R. Murray Schafer
About R. Murray Schafer
R. Murray Schafer, geboren 1933 in Sarnia/Kanada, ist Komponist, Schriftsteller, Hörforscher und -pädagoge.
Seine Ausbildung als Pianist und Cembalist erhielt er ab dem zwölften Lebensjahr am Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. Ab 1954 studierte er Cembalo bei Greta Kraus an der University of Toronto und an gleicher Stelle Klavier bei Alberto Gierrero und Komposition bei John Weinzweig.
Schafer lehrte in den 1960er-Jahren an der Memorial University of Newfoundland und anschließend an der Simon-Fraser-Universität bei Vancouver. Anfang der 1970er-Jahre gründete er dort das World Soundscape Project.
Anfang der 1970er-Jahre gründete er an der Simon-Fraser-Universität bei Vancouver das World Soundscape Project. Seine wohl einflussreichste Publikation wurde The Turning of the World, worin er seine Lehre von der "Akustischen Ökologie" darlegt.
Im Zentrum seines umfangreichen musikalischen Œuvres stehen symphonische Werke sowie der 12-teilige Musiktheaterzyklus Patria; außerdem schrieb Schafer zahlreiche Chor- und Kammermusikwerke.
Für seine Kompositionen und Schriften erhielt Schafer zahlreiche internationale Auszeichnungen und Preise, darunter ein Stipendium der Guggenheim Foundation (1974), den Prix Honegger (1980), und den Louis Applebaum Composer's Award für sein Lebenswerk (1999).
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Composer: R. Murray SchaferMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: accordion and orchestra
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Composer: R. Murray SchaferMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: flute and orchestra
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Composer: R. Murray SchaferMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: guitar and orchestra
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Composer: R. Murray SchaferMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: harp and orchestra
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Composer: R. Murray SchaferMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: harpsichord and 8 wind instruments
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Composer: R. Murray SchaferMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: viola and orchestra
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Eine Kulturgeschichte des HörensAuthor: R. Murray SchaferEditor: Sabine BreitsameterMedia Type: BookLanguage: GermanProduct number: ED 20857In stock€39.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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for orchestraComposer: R. Murray SchaferMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: orchestra
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for orchestraComposer: R. Murray SchaferMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: orchestra
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for string quartet and orchestraComposer: R. Murray SchaferMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: string quartet and orchestra
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for soprano and orchestraComposer: R. Murray SchaferMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: soprano and orchestra
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for string orchestraComposer: R. Murray SchaferMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: string orchestra
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(Listen to the Incense)Composer: R. Murray SchaferMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: orchestra
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for mezzo-soprano and orchestraComposer: R. Murray SchaferMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: mezzo-soprano and orchestra
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for orchestraComposer: R. Murray SchaferMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: orchestra
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for mezzo-soprano and orchestraComposer: R. Murray SchaferMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: mezzo-soprano and orchestra
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Von der menschlichen Stimme, dem Universum der Klänge und Geräusche inmitten der Stille. Klangreise in das Studio Akustische Kunst des WDR von Klaus SchöningComposer: Charles Amirkhanian | Ros Bandt | Klarenz Barlow | Barry Bermange | Jack Body | George Brecht | John Cage | Paul Carter | Werner Cee | Henry Chopin | Carlfriedrich Claus | Frank Corcoran | Philip Corner | Alvin Curran | Raimund Fleiter | Bill Fontana | Marielouise Franke | Malcolm Goldstein | Sorrel Hays | Hans G. Helms | Pierre Henry | Sarah Hopkins | Stephan von Huene | Hans Ulrich Humpert | Ernst Jandl | Arsenije Jovanovic | Mauricio Kagel | Alison Knowles | Richard Kostelanetz | Ferdinand Kriwet | Francisco Kroepfl | Joan La Barbara | Emmanuelle Loubet | Jackson MacLow | Friederike Mayroecker | Franz Mon | Charles Morrow | Linda Mussman | Pauline Oliveros | Richard Ortmann | Hans Otte | Peter Pannke | Carlo Quartucci | Douglas Quin | Michael Riessler | Jerome Rothenberg | Gerhard Ruehm | Nicola Sani | R. Murray Schafer | Thomas Schulz | Ronald Steckel | Susan Stone | Anne Tardos | Randy Thom | Josephine Truman | Ralf R. WassermannMedia Type: 2 CDsEdition: 2 CDs with 80-page booklet in slipcaseProduct number: WER 63072In stock€24.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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for orchestraComposer: R. Murray SchaferMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: orchestra
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for five solo percussionists and orchestraComposer: R. Murray SchaferMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: 5 percussionists and orchestra
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for orchestra and off-stage choral groupsComposer: R. Murray SchaferMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: orchestra and choir
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for orchestraComposer: R. Murray SchaferMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: orchestra
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for violin and orchestraComposer: R. Murray SchaferMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: violin and orchestra
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for trumpet and orchestraComposer: R. Murray SchaferMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: trumpet and soprano (opt.) and orchestra
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for mezzo-soprano and orchestraComposer: R. Murray SchaferMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: mezzo-soprano and orchestra
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Cantata for 5 child narrators, chorus (SATB), orchestra and electronic soundsComposer: R. Murray SchaferMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: 5 child narrators, chorus (SATB), orchestra and electronic sounds
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for mezzo-soprano and orchestraComposer: R. Murray SchaferMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: mezzo-soprano and orchestra