The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment & the Tuning of the World R. Murray Schafer
Publisher: Inner Traditions/Bear & Company

Murray Schafer is a book that argues forcefully and poetically for us to open our ears and listen to the sonic environment, because the quiet spaces and natural tempos that we require for a healthy and enjoyable life are in danger of being lost. In 1977, you published "The Tuning of the World", how does this book fit into your work at Simon Frasier University? In an anechoic chamber, she writes, 'you are one noisy organism.'[2] Following his own experience in a similar chamber in the 1950s, .. The Soundscape, Our Sonic Environment and the Tuning of the World.(1977, Destiny Books, Vermont) 5. While traveling in the mountains out West, he began to invent a new musical language—one based on the random sounds of nature instead of the repeated sounds and rhythms found in both Western music and in man-made machines. We can become more mindful of the impact of human activity on Schafer, R.M. The culmination of its pioneering research into the sound environment is described in Schafer's seminal book, The Tuning of the World. Rochester, Vermont, USA: Destiny Books. By R Murray Schafer in a series of booklets and articles around thirty years ago which were then soon followed by his more famous book length treatment The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment and the Tuning of the World in 1976. The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment and the Tuning of the World. Initiated by Bill Wasik in 2003. Your lungs inflate and deflate. Schafer started the World Soundscape Project in 1971. Organize a performance event that involves field recordings and other artistic expressions that explore our soundscape and how we can listen to our sonic environment. How do you explain your interest in the sonic environment at that time? · Participate in a private / solitary way, by paying attention to your soundscape. Www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWQpDaC0T-s 7. The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment and the Tuning of the World R.