Historic Precedents of Soundscape Composition

 
Walther Ruttmann  (1887-1941)

  Weekend/Wochenende (1930)
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Ludwig Karl Koch (1881-1974)

  Hunting By Ear (1930)
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Tony Schwartz (1923-2008)

  Sounds of My City, part 1 (1956)

  Sounds of My City, part 2 (1956)
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Luc Ferrari (1929-2005)

  Presque Rien part 1 (1970)

  Presque Rien, part 2 (1977)
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Peter Leonhard Braun (1929-)


  Bells in Europe (1973) part 1
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William W. H. "Bill" Gunn (1913-1984)

Wildlife recordist  and Director of the Wildlife Research Station at Algonquin Park, Ontario
A Day in Algonquin Park (1955) LP
based on sounds recorded in and around the area, organized by time of day
Reference: Laura Cameron & Matt Rogalsky, Organised Sound 22(2), 2017


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Imbert Orchard (1909-1991)
CBC producer in BC of "documents in sound"that emphasized voice and "aural history"
Specialized in interviews with pioneers
Used differing "levels of remove": actuality, running commentary, recall, re-enactment

  Skeena, River of the Clouds (1962, 1976)

  Morning at Metlakatla (ca. 1975)