The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment & the Tuning of the World by R. Murray Schafer

The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment & the Tuning of the World R. Murray Schafer ebook
Publisher: Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
Page: 320
ISBN: 9780892814558
Format: pdf

Sound + Space http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/sep/23/science.ameliahill [accessed 1.5.09]. She presents with issues of soundscape. Sound 'Soundscapes', adds Feld (2003: 226), 'are perceived and interpreted by human actors who attend to them as a way of making their place in and through the world'. Watson's 3 elements correlate nicely to the taxonomy for analysing acoustic environments outlined by R.Murray Schafer in his influential book “The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment and the Tuning of the World”. Murray Schafer, The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment and the Tuning of the World (Destiny Book, 1977, 1994), chapter 9 "Classification"]. The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment and the Tuning of the World. How do these observations feed in to how the soundscape may effect our perception of the urban environment & how can this inform my compositional process and aesthetic decisions? General critics of acoustic ecology often say those involved discriminate and de value the sonic potential of an urbanised city/environment. In 1977, you published "The Tuning of the World", how does this book fit into your work at Simon Frasier University? May 6, 2009 at 3:21 pm (Artists Statement & Reflection, Main Derives). How do you explain your interest in the sonic environment at that time? She is a pioneering figure within the field of soundscape studies and sound ecology and an integral member of the World Soundscape Project. 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. Composers could become the socially conscious, sonic architects or acoustic designers of our cities, buildings, and villages. Murray Shaffer begins his book “Soundscape – The Tuning of the World” with the somewhat obvious statement that the soundscape of the world is changing and that the contemporary acoustic environment is radically different to any before it. It is thus important to understand how our perception comes to shape our experiences and with specific attention paid to how our sonic environments allow us to extract meaning and knowledge from our world.