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The Sight of Sound: A Look into R. Murray Schafer's Graphic Notation

This exhibit serves as an analysis of R. Murray Schafer’s graphic notation and how it has impacted musical performance and music education. 

 

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Bibliography

Chan, Amy, and Alistair Noble. 2009. Sounds in Translation: Intersections of Music, Technology, and  Society. Canberra, Australia: ANU Press.

Coleman, Randolph. 1994. "R. Murray Schafer, Snowforms, for Children's Voices (1982)." Notes 50 (3): 1186-1190.              

McNab, Lynne. 2016. “Graphic Notation in the Elementary School Music Classroom.” Master’s thesis, Nipissing University.

Pascucci, Crystal. 2014. “Functions of Notation.” Master’s thesis, Mills College. 

Peters, Beryl. 2011. “The Orff Approach and Canadian Music Education   Curriculum for the 21st Century*.” Canadian Music Educator 53 (2): 29-31.

Rutherford, Sherrill. 2014. “Is Murray Schafer’s Creative Music Education Relevant in the 21st  Century?” Canadian Music Educator 55 (3): 16-20.

Varin, François. Photograph of R. Murray Schafer Conducting. Canadian Music Centre.

Varin, François. 1971. Photograph of R. Murray Schafer Teaching. Canadian Music Centre.

Sawatzky, David. 2012. “An Analysis of Graphic Notation and Its Impact on Conducting Gesture in Selected Works of R. Murray Schafer.” PhD thesis, University of Illinois.

Schafer, R. Murray. 1967. Ear Cleaning; Notes for an Experimental Music Course. Toronto, Ontario: BMI Canada.

Schafer, R. Murray. 2012. My Life on Earth & Elsewhere. Erin, Ontario: Porcupine's Quill.

Schafer, R. Murray. 1986. Snowforms. Toronto, Ontario: Arcana Editions.

Schafer, R. Murray. 1979. The Rhinoceros in the Classroom. London: Universal Edition.

Schafer, R. Murray. The Tuning of the World. Ms, 1977. Library and Archives Canada.

Scott, L. Brett. 2007. “The Choral Music of Raymond Murray Schafer: Insights and Influences.” Choral Journal 48 (2): 43-52.