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Hiromi Lorraine Sakata field recordings (Pakpattan and Lahore), 1996-05
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Sakata, Hiromi Lorraine
- Title
- Hiromi Lorraine Sakata field recordings (Pakpattan and Lahore)
- Dates
- 1996-051996-051996-05
- Quantity
- 2 videotapes : EC - 2 vcts (S-VHS, sp, color); Duration: 3:18:00
- Collection Number
- 1996020
- Summary
- Recordings made by Sakata during field work in May (Pakpattan) and July (Lahore) 1996; copies of Hi-8 videocassette originals.
- 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
From her professional bio:
"Hiromi Lorraine Sakata is the author of Music in the Mind: The Concepts of Music and Musician in Afghanistan (Kent State University Press, 1983 and reissued by Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002) and Afghanistan Encounters with Music and Friends (Mazda Publications 2013). She is producer of Ustad Mohammad Omar: Virtuoso from Afghanistan (Smithsonian Folkways, 2002). Her other publications focus on devotional music of Pakistan, in particular, the music at Sufi shrines in Pakistan. Sakata taught in the Ethnomusicology Program at the University of Washington for twenty years before joining the UCLA faculty. She was made an Honorary Member of the Society for Ethnomusicology in 2012."
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Contents:
96-20.1 - copy of PK-96 May #3 (other May tapes not deposited); recorded by Lorraine Sakata, May 22-23, 1996 in Pakpattan during 'Urs of Baba Farid Ganj-e Shakur; includes performances by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Mehr Ali, Sher Ali.
96-20.2 - copy of PK-96 July #2 (other July tapes not deposited); recorded by Tom Sakata, July 8, 1996 on last morning of Mehfil-e Sama' for the 'Urs of Data Ganj Bakhsh, Lahore (includes singing by Faiz Ahmad Faizi); and July 8-9, 1996 in outskirts of Lahore at private Sama' for Mehr Ali, Sher Ali's Pir.
Original recordings deposited in Archives in August 2012 by Hiromi Lorraine Sakata; included in collection 2012-19.
Documentation: Typed log sheet and notes (3 pp.)
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Ethnomusicology
- Music--Pakistan
- Video recordings in ethnomusicology
Geographical Names
- Asia
- Pakistan
Form or Genre Terms
- Field recordings
- Sound recordings
- Video recordings
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Ali, Mehr (performer)
- Ali, Sher (performer)
- Khan, Nusrat Fateh Ali (performer)
