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Robert Kauffman field recordings (Zimbabwe), 1960-1962
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Kauffman, Robert
- Title
- Robert Kauffman field recordings (Zimbabwe)
- Dates
- 1960-1962 (inclusive)19601962
- Quantity
- 38 items : EC - 19 reels (7 1/2 ips, full-track, 7"); WD - 19 compact discs (digital, stereo); Duration: 12:00:00; typed contents list.
- Collection Number
- 1962006
- Summary
- Field recordings made in various locations in Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) between October 1960 and November 1962.
- 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
Robert Kauffman did his fieldwork in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) in 1960-1962. His dissertation is entitled "Multi-Part Relationships in the Shona Music of Rhodesia" and he graduated UCLA in 1971. He was a professor of ethnomusicology at the University of Washington and the University of Pittsburgh. He is now retired.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
See logsheets for contents descriptions.
Transmission Data: Digital files created 8/2011 - 62-6.1.aif through 62-6.19.aif (48 kHz, 24-bit)
The original tapes (from which our copies were made) are located in the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive. The contents of the collector's documentation sheets are included in a finding aid prepared by that Archive, available at: http://www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu/archive/previous_site/kauffman.html
Documentation: Copy of collector's documentation sheets
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Description |
|---|
| 1962006-0001: Threshing songs & other work songs (10/60-7/61)
1 optical media : CD - unpublished
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| 1962006-0002: Threshing, grinding, beer-drinking songs (7/60-10/61)
1 optical media : CD - unpublished
|
| 1962006-0003: Fighting, threshing, grinding, etc., songs (11/61-11/62)
1 optical media : CD - unpublished
|
| 1962006-0004: Drum rhythms (solo & ensemble) (10/60-10/61)
1 optical media : CD - unpublished
|
| 1962006-0005: Mbira solos (10/60-6/61)
1 optical media : CD - unpublished
|
| 1962006-0006: Mbira songs (solo & ensemble) (6/61-11/61)
1 optical media : CD - unpublished
|
| 1962006-0007: Mbira songs (solo & ensemble) (11/61-12/61)
1 optical media : CD - unpublished
|
| 1962006-0008: Miscellaneous songs (10/60-12/61)
1 optical media : CD - unpublished
|
| 1962006-0009: School songs (choir) (10/60-9/61)
1 optical media : CD - unpublished
|
| 1962006-0010: School songs (7/60-11/61; 3/62)
1 optical media : CD - unpublished
|
| 1962006-0011: School songs (7/60-11/61; 3/62)
1 optical media : CD - unpublished
|
| 1962006-0012: Religious songs (10/60-8/61)
1 optical media : CD - unpublished
|
| 1962006-0013: Religious songs (9/61-1/62)
1 optical media : CD - unpublished
|
| 1962006-0014: Wedding & funeral songs (10/60-12/61)
1 optical media : CD - unpublished
|
| 1962006-0015: Chief's songs (10/60-11/61)
1 optical media : CD - unpublished
|
| 1962006-0016: Church hymns (7/60-11/62 ?)
1 optical media : CD - unpublished
|
| 1962006-0017: Dance pieces (10/60-11/60)
1 optical media : CD - unpublished
|
| 1962006-0018: Dance pieces (6/61-8/61)
1 optical media : CD - unpublished
|
| 1962006-0019: Dance pieces (8/61-11/62)
1 optical media : CD - unpublished
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Choral Music
- Dance
- Ethnomusicology
- Folk songs, Shona
- Funeral music
- Hymns
- Mbira
- Music--Zimbabwe
- Religion
- Shona
- Shona Music
- Shona--Africa--Southern Africa
- Songs, Shona
- Songs--Zimbabwe
- Wedding music
- Wedding songs
- Work Songs
Geographical Names
- Africa
- Zimbabwe
Form or Genre Terms
- Field recordings
- Sound recordings
