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Podcast: New Books in Art
Episode: R. Murray Schafer (1933-2021), Part 1
Description: R. Murray Schafer recently passed away on August 14th 2021. If youâre someone who works with sound or enjoys sound art or experimental musicâor youâve just thrown around the word âsoundscapeââyouâve probably engaged with his intellectual legacy. Schafer was one of Canadaâs most influential avant-garde composers. He was also the creator of acoustic ecology, the founder of the World Soundscape Project, and the author of the classic book The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment and the Tuning of the World. He brought a musicianâs ear to the field of ecology and he brought an ecological perspective t...