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R. Murray Schafer

Canadian composer

Raymond Murray Schafer (July 18, 1933 – August 14, 2021) was 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). He was the first recipient of the Jules Léger Prize in 1978.

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Works

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  • A Garden of Bells
  • A Medieval Bestiary
  • A Medieval Bestiary: I. Leo the Lion
  • A Medieval Bestiary: II. The Panther
  • A Medieval Bestiary: III. The Antelope
  • A Medieval Bestiary: IV. The Elephant
  • A Medieval Bestiary: IX. The Hyaena
  • A Medieval Bestiary: V. Castor the Beaver
  • A Medieval Bestiary: VI. The Unicorn
  • A Medieval Bestiary: VII. The Weasel
  • A Medieval Bestiary: VIII. The Manticore
  • A Medieval Bestiary: X. The Bonnacon (The Bison)
  • A Medieval Bestiary: XI. The Bestiary
  • Adieu, Robert Schumann
  • Apocalypsis
  • Apocalypsis: Part One "John's Vision"
  • Apocalypsis: Part One "John's Vision": Interlude
  • Apocalypsis: Part One "John's Vision": Lament Over Babylon and Transition to the New Kingdom
  • Apocalypsis: Part One "John's Vision": Psalm
  • Apocalypsis: Part One "John's Vision": The Battle Between Good and Evil
  • Apocalypsis: Part One "John's Vision": The Cosmic Christ
  • Apocalypsis: Part One "John's Vision": The Court of Heaven
  • Apocalypsis: Part One "John's Vision": The Seven Seals
  • Apocalypsis: Part One "John's Vision": The Seven Trumpets
  • Apocalypsis: Part One "John's Vision": Vision of the End
  • Apocalypsis: Part Two "Credo"
  • Apocalypsis: Part Two "Credo": Invocation and Response 1
  • Apocalypsis: Part Two "Credo": Invocation and Response 10
  • Apocalypsis: Part Two "Credo": Invocation and Response 11
  • Apocalypsis: Part Two "Credo": Invocation and Response 12
  • Apocalypsis: Part Two "Credo": Invocation and Response 2
  • Apocalypsis: Part Two "Credo": Invocation and Response 3
  • Apocalypsis: Part Two "Credo": Invocation and Response 4
  • Apocalypsis: Part Two "Credo": Invocation and Response 5
  • Apocalypsis: Part Two "Credo": Invocation and Response 6
  • Apocalypsis: Part Two "Credo": Invocation and Response 7
  • Apocalypsis: Part Two "Credo": Invocation and Response 8
  • Apocalypsis: Part Two "Credo": Invocation and Response 9
  • Concerto for Flute
  • Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
  • Concerto for Flute: I. Fast and Frenzied
  • Concerto for Flute: II. Very Slow
  • Concerto for Flute: III. Quickly and Lightly
  • Concerto for Harpsichord and Eight Wind Instruments
  • Dream Rainbow Dream Thunder
  • Duo for Violin and Piano
  • Epitaph for Moonlight
  • Felix's Girls
  • Felix's Girls: Ashtoreth
  • Felix's Girls: Claudette
  • Felix's Girls: Gretchen
  • Felix's Girls: Hermine
  • Felix's Girls: Irma
  • Felix's Girls: Jou-Jou
  • Felix's Girls: Lotte
  • Felix's Girls: Margaret
  • Felix's Girls: Mary-Lou
  • Fire
  • Gamelan
  • Gitanjali
  • Le Cri de Merlin
  • Le Cri de Merlin: I. Violently
  • Le Cri de Merlin: II. Calmly
  • Le Cri de Merlin: III. Very relaxed
  • Le Cri de Merlin: IV. With movement
  • Le Cri de Merlin: V. Slowly and mysteriously
  • Le Cri de Merlin: VI. Very slowly
  • Letters From Mignon
  • Magic Songs
  • Miniwanka
  • Once on a Windy Night
  • Polytonality
  • Poulenc, Thesus
  • Quatuors à cordes No. 12
  • Scorpius
  • Seventeen Haiku
  • Seventeen Haiku: I. At dawn green sunlight
  • Seventeen Haiku: II. A cool breeze, winding
  • Seventeen Haiku: III. Splashes of water
  • Seventeen Haiku: IV. A shell wind chime
  • Seventeen Haiku: IX. A breath of cool air
  • Seventeen Haiku: V. The wind is blowing
  • Seventeen Haiku: VI. One by one by one
  • Seventeen Haiku: VII. The stony river rippling
  • Seventeen Haiku: VIII. A flash of lightning!
  • Seventeen Haiku: X. Look up!
  • Seventeen Haiku: XI. "Higurashi" hymn
  • Seventeen Haiku: XII. Now a bell cricket
  • Seventeen Haiku: XIII. The whole village
  • Seventeen Haiku: XIV. Lantern festival dance!
  • Seventeen Haiku: XV. The "Kiyari" song
  • Seventeen Haiku: XVI. No sound to be heard
  • Seventeen Haiku: XVII. A note from a bell
  • Snowforms
  • String Quartet no. 1
  • String Quartet no. 2 "Waves"
  • String Quartet no. 3
  • String Quartet no. 3: I. Slowly, but with great passion
  • String Quartet no. 3: II. Allegro energico
  • String Quartet no. 3: III. Slow - Calm - Mystical
  • String Quartet no. 4
  • String Quartet no. 5 "Rosalind"
  • String Quartet no. 8
  • Sun
  • The Crown of Ariadne
  • The Crown of Ariadne: I. Ariadne Awakens
  • The Crown of Ariadne: II. Ariadne's Dance
  • The Crown of Ariadne: III. Dance of the Bull
  • The Crown of Ariadne: IV. Dance of the Night Insects
  • The Crown of Ariadne: V. Sun Dance
  • The Crown of Ariadne: VI. Labyrinth Dance
  • The Darkly Splendid Earth: The Lonely Traveller
  • The Vancouver Soundscape
  • Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello
  • Vox Naturae
  • Wild Bird