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9780892814558

The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment and the Tuning of the World

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  • ISBN13:

    9780892814558

  • ISBN10:

    0892814551

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1993-10-01
  • Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER

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Summary

Schafer contends that we suffer from an overabundance of acoustic information and explores ways to restore our ability to hear the nuances of sounds around us.

Author Biography

A well-known Canadian composer, R. Murray Schafer is the author of several books, including The Music of the Environment.

Table of Contents


Preface

Introduction

Part One: First Soundscapes

One: The Natural Soundscape

Two: The Sounds of Life

Three: The Rural Soundscape

Four: From Town to City

Part Two: The Post-Industrial Soundscape

Five: The Industrial Revolution

Six: The Electric Revolution

Interlude

Seven: Music, the Soundscape and Changing Perceptions

Part Three: Analysis

Eight: Notation

Nine: Classification

Ten: Perception

Eleven: Morphology

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