Choral

Canada

R. Murray Schafer

Top Songs By R. Murray Schafer

Three Songs from the Enchanted Forest: III. Lu-li-lo-laVancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washburn & R. Murray Schafer

Three Songs from the Enchanted Forest: II. Ariane's LamentVancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washburn & R. Murray Schafer

Three Songs from the Enchanted Forest: I. Sweet CloverVancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washburn & R. Murray Schafer

Chant for the Winter SolticeVancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washburn & R. Murray Schafer

Imagining Incense: VI. RakokuVancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washburn & R. Murray Schafer

Imagining Incense: V. SasoraVancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washburn & R. Murray Schafer

Imagining Incense: IV. SumotaraVancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washburn & R. Murray Schafer

Imagining Incense: III. KyaraVancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washburn & R. Murray Schafer

Imagining Incense: II. ManabanVancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washburn & R. Murray Schafer

Imagining Incense: I. ManakaVancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washburn & R. Murray Schafer

More albums from R. Murray Schafer

Listen to You Are Illuminated by Coro Volante, Brett Scott & Krista Cornish Scott

ALBUMYou Are IlluminatedCoro Volante, Brett Scott & Krista Cornish Scott

ALBUMThe Love That Moves the Universe: The Choral Music of R. Murray Schafer, Volume 4Vancouver Chamber Choir

Listen to Gesang der Nacht by Tacchi Alti, Ensemble Corund & Antra Dreģe

ALBUMGesang der NachtTacchi Alti, Ensemble Corund & Antra Dreģe

Listen to R. Murray Schafer: Loving by Mary Lou Fallis, Susan Gudgeon, Jean MacPhail, Katherine Terrell, Trulie MacLeod, Gilles Savard & New Music Concerts

ALBUMR. Murray Schafer: LovingMary Lou Fallis, Susan Gudgeon, Jean MacPhail, Katherine Terrell, Trulie MacLeod, Gilles Savard & New Music Concerts

ALBUMWild BirdDuo 47/4

Listen to Six Departures by Trio Verlaine

ALBUMSix DeparturesTrio Verlaine

ALBUMLa Voix NuePatricia Green

Listen to R. Murray Schafer: 12 String Quartets by Quatuor Molinari

ALBUMR. Murray Schafer: 12 String QuartetsQuatuor Molinari

Listen to Canadian Music for Flute and Piano by Beth Ann DeSousa & Amy Hamilton

ALBUMCanadian Music for Flute and PianoBeth Ann DeSousa & Amy Hamilton

ALBUMChimeraJudy Loman, Orford String Quartet & Wendy Humphreys

Listen to My Life in Widening Circles by Land's End Chamber Ensemble & Stacie Dunlop

ALBUMMy Life in Widening CirclesLand's End Chamber Ensemble & Stacie Dunlop

Listen to Elmer Iseler Conducts Canadian Music by Elmer Iseler, Elmer Iseler Singers, Lawrence Cherney, Orford String Quartet, Robert Aitken & Sandra Graham

ALBUMElmer Iseler Conducts Canadian MusicElmer Iseler, Elmer Iseler Singers, Lawrence Cherney, Orford String Quartet, Robert Aitken & Sandra Graham

Listen to Raymond Murray Schafer: 5 String Quartets by Orford String Quartet & Rosemarie Landry

ALBUMRaymond Murray Schafer: 5 String QuartetsOrford String Quartet & Rosemarie Landry

Listen to Raymond Murray Schafer: Wolf Music (Canadian Composers Portraits) by Schafer, Harold Schafer, Robert Walsh, Greta Kraus, John Weinzweig, Steven Adams, Eitan Cornfield, Michael Cumberland, John Dewirst, Wendy Humphreys, Tilly Prudhom, Stuart Laughton & Ellen Waterman

ALBUMRaymond Murray Schafer: Wolf Music (Canadian Composers Portraits)Schafer, Harold Schafer, Robert Walsh, Greta Kraus, John Weinzweig, Steven Adams, Eitan Cornfield, Michael Cumberland, John Dewirst, Wendy Humphreys, Tilly Prudhom, Stuart Laughton & Ellen Waterman

Listen to Schafer, R.M.: Music for the Morning of the World - Le Cri De Merlin - Deluxe Suite (3 Solos) by Bradyworks

ALBUMSchafer, R.M.: Music for the Morning of the World - Le Cri De Merlin - Deluxe Suite (3 Solos)Bradyworks

Listen to Canadian Music for Harp by Lori Gemmell

ALBUMCanadian Music for HarpLori Gemmell

ALBUMWild BirdDuo Concertante

ALBUMImagining Incense: The Choral Music of R. Murray Schafer, Volume 3Vancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washburn & R. Murray Schafer

Listen to Schafer: Flute Concerto - Harp Concerto - the Darkly Splendid Earth - the Lonely Traveller by Robert Aitken, Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Judy Loman, Sir Andrew Davis, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Jacques Israelievitch & Gunther Herbig

ALBUMSchafer: Flute Concerto - Harp Concerto - the Darkly Splendid Earth - the Lonely TravellerRobert Aitken, Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Judy Loman, Sir Andrew Davis, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Jacques Israelievitch & Gunther Herbig

Listen to Iridescence - Contemporary Canadian Orchestral Works by Alex Pauk & Esprit Orchestra

ALBUMIridescence - Contemporary Canadian Orchestral WorksAlex Pauk & Esprit Orchestra

Listen to Schafer: Letters From Mignon / Thunder / Minnelieder by Esprit Orchestra, Alex Pauk & Eleanor James

ALBUMSchafer: Letters From Mignon / Thunder / MinneliederEsprit Orchestra, Alex Pauk & Eleanor James

Listen to Gandolfi, M.: Pinocchio's Adventures In Funland - Schafer, R.M.: Beauty and the Beast [Opera] by Neva Pilgrim, Society for New Music & Yoichi Udagawa

ALBUMGandolfi, M.: Pinocchio's Adventures In Funland - Schafer, R.M.: Beauty and the Beast [Opera]Neva Pilgrim, Society for New Music & Yoichi Udagawa

Listen to Schafer: String Quartet No. 8 / Theseus / Beauty and the Beast by Quatuor Molinari, Jennifer Swartz & Julie Nesrallah

ALBUMSchafer: String Quartet No. 8 / Theseus / Beauty and the BeastQuatuor Molinari, Jennifer Swartz & Julie Nesrallah

ALBUMCredo (feat. Twelve Canadian Choirs)Robert Sund and Twelve Canadian Choirs

Listen to Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon & the Manticore, Gottlieb: Presidential Suite, Schafer: A Medieval Bestiary by Carolina Chamber Choir & Timothy Koch

ALBUMMenotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon & the Manticore, Gottlieb: Presidential Suite, Schafer: A Medieval BestiaryCarolina Chamber Choir & Timothy Koch

ALBUMOnce on a Windy Night: The Choral Music of R. Murray Schafer, Volume 2Vancouver Chamber Choir

Listen to R. Murray Schafer: String Quartets Nos. 1-7 by Quatuor Molinari & Marie-Danielle Parent

ALBUMR. Murray Schafer: String Quartets Nos. 1-7Quatuor Molinari & Marie-Danielle Parent

ALBUMPatria (feat. Judy Loman, Theodore Gentry, Wendy Humphreys, Beverley Johnston, Tilly Kooyman, Stuart Laughton)R. Murray Schafe and Stuart Laughton

Listen to Berio: Folk Songs - Stravinsky: Pribaoutki - Schafer: Minnelieder by Jean Stil Well, Raffi Armenian & Canadian Chamber Ensemble

ALBUMBerio: Folk Songs - Stravinsky: Pribaoutki - Schafer: MinneliederJean Stil Well, Raffi Armenian & Canadian Chamber Ensemble

Listen to Philomela in Dreams by Eveliina Sumelius, Marjukka Riihimaki & Philomela Choir

ALBUMPhilomela in DreamsEveliina Sumelius, Marjukka Riihimaki & Philomela Choir

Listen to Schafer: Gitanjali - Garden of the Heart - Adieu, Robert Schumann by Donna Brown, Mario Bernardi, Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra, Annamaria Popescu & Judith Forst

ALBUMSchafer: Gitanjali - Garden of the Heart - Adieu, Robert SchumannDonna Brown, Mario Bernardi, Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra, Annamaria Popescu & Judith Forst

Listen to Neva Pilgrim, Soprano by Neva Pilgrim

ALBUMNeva Pilgrim, SopranoNeva Pilgrim

Listen to Postcards by Turtle Creek Chorale & Timothy Seelig

ALBUMPostcardsTurtle Creek Chorale & Timothy Seelig

Listen to Tippett, Britten & Schafer: Works For Guitar by Norbert Kraft

ALBUMTippett, Britten & Schafer: Works For GuitarNorbert Kraft

ALBUMA Garden of Bells: The Choral Music of R. Murray Schafer, Volume 1Vancouver Chamber Choir

About R. Murray Schafer

Hometown

Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

Born

1933

Genre

Choral

R. Murray Schafer became known in the 1970s as Canada's premier composer, though he was known equally well outside that country for both his educational theories and for developing the idea of the "soundscape." His major compositional endeavor was Patria, a series of 12 theatrical/operatic works begun in 1966. His music and writing reflected an omnivorous -- and almost totally self-directed -- education and always a concern for the human scale in music and society. In 1961, Schafer organized, with other composers, a series of "Ten Centuries Concerts" in Toronto, which presented rare music from all eras. Schafer applied his soundscape studies to education, which resulted in a few well-known booklets, such as The Composer in the Classroom and Ear Cleaning.