R. Murray Schafer is Canada's pre-eminent composer and is known throughout the world for his achievements as an educator, environmentalist, scholar and visual artist. His major books include the acclaimed The Tuning of the World, Ezra Pound and His Music, On Canadian Music and The Thinking Ear: On Music Education . He was the first winner of the Glenn Gould prize for Music and Communication as well as the Molson Award for distinctive service to the arts.