Robert Garfias collection: 78-rpm records from Korea, Japan, and India, Undated

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Garfias, Robert
Title
Robert Garfias collection: 78-rpm records from Korea, Japan, and India
Dates
Undated
Quantity
2 items  :  EC - 1 reel (7 1/2 ips, 1/2 tr. stereo, 7") (processed through UW Music Listening Center filter system); 1 WAV file (48 kHz, 24-bit); Duration: 00:45:58
Collection Number
1977004
Summary
Miscellaneous 78-rpm discs from Korea, Japan, and India, collected by Robert Garfias.
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

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

Contents summary (includes music from Korea, Japan, and India): Nujin Chungmori (Kayagum & Changgo); Japanese Popular Song "Tokyo Ondo"; Japanese Koto "Rokudan"; Vina Tanam - Nata, Goula, Arabhi; India - Clarinet; Japanese Popular Song (Shamisen) - "Bugi-Ugi"; Japanese Popular Song - "Bara-o Meshimase"; Shinto Song; Japanese Koto Piece - "Furin" (wind chime); Japanese Koto Piece - "Senkohanabi" (firecracker)

The 78-rpm discs copied in this collection are also included in collection 2005-15; see this collection for disc accession numbers and contents information.

Documentation: Hand-written list of record company numbers and titles.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Ethnomusicology
  • Music--India
  • Music--Japan
  • Music--Korea

Geographical Names

  • Asia
  • India--Asia--South Asia
  • Japan
  • Korea--Asia--East Asia

Form or Genre Terms

  • Sound Recordings