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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
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University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
University of Washington
Ethnomusicology Archives
Box 353450
Seattle, WA
98195-3450
Telephone: 2065430974
ethnoarc@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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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
