Robert Garfias concert recording: Sri A.K.C. Natarajan, 1966-01-01

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Garfias, Robert
Title
Robert Garfias concert recording: Sri A.K.C. Natarajan
Dates
1966-01-01
Quantity
2 items  :  OT - 1 reel (7 1/2 ips, full-track, 7"); 1 WAV file (48 kHz, 24-bit); Duration: 00:15:42
Collection Number
1966024
Summary
Concert recorded at the Music Academy, Madras, 1/1/66, 9pm.
Repository
University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
University of Washington
Ethnomusicology Archives
Box 353450
Seattle, WA
98195-3450
Telephone: 2065430974
ethnoarc@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Undefined

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 information from back of tape box (appears to be Robert Garfias' handwriting) and concert program: Sri A.K.C. Natarajan, clarinet, & Party; instruments - 2 clarinets, 2 tavils, tampura, harmonium; title - 1) Srirangapura vihara (M. Diksitar) - Raga-Brindavana Saranga, Tala-Rupaka; 2) Javali - Veganivu - Raga-Surati, Tala-Rupaka; 3) Tiruppuhazh - Raga-Hamsanandi, Tala-Chatusra Jampa [@3 minutes of Latin music at end of tape]

This recording appears to include only a portion of the concert, according to the printed program.

Tape digitized 4/2015 - 66-24.1.wav (48 kHz, 24-bit)

Documentation: Concert program

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Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Description
1966024-0001: Concert: Sri A.K.C. Natarajan
1 audiotape : Audio Reel

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Clarinet
  • Classical Music--Carnatic
  • Concerts
  • Ethnomusicology
  • Harmonium
  • Music--India
  • Tavil

Corporate Names

  • Music Academy (Chennai, India)

Geographical Names

  • India--Asia--South Asia
  • South India

Form or Genre Terms

  • Sound recordings

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • Natarajan, A. K. C., 1930- (performer)