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Today all sounds belong to a continuous field of possibilities lying within the comprehensive dominion of music. Behold the new orchestra: the sonic universe! And the musicians: anyone and anything that sounds!

R. Murray Schafer

Still the noise in the mind: that is the first task - then everything else will follow in time.

R. Murray Schafer

Someone once said that the two most important things in developing taste were sensitivity and intelligence. I don't think this is so; I'd rather call them curiosity and courage. Curiosity to look for the new and the hidden; courage to develop your own tastes regardless of what others might say or think.

R. Murray Schafer

R. Murray Schafer

R. Murray Schafer

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Born: July 18, 1933

Died: August 14, 2021 (aged 88)

Bio: Raymond Murray Schafer 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.

Known for:

The tuning of the world (1977)
Creative music education (1976)
My Life on Earth & Elsewhere (2012)
Rinoceronte En El Aula, El - (1975)
The music of the environment (1973)

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