San Francisco Public Library

The tuning of the world, R. Murray Schafer

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

The tuning of the world

bibliography

R. Murray Schafer

First soundscapes. The natural soundscape ; The sounds of life ; The rural soundscape ; From town to city -- The post-industrial soundscape. The industrial revolution ; The electric revolution ; Interlude ; Music, the soundscape and changing perceptions -- Analysis. Notation ; Classification ; Perception ; Morphology ; Symbolism ; Noise -- Toward acoustic design. Listening ; The acoustic community ; Rhythm and tempo in the soundscape ; The acoustic designer ; The soniferous garden ; Silence ; The music beyond