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R. Murray Schafer fonds [multiple media]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1924-2006.

Reference:

R12090-0-5-E, MUS 85

Type of material:

Art, Photographs, Sound recordings, Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

211064

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R. Murray Schafer fonds
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Fonds includes:

5 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1924-2006.

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

3.95 m of textual records.
480 photographs : 135 slides; 325 prints; 20 negatives;
ca. 100 drawings.
146 audio reels.
1 audio cassette.
1 compact disc.
1 cd-rom of textual records.

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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The fonds contains records pertaining to the life and musical activities of R. Murray Schafer. Schafer's numerous scores show his musical talent as well as his skills in visual art by illustrating several music manuscripts. Several records also reveal his research on new tones and his interest for a social and environmentalist approach to music.

The fonds includes, among other items: personal diary; notebooks; correspondence, including letters from Takemitsu, Cage, Mercure, Garant, Boulez and Levi-Strauss; autograph manuscripts of compositions by Schafer; writings; posters; concert programmes; press clippings; photographs of R. Murray Schafer, personalities of the music world, music groups and performances; sound recordings of musical works by Schafer, interviews and lectures.

Provenance:

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Schafer, R. Murray (Raymond Murray), 1933-2021

Biography/Administrative history:

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Schafer, R. Murray (Raymond Murray), 1933-2021 : Composer, writer, educator, draftsman and environmentalist born in Sarnia, Ontario. Raymond Murray Schafer studied piano with Alberto Guerrero, harpsichord with Greta Kraus, composition with John Weinzweig and musicology with Arnold Walter. In 1961, after some five years in Europe, Schafer returned to Canada and set up the Ten Centuries Concerts, in collaboration with Harry Somers and Gordon Delamont, among others. In 1963 he began a teaching career at Memorial University and subsequently became a professor at Simon Fraser University (1965-75). In his teaching, he fought against the academic formalism of the university community by incorporating such modern concepts as creative listening and sensory awareness. At Simon Fraser University, he created and directed the World Soundscape Project, designed to study the individual's relations with his acoustic environment. A prolific composer, his works include Canzoni for Prisoners, Dream Rainbow Dream Thunder, Scorpius, The Crown of Ariadne, Patria II, Magic Songs, Ra, concertos for guitar, harp and flute, and several string quartets.

Finding aid:

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(Paper) Myra Grimley Dahl. "Numerical List of the R. Murray Schafer fonds." Ottawa: National Library of Canada. 1987. 61 p. (unpublished). (90: Open)

Textual record : Graphic material : Sound recording (Electronic) This finding aid consists of 111 pages, digitized, folder descriptions to the R. Murray Schafer fonds from 1977 to 1994. Arrangement and description by Stéphane Jean. Note: p. 61 of Grimley Dahl's numerical list is found between provisional descriptions for 1991 and 1994 accessions, on p. 107 of this finding aid. MUS 85 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000002549.pdf

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General note:

Acquired from R. Murray Schafer in a number of accessions between 1977 and 2007.

Associated material note:

R. Murray Schafer fonds, The Richard Johnston Canadian Music Archives Collection, Special Collections, University of Calgary Library.

Accruals:

Further accessions expected.

Container note(s):

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23 : T5
24 : T5
25 : T5
26 : T5
27 : T5
28 : T5
29 : T5
30 : T5
31 : T5
32 : T5
33 : T5
34 : T5
931 : T5
932 : T5
933 : T5
934 : T5
10 : T10
11 : T10
12 : T10
13 : T10
278 : T10
279 : T10
5 : T10
6 : T10
7 : T10
8 : T10
9 : T10
66 : C
100 : T7
101 : T7
102 : T7
103 : T7
2969 : T7
2970 : T7
2971 : T7
2972 : T7
2973 : T7
2974 : T7
2975 : T7
2976 : T7
2977 : T7
2978 : T7
2979 : T7
2980 : T7
2981 : T7
2982 : T7
2983 : T7
2984 : T7
2985 : T7
2986 : T7
2987 : T7
2988 : T7
2989 : T7
2990 : T7
2991 : T7
2992 : T7
2993 : T7
2996 : T7
88 : T7
89 : T7
90 : T7
91 : T7
92 : T7
93 : T7
94 : T7
95 : T7
96 : T7
97 : T7
98 : T7
99 : T7
1 : Accession 1994-22.
1 : Accession 1994-9.
23 : 1977-7
29 : 1977-7
31 : 1977-7
25 : 1977-7
28 : 1977-7
36 : 1977-7
13 : 1977-7
20 : 1977-7
34 : 1977-7
9 : 1977-7
21 : 1977-7
32 : 1977-7
33 : 1977-7
35 : 1977-7
10 : 1977-7
12 : 1977-7
26 : 1977-7
14 : 1977-7
15 : 1977-7
27 : 1977-7
30 : 1977-7
17 : 1977-7
22 : 1977-7
8 : 1977-7
11 : 1977-7
16 : 1977-7
24 : 1977-7
1 : 1977-7
2 : 1977-7
3 : 1977-7
4 : 1977-7
5 : 1977-7
6 : 1977-7
7 : 1977-7
11 : 1991-20
13 : 1991-20
21 : 1991-20
18 : 1991-20
23 : 1991-20
9 : 1991-20
17 : 1991-20
22 : 1991-20
12 : 1991-20
14 : 1991-20
19 : 1991-20
20 : 1991-20
16 : 1991-20
8 : 1991-20
10 : 1991-20
15 : 1991-20
1 : 1991-20
2 : 1991-20
3 : 1991-20
4 : 1991-20
5 : 1991-20
6 : 1991-20
7 : 1991-20
19 : 1977-7
18 : 1977-7

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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2007-00220-5
MUS 85

Former archival reference no.:

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MUS 85

Other accession no.:

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1994-9
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [MUS 85 1991-20] 24--26

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [MUS 85 1977-7] 37--38

[Consultation 90 Open]

Sound recordings

[Consultation90 Open]

Sound recording [T5]

[Consultation 90 Open]

23--34;

[Consultation 90 Open]

931--934;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Sound recording [T10]

[Consultation 90 Open]

5--13;

[Consultation 90 Open]

278--279;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Sound recording [C] 66

[Consultation 90 Open]

Sound recording [T7]

[Consultation 90 Open]

88--103;

[Consultation 90 Open]

2969--2993;

[Consultation 90 Open]

2996;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Audio-visual item no. assigned by LAC [T10] A1 1407-0001

[Consultation 90 Open]

Audio-visual item no. assigned by LAC [T7]

[Consultation 90 Open]

A1 1411-0006;

[Consultation 90 Open]

A1 1505-0001;

[Consultation 90 Open]

A1 1901-0001;

[Consultation 90 Open]

A1 1902-0001;

[Consultation 90 Open]

A1 1902-0003;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Audio-visual item no. assigned by LAC [T5] A1 1910-0005

[Consultation 90 Open]

Textual records

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Box [MUS 85 1994-22] 1

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

Box [MUS 85 1994-9] 1

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

Box [MUS 85 1977-7]

[Consultation 90 Open]

1--17;

[Consultation 90 Open]

20--36;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [MUS 85 1991-20] 1--23

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [MUS 85 1977-7] 18--19

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

Textual records: electronic

[Consultation90 Open]

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