R Murray Schafer » List of Works

Arcana (version de chambre) (1973), R Murray Schafer, soprano, flute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, harp, piano, percussion, violin, cello and double bass [performed once]

The Crown of Ariadne (1979), R Murray Schafer, harp and tape [performed once]

Dances from the Court of King Minos of Crete (1989), R Murray Schafer, solo soprano, solo violin, soprano, flute (and piccolo), clarinet (and bass clarinet), harp, accordion, percussion and double bass [performed once]

Commission: Yolande Deslauriers-Husaruk, Eugène Husaruk, with support from the CCA

The Fall Into Light (2002-03), R Murray Schafer, choir [performed once]

Five Studies on Texts by Prudentius (1962), R Murray Schafer, soprano and four flutes [performed once]

Music for the Morning of the World (1970), R Murray Schafer, soprano, and 4-track tape [performed twice]

Requiems for the Party Girl (1966), R Murray Schafer, mezzo-soprano, flute (and piccolo), clarinet, bass clarinet, horn, harp, piano, percussion, violin, viola and cello [performed once]

String Quartet No. 1 (1970), R Murray Schafer, string quartet [performed 3 times]

String Quartet No. 10 “Winter Birds” (2005), R Murray Schafer, string quartet [performed once]

Commission: Radio France

String Quartet No. 2 “Waves” (1976), R Murray Schafer, string quartet [performed twice]

String Quartet No. 3 (1981), R Murray Schafer, string quartet [performed 3 times]

String Quartet No. 4 (1989), R Murray Schafer, string quartet [performed once]

String Quartet No. 5 “Rosalind” (1989), R Murray Schafer, string quartet [performed once]

String Quartet No. 6 “Parting Wild Horse’s Mane” (1993), R Murray Schafer, string quartet [performed once]

String Quartet No. 7 with soprano obligato (1998), R Murray Schafer, string quartet and soprano (?) [performed once]

La Testa d’Adriane (1978), R Murray Schafer, soprano and accordion [performed once]

Toi / Loving (1965), R Murray Schafer, soprano, three mezzo-sopranos, two spoken voices, guitar, mandolin, harp, piano, six percussions, two violins, viola, cello and double bass [performed once]

• Air d’Ishtar [performed once]