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Robert Garfias lecture-demonstration recordings: Ashish Khan/Sarod, 1967-10-20
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Garfias, Robert
- Title
- Robert Garfias lecture-demonstration recordings: Ashish Khan/Sarod
- Dates
- 1967-10-201967-10-201967-10-20
- Quantity
- 3 items : OT-2 reels (7 1/2 ips, full-track, 7"); WD - 1 compact disc (digital, stereo); Duration: 00:46:18
- Collection Number
- 1967006
- Summary
- Lecture and demonstration of North Indian music recorded at the University of Washington School of Music, 10/20/67.
- 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
Recorded by Robert Garfias and Dan Grinstead with Nagra III.
Performers: Ashish Khan/sarod; Mahapurush Misra/tabla; John Bergamo/tambura.
Work disc includes content of both original reels (Reel 1 = 39:45; reel 2 = 6:07; total duration = 46:18)
Transmission data: digital file created 1/2010 - 67-6.1-2.wav (96 kHz, 24-bit) (Work Tape copies de-acquisitioned after Work Disc produced 1/2010)
Contents: see logsheets.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Description | Dates |
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1967006-0001
1 optical media : CD - unpublished
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1967-10-20 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Ethnomusicology
- Music--India
- Tabla music
- Tambura
Geographical Names
- Asia
- India--Asia--South Asia
- North India
Form or Genre Terms
- Lecture
- Lectures and lecturing
- Sound Recordings
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Khan, Aashish, 1939- (performer)
- Misra, Mahapurush (performer)