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UW Ethnomusicology Archives audio recordings: Colin McPhee Collection, Undated
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- McPhee, Colin, 1900-1964
- Title
- UW Ethnomusicology Archives audio recordings: Colin McPhee Collection
- Dates
- Undated
- Quantity
- 5 items : OT - 5 reels (7 1/2 ips, full-track, 7"); WT - 5 reels (7 1/2 ips, 2 tr. stereo, 10"); Duration: 3:11:56; copies of tape box notes.
- Collection Number
- 1975011
- Summary
- Source unknown; likely copies of Colin McPhee recordings.
- 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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Unrestricted: collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
In the 1930s, Colin McPhee lived in Bali where he studied the sacred gamelan tradition and other musical genres. When he worked in New York during the 1940s, he was among the talented, young generation of composers that included Aaron Copeland and Henry Cowell. In California, where he died in 1964, he contributed greatly to the study of world music. McPhee was a faculty member of the Music Department at UCLA from 1960-1964. Besides his musical talents, he was an excellent photographer (as seen in the Archive's collection). His publications include A Club of Small Men (1948), A House in Bali (1947), and Music of Bali (1956).
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Numbers on boxes for tapes 1-4 look like Garfias numbers (I601-I604)
Documentation: Hand-written note
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Ethnomusicology
- Sundanese
Geographical Names
- Java
- Oceania
