The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment & the Tuning of the World by R. Murray Schafer

The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment & the Tuning of the World



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ISBN: 9780892814558
Page: 320
Publisher: Inner Traditions/Bear & Company


Each of these sonic environments is linked to the others that surround it in a most particular way: sometimes you can hear them cross-fading into each other, some othe time it's enough to take a sideway street to experience a sharp change in the . Murray (born 18 July 1933) is a Canadian composer, writer, music educator and environmentalist perhaps best known for his World Soundscape Project, concern for acoustic ecology, and his book The Tuning of the World (1977), of which I'll talk now. Watson's 3 elements correlate nicely to the taxonomy for analysing acoustic environments outlined by R.Murray Schafer in his influential book “The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment and the Tuning of the World”. We can become more mindful of the impact of human activity on Schafer, R.M. The book talks about our sonic environment, the ever-present array of noises with which we all live. Murray Schafer in his 1977 book “The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment and the Tuning of the World”. I often think about a statement made by R. Murray Schafer is a book that argues forcefully and poetically for us to open our ears and listen to the sonic environment, because the quiet spaces and natural tempos that we require for a healthy and enjoyable life are in danger of being lost. The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment and the Tuning of the World. The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment and the Tuning of the World · R. I have really been getting into the book 'The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment and the tuning of the World' by the composer and Soundscape researcher R. Rochester, Vermont, USA: Destiny Books.

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