R. Murray Schafer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

R. Murray Schafer

Canadian composer

Date of Birth: 18-Jul-1933

Place of Birth: Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

Profession: writer, composer, university teacher, musicologist, music pedagogue

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Raymond Murray Schafer (born 18 July 1933) is a Canadian composer, writer, music educator and environmentalist perhaps best known for his World Soundscape Project, concern for acoustic ecology, and his book The Tuning of the World (1977).
He was notably the first recipient of the Jules Léger Prize in 1978.