R. Murray Schafer

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Canadian person acoustic ecologist composer human music educator writer

R. Murray Schafer was a Canadian composer, writer, and acoustic ecologist best known for pioneering the concept of the "soundscape" and for his influential work in environmental and experimental music.

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R. Murray Schafer canonical 2
Raymond Murray Schafer 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian person ⓘ
acoustic ecologist ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
music educator ⓘ
writer ⓘ
awardReceived Governor General's Performing Arts Award ⓘ
Juno Award ⓘ
Order of Canada ⓘ
birthName R. Murray Schafer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Raymond Murray Schafer
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1933-07-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2021-08-14 ⓘ
educatedAt Royal Conservatory of Music ⓘ
surface form: Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto)

Royal Schools of Music ⓘ
surface form: Royal Schools of Music (London)
familyName Schafer ⓘ
fieldOfWork acoustic ecology ⓘ
environmental music ⓘ
experimental music ⓘ
music composition ⓘ
music education ⓘ
genre choral music ⓘ
contemporary classical music ⓘ
electroacoustic music ⓘ
music theatre ⓘ
givenName Raymond ⓘ
hasInfluenced acoustic ecology research ⓘ
environmental sound design ⓘ
field of sound studies ⓘ
honorificTitle Companion of the Order of Canada ⓘ
knownFor environmental music ⓘ
experimental music ⓘ
pioneering the concept of the soundscape ⓘ
soundscape studies ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement acoustic ecology movement ⓘ
name R. Murray Schafer self-link ⓘ
nationality Canadian ⓘ
notableConcept soundscape ⓘ
notableWork Apocalypsis ⓘ
Music for Wilderness Lake ⓘ
Patria (cycle of music-theatre works) ⓘ
The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment and the Tuning of the World ⓘ
The Tuning of the World ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
educator ⓘ
researcher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Sarnia ⓘ
surface form: Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
placeOfDeath Ontario ⓘ
surface form: Ontario, Canada
taughtAt Simon Fraser University ⓘ

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Glenn Gould Prize → notableLaureate → R. Murray Schafer ⓘ
R. Murray Schafer → name → R. Murray Schafer self-link ⓘ
R. Murray Schafer → birthName → R. Murray Schafer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Raymond Murray Schafer