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Robert Garfias recordings: Africa LP Master Tapes, Undated
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Garfias, Robert
- Title
- Robert Garfias recordings: Africa LP Master Tapes
- Dates
- Undated
- Quantity
- 4 items : Earliest copies (EC) - 2 open reels (7 1/2 ips, stereo, 1/2 track, 7 in.); Working tapes (WT) - 2 open reels (7 1/2 ips, stereo, 1/2 track, 7 in.)
- Collection Number
- 1983058
- Summary
- Recordings from Robert Garfias' field tapes, probably dubbed from record masters.
- 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
Tapes are probably dubs of master tapes.
Contents: Documentation file contains list of items on "Ocora African LP Master Tape" and "PDS 1004" which appear to be made up of the same items but in a different order; unclear if either of these 2 records were ever released.
83-58.1 - contains field nos. 1008, 1011, 1027 (appears to be Ocora record master, re-arranged but same contents as PDS 1004) (note on side of box - "1011-African Ocora sampler LP side one master"; note on back of box - "PDS 1004 side a - needs re-mastering"); 83-58.2 - contents correspond with contents list for Ocora LP master tape side 2, not PDS 1004 side b (though note on back of box reads "PDS 1004 side b"); additional label on tape reel - "1012" (refers to field number or possibly some old reel numbering sequence).
Duration (WT): 00:46:50.
Documentation: Lists of contents for 2 African record masters.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Earliest copiesReturn to Top
| Description |
|---|
1983058-0001: Reel 1
1 audiotapes : Tracks: 7
|
Reel 2 |
Working tapesReturn to Top
| Description |
|---|
Reel 3 |
Reel 4 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Ethnomusicology
- Shona--Africa--Southern Africa
Geographical Names
- Africa
- Zimbabwe
Form or Genre Terms
- Sound Recordings
University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
2017-2018
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