R. Murray Schafer

R. Murray Schafer

Musician · Canada · 1933–2021

operaavant-gardecontemporary classical music

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Discography

Albums
ApocalypsisApocalypsis2016

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5: Five String Quartets5: Five String Quartets1990

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Tippett: The Blue Guitar / Britten: Nocturnal / Schafer: Le Cri de MerlinTippett: The Blue Guitar / Britten: Nocturnal / Schafer: Le Cri de Merlin1989

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A Garden of Bells: Choral Music of R. Murray Schafer, Vol. 1A Garden of Bells: Choral Music of R. Murray Schafer, Vol. 11986

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The Crown of AriadneThe Crown of Ariadne1979

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Once on a Windy Night: The Choral Music of R. Murray Schafer, Vol. 2Once on a Windy Night: The Choral Music of R. Murray Schafer, Vol. 2

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Achievements

Award
Guggenheim Fellowship
Award
Governor General's Performing Arts Award
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Molson Prize
Award
Companion of the Order of Canada
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Glenn Gould Prize
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Fumio Koizumi Prize for Ethnomusicology
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honorary doctor of the University of Strasbourg-II
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Honorary Member of the International Society for Contemporary Music

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Country

CA

Born

1933-07-18

Died

2021-08-14

Instruments

piano

Identifiers & aliases

Also known as: Raymond Murray Schafer

Disambiguation

Canadian composer & environmentalist, 1933-2021

ISNI

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Description

Canadian composer (1933–2021)

Extract from Wikipedia

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 (1977). He was the first recipient of the Jules Léger Prize in 1978.

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