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Music for Wilderness Lake: Dusk (excerpt)

Title

Music for Wilderness Lake: Dusk (excerpt)

Creator

Schafer, R. Murray

Subject

music score; musical notation; notation musicale; performance notes; notes de performance; symbols; text; texte

Description

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 mutes, glissandi and overlapping alternations to depict sounds of nature, such as wolf howls, or loon calls.

Date

1979

Format

musical score (pg. 8-9); text;graphic notation

Identifier

UO-RMS360-LAC-DUSK-24-M54-8

Source

Library and Archives Canada, The R. Murray Schafer Papers, Accession 1977-7, MUS85, Box 24, Folder M 5-4, pg. 8-9

Item cataloged by Robyn Nicholls, University of Ottawa.

Language

English

Coverage

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Rights

Copyright © R. Murray Schafer

Files

UO-RMS360-LAC-DUSK-24-M54-8.jpg

Citation

Schafer, R. Murray, “Music for Wilderness Lake: Dusk (excerpt),” SCHAFER 360, accessed November 21, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/schafer360/items/show/58.

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