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R. Murray Schafer
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Canadian composer (1933–2021)
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Within Vinony's link graph, R. Murray Schafer is referenced by 202 other articles, and connects out to Canadian Encyclopedia, The Royal Conservatory of Music and Canada Council for the Arts.
Vinony files it under 1933 births, 2021 deaths and 20th-century Canadian classical composers.
Its subject is documented across 15 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 103
Top works
- R. Murray Schafer
- Niḳui oznayim
- The New Soundscape
- E. T. A. Hoffman and Music
- Five village soundscapes
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Canada
- Active from
- 1933
- Active to
- 2021
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,636
- Total plays
- 10,277
Tags
Raymond Murray Schafer (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). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/R.+Murray+Schafer">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Schafer
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Sarnia
- Occupation
- scientist
- Educated at
- The Royal Conservatory of Music
- Employer
- Simon Fraser University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- documenta 8
- Field of work
- ecology
- Genre
- musical
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- R. Murray Schafer.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1933-01-01
- described by source
- UbuWeb
- date of death
- 2021-08-14
- name in native language
- Raymond Murray Schafer
- writing language
- English language
Sources (10)
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