R. Murray Schafer

3.3k citations
32 papers · 1.4k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 12
Topics
Diverse Music Education Insights (8 papers)Musicology and Musical Analysis (3 papers)Musicians’ Health and Performance (2 papers)
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In The Last Decade

R. Murray Schafer

25 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment and the Tuning of t...199320262004201519932505007501000

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R. Murray Schafer
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  • Music 394
  • Speech and Hearing 366
  • Cognitive Neuroscience 279
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 200
  • Sociology and Political Science 168
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All Works

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I have never seen a sound
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Le son dans l'art contemporain canadien = Sound in Contemporary Canadian Art
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Patria: The Complete Cycle
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The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment and the Tuning of the Worldbreakdown →
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Patria and the Theatre of Confluence
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Apocalypsis, Part two, credo
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8 13
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The Vancouver soundscape
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European sound diary
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When words sing
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Creative music education : a handbook for the modern music teacher
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Where does It all lead
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Thoughts on Music Education
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Die schallwelt in der wir leben the new soundscape
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Ear cleaning : notes for an experimental music course.
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The composer in the classroom.
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British composers in interview
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About R. Murray Schafer

R. Murray Schafer is a scholar working on Music, Visual Arts and Performing Arts and Speech and Hearing, having authored 32 papers that have together received 1.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Diverse Music Education Insights (8 papers), Musicology and Musical Analysis (3 papers) and Musicians’ Health and Performance (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Music (394 citations), Speech and Hearing (366 citations) and Developmental Biology (79 citations). R. Murray Schafer has collaborated with scholars based in Canada and Germany. Frequent co-authors include B. F. Dick, Barry Truax and Colin Griffiths. Their work appears in journals such as World Literature Today, Notes and Biomedizinische Technik/Biomedical Engineering.

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