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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
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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 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