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.
Item cataloged by Robyn Nicholls, University of Ottawa.
Language
English
Coverage
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Rights
Copyright © R. Murray Schafer
Files
Citation
Schafer, R. Murray, “Music for Wilderness Lake: Dusk (excerpt),” SCHAFER 360, accessed October 26, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/schafer360/items/show/58.