List of Signs Employed)
The list of signs employed provides a legend of performance instructions for this movement in Wilderness Lake. The signs employed include the performer turning in a circle (to project sound in different corners), creating a wolf howl, playing the…
Music for Wilderness Lake: Dusk (excerpt)
This excerpt of "Dusk" from Music for Wilderness Lake includes graphic notation and written text to demonstrate natures sounds the performers make and to give the performers an idea of how the music is to be played. The directions include the use of…
Music for Wilderness Lake: Dusk (excerpt)
This excerpt from Dusk shows the opening measures and performance notes for the movement. In the performance note below, Schafer indicates that before the piece begins, the performers should test the environment in which they're playing in by…
My Life on Earth & Elsewhere (drawing)
This abstracted drawing of a composite animal playing a stringed instrument is found on page twenty nine of Schafer's book My Life on Earth& Elsewhere. The drawing is paired with a caption that reads "I never thought I would make a living in art…
Table of Sound Preferences from Tuning of the World
A table of aesthetic preferences for different sounds across various locations found in the appendix of R. Murray Schafer's book Tuning of the World
Table of Noise Complaint Types from Tuning of the World Manuscript
This chart from the Tuning of the World manuscript shows the most common types of noise complaints received by municipal offices around the world, as well as how many times they were mentioned in each category. This table is an expanded version of…
Description of a Sound Event from Tuning of the World
A step by step guide to describing a sound event, as seen in R. Murray Schafer's, The Tuning of the World