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Robert Garfias recordings: Buddhist Dances of Korea, 1969-1970
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Garfias, Robert
- Title
- Robert Garfias recordings: Buddhist Dances of Korea
- Dates
- 1969-1970 (inclusive)19691970
- Quantity
- 1 videotapes : Earliest copy (EC) - 1 VHS (SP, color)
- Collection Number
- 1986027
- Summary
- Video copy of film featuring traditional Korean dances performed by Buddhist monks, 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
Original film and video (VHS) in color.
Film produced by the University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives, and distributed by University of Washington Press in 1970; out of print as of 1998.
Contents: Traditional dances performed by Buddhist monks. Accompanying music is centered on the chanting of Buddhist texts. Dancers themselves play large cymbals and a small outdoor ensemble with winds and percussion provides further accompaniment.
Duration: 00:18:00
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Dance--Korea
- Ethnomusicology
- Music--Korea
- Video recordings in ethnomusicology
Geographical Names
- Asia
- Korea--Asia--East Asia
University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
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