Karl Signell recordings - Music in a New World: America's Ethnic Traditions, Undated

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Signell, Karl
Title
Karl Signell recordings - Music in a New World: America's Ethnic Traditions
Dates
Undated
Quantity
6 items  :  EC - 2 reels (3 3/4 ips, 1/4 tr. stereo); WT - 4 reels (7 1/2 ips, 1/2 tr. stereo); Duration: 3:28:31
Collection Number
1982063
Summary
7 audio programs from the public radio series produced by Karl Signell, 1982.
Repository
University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
University of Washington
Ethnomusicology Archives
Box 353450
Seattle, WA
98195-3450
Telephone: 2065430974
ethnoarc@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Access is restricted.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Karl Signell is perhaps best known for his publications in Turkish music, especially "Makam: Modal practice in Turkish art music". He has done extensive field research in the U.S. and in more than a dozen countries abroad, including Turkey, Indonesia, and Japan.

Besides editing Ethnomusicology OnLine https://www.umbc.edu/eol/, his multimedia projects include other Web sites, CDs, CD-ROMs, and audio documentaries such as "The Nature of Music" series and "Music in a new world: America's ethnic traditions" series.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Contents: music of Okinawan immigrants in Honolulu, Hawaii (8207); music of U.S. Greek immigrants (8208); music of U.S. Vietnamese immigrants (8209); music of U.S. Russian immigrants (8210); music of U.S. Hmong immigrants (8211); music of U.S. Samoan immigrants (8212); music of Cambodian immigrants in the U.S. (8213).

The complete series of 26 half-hour audio programs, documenting musical traditions brought to the United States by first-generation immigrants from around the world, is available on-line through the University of Maryland Digital Repository (DRUM):

http://drum.lib.umd.edu/handle/1903/4038 Besides editing Ethnomusicology OnLine

http://www.umbc.edu/eol/world/brochure.html More information about the series is available at:

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Cambodians--Asia--Southeast Asia
  • Ethnomusicology
  • Greeks--Europe--Southeastern Europe
  • Hmong
  • Music--Greece
  • Music--Soviet Union
  • Music--Vietnam
  • Samoans--Oceania--Polynesia
  • Vietnamese--Asia--Southeast Asia

Geographical Names

  • Okinawa
  • Russia
  • Soviet Union (former)
  • World

Form or Genre Terms

  • Sound recordings