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Robert Garfias recordings: Tapes from the Vault, Undated
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Garfias, Robert
- Title
- Robert Garfias recordings: Tapes from the Vault
- Dates
- Undated
- Quantity
- 7 items : EC - 3 analog reels (7 1/2 ips, full-track (2) and 1/2 tr. mono (1), 5" (1) and 7" (2)); 4 wav files (48 kHz, 24-bit); Duration: 1:08:13
- Collection Number
- 2013004
- Summary
- Copies of recordings acquired by Robert Garfias and included in his collection of miscellaneous tapes deposited in the UW Ethnomusicology Archives.
- 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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Unrestricted: collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Robert Garfias was born in San Francisco in 1932, the child of Mexican-American parents. As a youngster he studied classical guitar and jazz saxophone. In high school he studied Western classical music composition, and he formed a jazz combo that played gigs for beatniks in the North Beach area of San Francisco, where he traveled in a circle of musicians that included Dave Brubeck, Vince Delgado, Vince Guaraldi, Harry Partch, and Bill Smith. During his career he founded the ethnomusicology program at the University of Washington; served as Dean of Arts at the University of California, Irvine, as a member of the Smithsonian Council, and as a presidential appointee to the U.S. National Council for the Arts; and conducted significant periods of fieldwork and language study in Japan, Okinawa, Korea, the Philippines, Mexico, Zimbabwe, Central America, Burma, Romania, Turkey, Spain, Portugal, and among Okinawans in the United States.
- Society for Ethnomusicology Newsletter (Vol. 7, No. 4, September 2013)
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
2013-4.1 EC - Ahmed Jan Thirakwa, tabla, with unidentified sarangi player; produced by Mahendra Shah, November 21, 1965 (in Bombay?) (7 1/2 ips, full-track, 5") (15:25)
2013-4.2 EC - "Viswa [T. Viswanathan] et al - Tokyo 1961" (7 1/2 ips, 1/2 tr. mono (2 sides), 7") (side A = 28:03; side B = 13:39)
2013-4.3 EC - "15 Strings of Cash" (7 1/2 ips, full-track, 7") (11:06)
Transmission Data: Digital files created 5/2013 - 2013-4.1.wav, 2013-4.2_A.wav, 2013-4.2_B.wav, 2013-4.3.wav (48 kHz, 24-bit)
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Description | Dates |
|---|---|
| 2013004-0001: Ahmed Jan Thirakwa
1 audiotape : Audio Reel
Copy of recording of Ahmed Jan Thirakwa, tabla, with unidentified sarangi player; produced by Mahendra Shah, November 21, 1965 (in Bombay?); copy obtained by Robert Garfias (15:25) Notation on back of tape box: "Ahmed Jan Thirakwa – 78 years old - teental. Recorded in stereo (orig.) on Tape Sonic [?] with two Electro Voice mikes, copied onto Nagra full track. Recorded by Mahendra Shah, Nov. 21, 1965"
|
1965-11-21 |
| 2013004-0002: T. Viswanathan
1 audiotape : Audio Reel
"Viswa et al - Tokyo 1961" [T. Viswanathan] (side A = 28:03; side B = 13:39)
|
1961-07-17 |
| 2013004-0003: 15 Strings of Cash
1 audiotape : Audio Reel
Tape used as listening example for Music 497 7/76 - "AF1 China - 15 Strings of Cash" (11:06)
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Classical Music, Hindustani
- Classical Music--China
- Ethnomusicology
Geographical Names
- Asia
- China--Asia--East Asia
- India--Asia--South Asia
- North India
- World
Form or Genre Terms
- Sound Recordings
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Thirakwa, Ahmedjan, 1891-1979 (performer)
- Viswanathan, T. (performer)
