UW Ethnomusicology Archives audio recordings: Sean Williams field recordings, 1987-1988

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Williams, Sean
Title
UW Ethnomusicology Archives audio recordings: Sean Williams field recordings
Dates
1987-1988 (inclusive)
Quantity
60 audiotapes  :  OT - 60 audio cassettes
Collection Number
2000011
Summary
Recorded during field research in West Java, Indonesia, 1987-1988.
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

Sean Williams (1959-), from Berkeley, California, is an ethnomusicologist who teaches at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. Her primary areas of teaching include Irish studies and Asian studies. Williams also leads the Sundanese music ensembles Gamelan Degung Girijaya (Enduring Mountain Gamelan) and Angklung Buncis Sukahejo. She received a BA in classical guitar performance from UC Berkeley in 1981, and an MA (1985) and Ph.D. (1990) in ethnomusicology from the University of Washington.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

For additional documentation see "The Urbanization of Tembang Sunda: An Aristocratic Musical Genre of West Java, Indonesia" by Sean Williams (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Washington, 1990)

Documentation: Photo-copies of hand-written cassette wrapper notes.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Ethnomusicology
  • Sundanese

Geographical Names

  • Indonesia--Asia--Southeast Asia
  • Java
  • Southeast Asia--Asia--Southeast Asia