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Colin McPhee collection: Music of Java (copies of 78 rpm records), Undated
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- McPhee, Colin, 1900-1964
- Title
- Colin McPhee collection: Music of Java (copies of 78 rpm records)
- Dates
- Undated
- Quantity
- 7 items : EC - 5 reels (7.5 ips, 2 tr. mono (rec. 2 sides), 7"); WT - 2 reels (7.5 ips, 1/2 tr. stereo, 7"); Duration: 5:00:00
- Collection Number
- 1988021
- Summary
- Copies of 78 rpm recordings of Javanese music from Colin McPhee's personal collection.
- 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
In the 1930s, Colin McPhee lived in Bali where he studied the sacred gamelan tradition and other musical genres. When he worked in New York during the 1940s, he was among the talented, young generation of composers that included Aaron Copeland and Henry Cowell. In California, where he died in 1964, he contributed greatly to the study of world music. McPhee was a faculty member of the Music Department at UCLA from 1960-1964. Besides his musical talents, he was an excellent photographer (as seen in the Archive's collection). His publications include A Club of Small Men (1948), A House in Bali (1947), and Music of Bali (1956).
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
These 5 tapes were assembled into a collection after years of confusion; the collection number was assigned when only 1 of the reels was present in the Archives (1988); the remaining reels were part of a shipment of tapes received from Robert Garfias in 1999. The tapes were numbered as follows: 61-1.1 OT - 61-1.5 OT (non-existent numbers in the UW Ethno. Archives).
Contents (see photo-copies of tape box notes for detailed lists): 88-21.1 EC - Old Sunda I (formerly 61-1.1 OT) (Garfias inventory #290) 88-21.2 EC - Java (formerly 61-1.2 OT) (Garfias inventory #96) 88-21.3 EC - Java (formerly 61-1.3 OT) (Garfias inventory #138) 88-21.4 EC - Java (formerly 61-1.4 OT) (Garfias inventory #291) 88-21.5 EC - Java (formerly 61-1.5 OT) (Garfias inventory #293)
All EC reels in good condition (7/2006)
Related collections; 75-12.1-2 EC (OE5 Java) - same recorded material as on 88-21.4 EC 75-11.1-5 EC (OE7 Sunda) - material also appears to be from the Colin McPhee collection - duplicate material?
Documentation: Photo-copies of notes on tape boxes.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Ethnomusicology
- Javanese--Asia--Southeast Asia
- Music--Indonesia--Java
- Sundanese
Geographical Names
- Indonesia--Asia--Southeast Asia
- Java
- Oceania
- Southeast Asia--Asia--Southeast Asia
Form or Genre Terms
- Sound recordings
