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UW Ethnomusicology Archives audio recordings: M. Megan McNamer (Hmong Music (Seattle, Missoula)), 1982-1984
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- McNamer, M. Megan
- Title
- UW Ethnomusicology Archives audio recordings: M. Megan McNamer (Hmong Music (Seattle, Missoula))
- Dates
- 1982-1984 (inclusive)19821984
- Quantity
- 6 items : EC-6 reels (7 1/2 ips, 1/2 tr. stereo, 7"); WT-6 reels (7 1/2 ips, 1/2 tr. stereo, 7" and 10"); Duration: 3:06:55; hand-written logsheets.
- Collection Number
- 1987001
- Summary
- Recorded in Missoula and Billings, Montana, and Seattle, Washington, 1982 and 1984.
- 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
Megan McNamer is a fiction author, essayist, and musician from northern Montana. She studied music as an undergraduate at the University of Montana, and earned an MA in ethnomusicology from the University of Washington. Her first novel Children and Lunatics won the Big Moose Price. She now lives in Missoula, where she performs Balinese gamelan music and writes.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Full title: Hmong Music of Seattle and Missoula Refugee Communities.
Recorded by collector with Marantz PMD 220 cassette recorder (mono.)(Type 1 tape except Type 2 on Tape #5); identification and spellings provided by collector.
Contents: Hmong (Hmoob/Moob) music, including instrumental music, improvised songs, and wedding songs. -
1987-1.1 (TT-1) Toua Thao (Missoula, Montana) playing raj nplaim (Hmong free-reed pipe) (recorded 7/16/82) (15:24)
1987-1.2 (TT-2) Toua Thao (Missoula, Montana) playing raj pwm live (vertical duct flute), raj nplaim (free-reed pipe), ncas (jaw's harp), nkauj laug ncas (two-stringed bowed lute) (recorded in 1982) (35:37)
1987-1.3 (NKV-1) Nhia Khoua Vang (Missoula, Montana) singing kwv txhiaj (lug txhaj) and lus taum (recorded in 1982) (32:58)
1987-1.4 (NKV-4) Nhia Khoua Vang (Missoula, Montana) singing Zaj tshoob - wedding songs - and kwv txhiaj (lug txhaj) - improvised songs about love, life (recorded in 1982) (46:58) 1987-1.5 (SM-1) Sao Moua (Billings, Montana) singing kwv txhiaj (recorded in 1982) (23:07) 1987-1.6 (HD-1) Doua Hang (speaking English), with Chang Xia Ze (both of Seattle, WA, at the time; demonstration and explanation of the qeej (six-tubed, free-reed aerophone), the nkauj laug ncas (two-stringed bowed lute), and the raj nplaim (free-reed pipe) (recorded in 1984) (32:51)
Documentation: Photo-copies of cassette wrappers
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Ethnomusicology
Geographical Names
- Asia
- Miao--Asia--East Asia
