I will second that sentiment Bernie...
Reading Schafer's book was pretty much a paradigm shift in my life.
It remains and probably will remain my favorite book. It's truly
beautiful. I remember reading it and having a physical feeling that
my brain was growing. Hmmm.
Danny
--- In Wild Sanctuary <> wrote:
>
> The 10-day forecast for Algonquin Park in
> (central) Ontario is for a spring warming trend
> to between 5 & 8=B0C daytimes. Heading out for a
> conference there, presenting with the man who
> coined the word, "soundscape," R. Murray Schafer,
> on the 21st, and to see what the soundscape is
> like during the early transition period. Any
> thoughts or advise, anyone?
>
> BTW, for those recordists who haven't read the
> 20th C bible of sound, Schafer's Tuning of the
> World, this is a must-read. With a narrative that
> flows like a fine novel, this piece, written in
> 1977 when Schafer was at Simon Fraser University
> (Vancouver), anticipates nearly every aspect of
> what has evolved with our understanding of the
> soundscape and its impact - especially on our
> comprehension of the voices of the natural world
> as biophonies. To me, Schafer is the Darwin, the
> DaVinci, the Franklin, and the Archimedes of
> sound all wrapped in one. Not only that, he's my
> favorite contemporary classical composer, having
> written some of the most evocative pieces of the
> late last century and early 21st.
>
> One piece, an opera titled The Princess of the
> Stars, takes place at a lake bordering Algonquin
> Park and begins at 4:30AM. The instrumentalists
> from the Toronto Symphony are hidden in the woods
> surrounding the lake. The audience is on the
> shore. The lead soprano first appears on a small
> barge with an interior lit blue wolf that emerges
> from the first dawn light. The orchestra and
> singers are cued and conducted by the late summer
> bird voices as they begin to sing during the dawn
> chorus. Schafer has scored the piece so that it
> is somewhat flexible regarding weather and bird
> voice entrances. His physical scores, themselves,
> are some of the most beautiful renderings I've
> ever seen - kind of like 13C manuscript
> illuminations. It'll happen again at the end of
> August this year. http://www.patria.org/ No
> recordist worth their proverbial salt should miss
> this event. It's an opportunity as rare as the
> sighting of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Shafer
> is well-known and greatly admired for his efforts
> in nearly every country of the world - except the
> US, where he is virtually unknown.
>
> Bernie
>
>
> >Still desperately searching for signs of spring here at 56N 120W.
It's been
> >a long, cold winter. Although warm air has pushed up within a few hours
> >drive (resulting in 10C/50F temps) we're still suffering through
daily highs
> >of -18C...as well as at least 3 ft of snow pack. Supposed to get above
> >freezing tomorrow, however.
> >
> >Some birds ignore the temperatures and are responding to the
increased day
> >length - Black-capped Chickadees sing frequently on sunny days;
woodpeckers
> >have been drumming, and the Pine Grosbeaks have started to sing,
rather than
> >just calling.
> >
> >David's comment about the hybrid zone of chickadees was
interesting. This is
> >the (only?) contact zone of Mourning and MacGillivray's Wablers and
> >Townsend's & Black-throated Green Warblers. There are similar
questions of
> >hybrids, song sharing, etc. Researchers from southern BC
universities will
> >be investigating. Of course, those birds won't be back here for
another 2
> >1/2 months!
> >
> >If I can dust off the MD recorder, I'll try to capture some
'spring' sounds.
> >
> >Mark Phinney
> >
> >
> >on 3/5/07 11:17 AM, Rich Peet at wrote:
> >
> >If you are like me you watch spring like a hawk.
> >This weekend with the clear after the snow we are now getting the mate
> >calls of Northern Cardinal and Slate-backed Junco.
> >The homestead yesterday from 45.0 N in MN at
> >http://home.comcast.net/~richpeet/snow.jpg
> >
> >Tell us about your state of spring, or fall.
> >
> >Rich
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >"Microphones are not ears,
> >Loudspeakers are not birds,
> >A listening room is not nature."
> >Klas Strandberg
> >Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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