Thesis (Ph. D.--Music--University of California, San Diego, 1997. / Vita. "The complete script of And wolf shall inherit the moon and a comprehensive collection of chants written by Wolf Project members are included as appendices."--P. xiv. Includes ninth draft of And wolf shall inherit the moon (leaves 403-446). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 498-501). Includes selected bibliography and works list for R. Murray Schafer (leaves 502-512).

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In the following thesis I investigate aspects of soundscape research and study practices through the gaze of certain methodologies presented in Henri Lefebvre’s Rhythmanalysis. I argue that elements of the practice Lefebvre has coined “rhythmanalysis” may function as useful tools in the study of sound environments. My research attempts to demonstrate that aspects of rhythmanalysis parallel and complement the important soundscape research that R. Murray Schafer and Hildegard Westerkamp have conducted over the past four decades. The thesis brings Lefebvre’s theories of capitalist modes of production into dialogue with Schafer and Westerkamp’s soundscape explorations. I consider how the rhythmanalytical method corresponds to and diverges from soundscape analysis. The thesis draws on both Schafer and Lefebvre to analyze a soundscape environment that I have personally experienced and inhabited. Lastly, I demonstrate the value in considering rhythmanalysis and Westerkamp’s interpretation of soundwalks as a connected discipline.

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Ces travaux de recherche se sont déroulés dans le cadre du développement d’une application de télévigilance médicale ayant pour but de détecter des situations de détresse à travers l’utilisation de plusieurs types de capteurs. La fusion multi-capteurs peut fournir des informations plus précises et fiables par rapport aux informations provenant de chaque capteur prises séparément. Par ailleurs les données issues de ces capteurs hétérogènes possèdent différents degrés d’imperfection et de confiance. Parmi les techniques de fusion multi-capteurs, les méthodes crédibilistes fondées sur la théorie de Dempster-Shafer sont actuellement considérées comme les plus adaptées à la représentation et au traitement des informations imparfaites, de ce fait permettant une modélisation plus réaliste du problème. En nous appuyant sur une représentation graphique de la théorie de Dempster-Shafer appelée Réseaux Évidentiels, nous proposons une structure de fusion de données hétérogènes issues de plusieurs capteurs pour la détection de chutes afin de maximiser les performances de détection chutes et ainsi de rendre le système plus fiable. La non-stationnarité des signaux recueillis sur les capteurs du système considéré peut conduire à une dégradation des conditions expérimentales, pouvant rendre les Réseaux Évidentiels incohérents dans leurs décisions. Afin de compenser les effets résultant de la non-stationnarité des signaux provenant des capteurs, les Réseaux Évidentiels sont rendus évolutifs dans le temps, ce qui nous a conduit à introduire les Réseaux Evidentiels Dynamiques dans nos traitements et à les évaluer sur des scénarios de chute simulés correspondant à des cas d’usage variés / This work took place in the development of a remote home healthcare monitoring application designed to detect distress situations through several types of sensors. The multi-sensor fusion can provide more accurate and reliable information compared to information provided by each sensor separately. Furthermore, data from multiple heterogeneous sensors present in the remote home healthcare monitoring systems have different degrees of imperfection and trust. Among the multi-sensor fusion techniques, belief methods based on Dempster-Shafer Theory are currently considered as the most appropriate for the representation and processing of imperfect information, thus allowing a more realistic modeling of the problem. Based on a graphical representation of the Dempster-Shafer called Evidential Networks, a structure of heterogeneous data fusion from multiple sensors for fall detection has been proposed in order to maximize the performance of automatic fall detection and thus make the system more reliable. Sensors’ non-stationary signals of the considered system may lead to degradation of the experimental conditions and make Evidential Networks inconsistent in their decisions. In order to compensate the sensors signals non-stationarity effects, the time evolution is taken into account by introducing the Dynamic Evidential Networks which was evaluated by the simulated fall scenarios corresponding to various use cases

In this dissertation, I analyzed Max Neuhaus’s (1939-2009) and R. Murray Schafer’s (b. 1932) commentary and work regarding noise, its control, and its relationship with the environment from the 1960 to the 1980s. Both Neuhaus and Schafer as well as those more directly involved with noise abatement research and policy were responding to the challenges and possibilities that noise posed in the latter twentieth century. In this project, I delved into these substantial links and argued that responding to and engaging with noise abatement policies was a key impetus to much of their work, which scholarship has yet to critically examine. Inspired by the listening strategies that Neuhaus and Schafer set forth, I also considered ways in which music educators and social activists might approach sound, becoming aural advocates or activists when working in their communities. The works selected for analysis reflected contemporaneous studies held in the USA and Canada investigating the psychological and physiological impact of noise on humans, animals, and their landscape. Just as these investigations grew into the 1970s, new attention developed towards acoustic ecology and public sound art, both fields dealing with the relationship between sounds, living beings, and the environment. Neuhaus’s works analyzed include the Listen series (1966-76), his New York Times op-ed piece titled “BANG, BOOooom, ThumP, EEEK, tinkle" (1974), and the Emergency Vehicle Siren Redesign project (1978-1989). These Neuhaus projects provided an alternative to the movement towards acoustic ecology put forward by his contemporary, Schafer. Analyses of Schafer and the World Soundscape Project’s (WSP) publications included Ear Cleaning (1967), The Book of Noise (1970), and A Survey of Community Noise Bylaws in Canada (1972). Featured were primary sources from the Max Neuhaus Papers (Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library), newspaper reviews, and clippings. Also included were interviews with artists/associates of Neuhaus from his performance career (Phil Orenstein) and his Sirens project (Ray Gallon, Owen Greenspan, Herr Lugus, Julia Prospero, and Wolfgang Staehle) as well as Schafer's fellow WSP collaborator, Hildegard Westerkamp.

This document is the result of the research done in preparation for the two thesis-recitals given in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music Performance. The recitals and the document are devoted to selected art song composers from Great Britain, the United States, and Canada. The purpose of the research was to obtain a historical and stylistic understanding of the repertoire to be performed in the thesis-recitals. The methodology used for the elaboration of this document included review of relevant literature, score analysis, listening to recordings by major performers, and the preparation for performance itself. The first chapter is focused on the fact that Great Britains most distinguished composers have been influenced by musical practices from the European continent. John Dowland, Henry Purcell, Benjamin Britten, and the composers from the so-called British Musical Renaissance are taken into account. The second chapter is dedicated to three major figures in art song composition in the United States: Charles Griffes, Samuel Barber, and Ned Rorem. The chapter highlights the fact that these composers share two important features: their styles have roots in musical practices of continental Europe and today they are considered among the most truly American voices. The third chapter focuses on Jean Coulthard, Violet Archer, and R. Murray Schafer as examples of how Canadian composers have used the European artistic heritage in the process of creating their own styles. The document concludes that, in addition to creativity and personal artistic values, two other factors seem to have been important in allowing this group of composers to become models of the national voice of their own countries: a strong awareness of musical and literary heritage and an open acceptance of foreign influences.

This document is the result of the research done in preparation for the two thesis-recitals given in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music Performance. The recitals and the document are devoted to selected art song composers from Great Britain, the United States, and Canada. The purpose of the research was to obtain a historical and stylistic understanding of the repertoire to be performed in the thesis-recitals. The methodology used for the elaboration of this document included review of relevant literature, score analysis, listening to recordings by major performers, and the preparation for performance itself. The first chapter is focused on the fact that Great Britains most distinguished composers have been influenced by musical practices from the European continent. John Dowland, Henry Purcell, Benjamin Britten, and the composers from the so-called British Musical Renaissance are taken into account. The second chapter is dedicated to three major figures in art song composition in the United States: Charles Griffes, Samuel Barber, and Ned Rorem. The chapter highlights the fact that these composers share two important features: their styles have roots in musical practices of continental Europe and today they are considered among the most truly American voices. The third chapter focuses on Jean Coulthard, Violet Archer, and R. Murray Schafer as examples of how Canadian composers have used the European artistic heritage in the process of creating their own styles. The document concludes that, in addition to creativity and personal artistic values, two other factors seem to have been important in allowing this group of composers to become models of the national voice of their own countries: a strong awareness of musical and literary heritage and an open acceptance of foreign influences.

Orientadores: Maria Lucia Senna Pascoal, Celia Maria de Castro Almeida / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-07-22T15:54:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Medeiros_MariadeLourdesLimadeSouza_M.pdf: 7343836 bytes, checksum: 7559e34a3a17ae53b9bd11ae0c7a01cb (MD5) Previous issue date: 1997 / Resumo: Neste trabalho, foi realizado um estudo paralelo do método de educação musical de Edgar Willems e das propostas de educação sonora e musical apresentadas por Murray Schafer. Foi feita também uma análise sobre as diferenças e semelhanças entre as idéias dos dois educadores, apontando suas convergências e divergências e ainda os pontos em que as mesmas se completam.Como resultado, foi composto um repertório musical a ser utilizado em atividades práticas, destinadas a crianças na faixa etária de seis a oito anos, com o fIm de despertar nelas, através da criação, a vivência dos sons nas mais diversifIcadas formas expressivas e sensibilizadoras. O referido repertório, que também possibilita que a criança crie sua própria música, tendo uma participação critica neste processo, consta de peças para cantar e improvisar, para desenvolver as noções de altura, ritmo, dinâmica, timbre, audição interior e ainda explorações sonoras. O repertório musical, destinado a cantar, não se limita à música tonal, mas além desta são apresentadas peças modais, pentatônicas, atonais e de tons inteiros. A intenção deste trabalho não foi esgotar o conteúdo existente nas proposições dos dois músicos e pedagogos estudados. Pelo contrário, tem-se a consciência que muito pode ainda ser feito. A criatividade é infInita e, além disso, o campo de possibilidades que estes dois músicos nos oferecem é muito vasto. Cabe a cada pessoa que se interesse por um trabalho musical com a criança, adaptar e ampliar o que aqui foi proposto, não só no que diz respeito ao repertório apresentado como também na parte que se refere ao conteúdo teórico do pensamento fIlosófIco de educação proposto por Edgar Willems e Murray Schafer / Abstract: In this work, a parallel study about the method of musical education by Edgar Willems and the proposals on musical and sound education presented by Murray Schafer was accomplished. An analysis about the differences and similarities between the ideas of these two educators pointing out their convergences and divergences and also the points in which they complete each other was also done. As a result, a musical repertoire to be used in practical activities with children from six to eight years old was composed. This repertoire aims to call the child's attention, through the creation, to life experience with sounds in the most diversified expressive and sensible ways. It also offers the possibility to the child that has a critical participation in this process, the ability to create his own music. It consists of pieces to sing and improvise, to develop notions of pitch, rhythm, dynamics, timbre, and the inner hearing as well as sound exploitations. The musical repertoire, written for voice, is not limited to tonal music; it also presents modal, pentatonic, atonal and whole tone pieces. The purpose of this work is not to cover all the content of the proposals of those two musicians and pedagogues investigated. We are aware that there is still more to be done. Creativity is endless, and besides, the possibilities offered by these two musicians is vast. It is up to those truly interested in doing musical work with children to adapt and develop what was suggested here, either with the repertoire presented or the references to the theoretical content of the educational philosophic ideas proposed by Edgar Willems and Murray Schafer / Mestrado / Mestre em Artes

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