SCHAFER 360

R. Murray Schafer 360°

String Quartet No. 2, "Waves" (Excerpt)

Title

String Quartet No. 2, "Waves" (Excerpt)

Creator

Schafer, R. Murray

Subject

Waves
Music Notation
String Quartet
Music
Slowing
Crest
Speeding

Description

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.

Format

legend (p. 3); musical score

Identifier

UO-RMS360-LAC-STRINGWAVES-85-IX-8-3

Source

Library and Archives Canada, The R. Murray Schafer Papers, Accession 1977-7, MUS85, Box IX , folder 8, page 3.

Item catalogued by Brett Fortin, University of Ottawa.

Language

English

Coverage

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Rights

Copyright © R. Murray Schafer

Files

stringwaves.jpg

Citation

Schafer, R. Murray, “String Quartet No. 2, "Waves" (Excerpt),” SCHAFER 360, accessed October 26, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/schafer360/items/show/62.

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