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Robert Garfias recordings: Music and Dance from the Philippine Islands and Korea, 1966
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Garfias, Robert; Schultz, Harold
- Title
- Robert Garfias recordings: Music and Dance from the Philippine Islands and Korea
- Dates
- 196619661966
- Quantity
- 2 items : Earliest copy (EC) - 1 VHS (color); Working disc (WD) - 1 DVD (digital, color, stereo)
- Collection Number
- 1988004
- Summary
- Video copies of film produced by the University of Washington School of Music and Center for Asian Arts. Filmed in 1966, and 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
Full title: Music and Dance from the Philippine Islands and Korea.
Filmed and recorded by Robert Garfias and Harold Schultz. This film is commonly referred to as "the Philippine/Korean sampler" within the Ethnomusicology department.
Contents:
Philippines (examples 1-7): Sinuklit; Topaya; Talibeng (War Dance); Pantang-U; Udull; Duyug & Sinulug; Binalig.
Korea (examples. 8-12): Mugu; Tae Chita; Pong San Tal; Kang Kang Sulle; Nong Ahk.
DVD copy of VHS copy produced December 2011. Duration: 00:45:00.
Documentation: Film logs.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Description |
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1988004-0001: 1988004-0001: VHS 1 |
DVD 1 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Dance--Korea
- Ethnomusicology
- Music--Korea
- Music--Philippines
- Video recordings in ethnomusicology
Geographical Names
- Asia
- Korea--Asia--East Asia
- Oceania
- Philippines--Asia--Southeast Asia