R. Murray Schafer

Born: 18 July 1933, Sarnia, Ontario (Canada)
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Music

• Canzoni for Prisoners — for orchestra
• Statement in Blue — for orchestra
• Son of Heldenleben — for orchestra
• No Longer than Ten Minutes — for orchestra
• In Memoriam: Alberto Guerrero — for string orchestra
• Concerto — or harpsichord and eight wind instruments
• Threnody — for choir and orchestra
• Arcana — for cello and orchestra
• Four songs — for mezzosopran and choir
• Kaleidoscope — for 12´ multi-track tape
• String quartet
• Sonatina — for flute and Harpsichord (or piano)
• Lots of music for voice and chorus

Biography

Schafer must be considered one of Canada’s most successful composers. One of the few with an international reputation alongside Harry Somers, Healey Willan and John Weinzweig. Schafer studied at the Royal Cons. in Toronto under alberto Guerrero and John Weinzweig. From 1956 till 1961 he lived in England and Europe working as a freelance journalist and BBC interviewer. On his return to Canada in 1961 he founded, and became the first president of, Ten Centuries Concerts, a Toronto musicians´ collaborative organization, promoting new and rarely heard older music. From 1963 till 1965 he was artist-in-residence at Memorial University in Newfoundland. He got the annual medal of the Canadian Music Council in 1972. Today Schafer is freelancing as a teacher and composer.

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Early Music: Gregorian Chant and Renaissance Music
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Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore
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Mozart - Il Re pastore / Mei, Murray, Nielsen, Sacca, M. Schafer, Concentus musicus Wien, Harnoncourt
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Postcards
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Michael Tippett: The Blue Guitar, Sonata for Solo Guitar / Benjamin Britten: Nocturnal, after John Dowland, Op. 70 / R. Murray Schafer: Le Cri de Merlin - Norbert Kraft, Guitar
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