UW Ethnomusicology Archives audio recordings: Harold F. Schiffman recordings (Todas and Other Tribals; Sangam Poetry), 1965-1966

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Schiffman, Harold F.
Title
UW Ethnomusicology Archives audio recordings: Harold F. Schiffman recordings (Todas and Other Tribals; Sangam Poetry)
Dates
1965-1966 (inclusive)
Quantity
1 items  :  OT - 1 reel (Audiotape brand) (3 3/4 ips, 2 tr. mono., 5"); WD - 1 compact disc (digital, stereo); Duration: 00:58:36; notes from collector and Michael Nixon.
Collection Number
1988043
Summary
Tribals recorded in the Nilgiris mountains, Tamilnadu, August 1966; poetry recorded in Annamalainagar.
Repository
University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
University of Washington
Ethnomusicology Archives
Box 353450
Seattle, WA
98195-3450
Telephone: 2065430974
ethnoarc@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Access is restricted.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Harold F. Schiffman (1938-) is an anthropologist, author, and teacher from the United States. He earned his BA in German and French from Antioch College in 1960, his MA in Slavic and Dravidian Linguistics in 1966 from the University of Chicago, and his PhD in Dravidian Linguistics in 1969 from the University of Chicago. He has taught at various universities including the University of Washington, the University of California, and the University of Pennsylvania. His research interests include sociolinguistics and the intersection with language policy and politics.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Original recorded on Uher (model not identified) by Harold F. Schiffman (Asian Languages and Literature, UW).

Contents: side 1 (recorded @ 7 1/2 ips) contains American rock music (with 1 Indian example) record dubs; side 2 (recorded @ 3 3/4 ips) contains Indian material as follows, (titles from collector): 1) Trance, 2) Song dance: Oh Ho Ho; 3 syllable with group redupl., 3) Women singing, 4) Toda numerals, 5) Thatching ceremony, 6) More women singing (Toda), 7) Sangam material, 8) Kota songs.

Source info from collector: "The Toda material was recorded at (near) a Toda settlement near Lovedale station (on the Nilgiri Blue railroad line.) The Kota material was recorded at Kotagiri in the Nilgiris. The Tamil 'Sangam' material was recorded in Annamalainagar. Dates: all done in 1965-66. Copied material [which portion of tape?] from Dr. Gerard Diffloth, now at U. of Chicago."

Duration: 58:36

Transmission Data: Digital files created 11/2007 - 88-43.1.aif (48kHz, 24-bit)

Work tape (WT) (7 1/2 ips, 1/2 tr. stereo (mono program), 10") de-acquisitioned following production of work disc 11/2007.

Documentation: Transcribed tape box info

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Description Dates
1988043-0001
1 optical media : CD - unpublished; Tracks: 10
Original recorded on Uher (model not identified) by Harold F. Schiffman (Asian Languages and Literature, UW). Contents: side 1 (recorded @ 7 1/2 ips) contains American rock music (with 1 Indian example) record dubs; side 2 (recorded @ 3 3/4 ips) contains Indian material as follows, (titles from collector): 1) Trance, 2) Song dance: Oh Ho Ho; 3 syllable with group redupl., 3) Women singing, 4) Toda numerals, 5) Thatching ceremony, 6) More women singing (Toda), 7) Sangam material, 8) Kota songs. Source info from collector: "The Toda material was recorded at (near) a Toda settlement near Lovedale station (on the Nilgiri Blue railroad line.) The Kota material was recorded at Kotagiri in the Nilgiris. The Tamil 'Sangam' material was recorded in Annamalainagar. Dates: all done in 1965-66. Copied material [which portion of tape?] from Dr. Gerard Diffloth, now at U. of Chicago"
1965-1966

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Ethnomusicology

Geographical Names

  • India--Asia--South Asia
  • South India
  • Tamil--Asia--South Asia