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Showing 1 to 20 of 55 for “"Schafer"”.
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Sonic landscapes: The environmental choral music of R. Murray Schafer and John Luther Adams
… so thoroughly to this genre as have R. Murray Schafer and John Luther Adams, both of whom have found inspiration as composers through their work as environmental activists. Schafer’s Landscapes and Soundscapes (2010) and Adams’s Canticles of the Holy Wind (2017) are two prominent examples from …
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An analysis of graphic notation and its impact on conducting gesture in selected works of R. Murray Schafer
R. Murray Schafer has deliberately used a number of different compositional styles in his career, including both standard and graphic notation for both vocal and instrumental ensembles. It can be assumed that both styles of composition accurately represent his musical and aesthetic ideas. However, …
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The contribution of twentieth-century Canadian composers to the solo pedal harp repertoire, with analysis of selected works
… and two composers, Marjan Mozetich and R. Murray Schafer, were conducted. Analysis of six selected works from 1957 to 2002, Little Suite by Robert Turner, The Crown of Ariadne by R. Murray Schafer, Fifteen Pieces for Harp by John Weinzweig, From the Eastern Gate by Alexina Louie, Songs of Nymphs …
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Dirty Ears: Hearing And Hearings In The Canadian Liberal Settler Colony
… Canadian composer and sound theorist R. Murray Schafer as a fundamental part of culture and nation building. This dissertation explores the ways the Canadian government and settler society use hearing as a silencing technique, mobilizing the field of aurality to place limits on the expression of …
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Weed seed survival in an agriculturally-based anaerobic digester
… effect on seed viability. By applying the Schafer-Chilcote seed population model, it was observed that the fermentation process was more effective in destroying non-dormant seeds than dormant seeds.
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Exploring the relaxation potential of nature soundscapes and photography through field recordings and meditation nature walks
… with the context of the soundscape and R. Murray Schafer’s notion of acoustic ecology. Schafer’s work from the 1970s onward examines how individuals interact with sounds through cultural contexts and personal perceptions. His ideas have since permeated various disciplines, including well-being and …
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Mundo sonoro social : sonoléctica de las irrupciones sonoras asociadas a los actos violentos ocurridos en San Juan Nepomuceno entre los años de 1998 a 2005
… en las teorías metodologías del paisaje sonoro (Schafer M. , 1977), la acustemología de la violencia (Ochoa Gautier, 2006)(2014) y el mundo del arte (Becker, 2008). Por último, se presenta la materialización de las creaciones sonoras, compiladas en la obra Sonoléctica El Rugido del Malibú, …
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Sonário do sertão : acervo e memória de experiências sonoras
… (Norval Baitello Jr.), paisagem sonora (Murray Schafer) e sonosfera (Peter Sloterdjik). O objetivo é realizar um inventário de sons da região, a partir da importância afetiva, cultural e social do imaginário sonoro ou, como propomos, o Sonário. Optamos pelo caminho da razão poética, que forneceu …
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A Distributed Architecture for Computing Context in Mobile Devices
… Fuzzy Logic, Hidden Markov Models, Dempster-Schafer Theory of Evidence, and Bayesian Networks, are investigated, and their suitability for the implementation of the components of the architecture of the thesis is studied. Subsequently, fuzzy sets are chosen to model dynamic properties of …
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A Voice in the Wilderness: A Singer's Guide to the Implications of Performance Context in R. Murray Schafer's Wolf Music
… the performance of Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer’s environmental compositions for female solo voice. Of particular relevance to this project are the vocal selections from Wolf Music (1996), a collection of pieces from Schafer’s Patria: The Epilogue; And Wolf Shall Inherit the Moon (1983- …
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From ‘Nothing’ to ‘Something’: a compositional evolution through time, media and space
… John Cage, Michael Nyman, David Toop, R. Murray Schafer and Bernie Krause. The notion of ‘silence’ and the basics of Zazen were also explored. A parallel element to this work involved identifying ways to disseminate these findings to the general public and to performers (choral groups, string …
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Properties of the linearisation of the quadratic transformation of genetic algebras
… give explicit formulae for plenary sequences in Schafer genetic algebras for polyploidy. Following remarks of both Abraham and Holgate our aim was to investigate the application of the linearisation to algebras corresponding to more complex modes of inheritance and to investigate the properties …
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Prosody and syntactic processing
… One apparent exception to this view is work by Schafer, Carter, Clifton, and Frazier (1996) that suggests that pitch accents, like intonational phrase boundaries, play a primary role in attachment ambiguity resolution. Chapter 2 provides empirical evidence that resolves these conflicting views …
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An empirical investigation into heightened listening as an access tool for electroacoustic music.
… exercises based on those advocated by R. Murray Schafer, were organised in a number of schools and their influence on appreciation was tested through questionnaires. A soundscape work was composed as test material to be used in the workshops. After data analysis the piece was recomposed based on …
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“Estudio comparativo de usos y preferencias musicales entre generaciones millennials y centennials”
… relaciones sociales (North & Hargreaves, 2007; Schafer & Sedlmeier, 2009; Greasley & Lamont, 2011; Meyers, 2012; Klec, 2017; Tekman & Hortacsu, 2002). Una aproximación más delimitada ha estado en la investigación de Chamorro-Premuzic & Furnham (2007) que logra clasificar diversas formas de usos …
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Phylogenetische Untersuchungen an Schädeln der Neuweltaffen (Platyrrhini)
… wurde die Methode der multiplen Imputation (SCHAFER, 1997) herangezogen. Fünf unterschiedliche vervollständigte Datensätze wurden generiert, separat analysiert und die Ergebnisse kombiniert. Um die Eignung dieser Methode für morphometrische Daten zu überprüfen, wurden Datensätze mit …
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Using Real-Time Data Flux In Art – The Mediation Of A Situation As It Unfolds: RoadMusic – An Experimental Case Study
… century: Iannis Xenakis, John Cage and Murray Schafer. To gain precision in regards to the nature of musical listening it then probes theories of audio cognition and reflects on ways in which these can apply to real-time composing. The art of sonifying data extracted from the environment is …
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Placing sound: a contextual exploration of personal identities in sound art discourse through performance art practice.
… compositional approaches (Chion; Schaeffer; Schafer) foster material-oriented tendencies in the field, shifting attention from the contextual - and personal - aspects of listening. The work of geographers (Rodaway, Massey and Tuan) forwards multisensory, contextual and migrant perspectives in …
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Microsound : a portfolio of original compositions
… Smalley, Kim Cascone, Joanna Demers, R. Murray Schafer, and others. Through the different compositional investigations and associated discussions I conclude that microsound offers a rich avenue through which to explore contemporary ideas and methods in electroacoustic music, and show how these …
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