VPMA99H3 Chapter : Murray Schafer Study Guide
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Studied in university of toronto with john weinzweig. World soundscape project is a study of relationships between people and their acoustic environment. Early concerto for harpsichord and eight wind instruments and sonatina for flute and. Harpsichord were influenced by weinzweig, neoclassicism of stravinsky, and les six. Ear cleaning and new soundscape are projects that he experience students and infuse cage"s concepts of creative hearing and sensory awareness. Epitaph for moonlight introduced young musicians to unusual sounds in create process. Used buddhist text for from the tibetan book of the dead in lustro. Concerned about damaging effects of noise on people, especially those near sonic sewer. Tuning of the world summarized his soundscape research. 2 was based on intervals at which ocean waves crest. Graphic notation of no longer than ten minutes was influenced by charts made of vancouver traffic noise. Search for hi-fidelity soundscape led him to move in an ontario farmhouse.