UW Ethnomusicology concert recordings: Hamza El-Din/oud and tar, 1992-02-22

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Sercombe, Laurel; University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
Title
UW Ethnomusicology concert recordings: Hamza El-Din/oud and tar
Dates
1992-02-22
Quantity
1 items  :  OT - 1 DAT; WT - 2 reels (7 1/2 ips, 1/2 tr. stereo, 10"); WD - 1 compact disc (digital copy of digital original); Duration: 1:09:45
Collection Number
1992009
Summary
Concert recorded February 22, 1992 in Brechemin Auditorium, University of Washington School of Music.
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

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Recorded by Ashok Kumar and Laurel Sercombe with Sony TCD-D3 DAT-corder (Lorraine Sakata's), Symetrix SX202 dual mic preamp, Neumann mics (simultaneous DAT recording made with Panasonic SV-250, which was given to performer). (Apparently the archives DAT recording is not actually a digital recording, as it was recorded through the regular line input (analog) on the Sony TCD-D3.)

Performer: Hamza El Din/oud and tar, in a concert of Nubian music.

Durations: OT (DAT) - 69:48; WT (reels) - 41:11, 29:02); WD (CD) - 69:45.

Transmission Data: Digital files created 5/07 - 92-9_El Din.aif, 92-9_El Din.Sd2f.

Documentation: Concert flyer.

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Hamza El Din is considered the father of modern Nubian music. He was born in Toshka, Nubia, Egypt. Hamza studied at King Fouad University (now the University of Cairo), then enrolled in the Popular University and at Ibrahim Shafiq's Institute of Music (Shafiq was renowned as a master of Arabian music and of the Muwashshah rhyme forms). Following graduation, he continued his studies at the King Fouad Institute for Middle Eastern Music, mastering the oud. Later, with an Italian government grant, he studied Western music and classical guitar at the Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome.

Next he emigrated to the U.S., where he lived and worked as a recording and concert artist, and taught as an ethnomusicologist in several American universities, including the University of Ohio (Athens), the University of Washington (Seattle) and the University of Texas (Austin). Aided by a grant from the Japan Foundation, he went to Tokyo to make a comparative study between the Arabian oud and the Japanese biwa during the 1980's. Today He resides in the San Francisco Bay area, and continues composing, teaching, recording and keeping a busy worldwide concert schedule. Hamza El Din composed music for the Kronos Quartet and for the play "The Persians" (directed by Peter Sellars). In recent years, he performed at major festivals including Edinburgh, Salzburg, Vienna, Paris, Berlin, Montreux, Barcelona, Los Angeles, Monterey and Festival Cervantino (Guanajuato, Mexico).

- Hamza El Din Biography, www.hamzaeldin.com

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Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Description Dates
1992009-0001
1 optical media : CD - unpublished; Tracks: 4
Recorded by Ashok Kumar and Laurel Sercombe with Sony TCD-D3 DAT-corder (L. Sakata's), Symetrix SX202 dual mic preamp, Neumann mics (simultaneous DAT recording made with Panasonic SV-250, which was given to performer). (Apparently the archives DAT recording is not actually a digital recording, as it was recorded through the regular line input (analog) on the Sony TCD-D3.) Performer: Hamza El Din/oud and tar, in a concert of Nubian music.Durations: OT (DAT) - 69:48; WT (reels) - 41:11, 29:02); WD (CD) - 69:45.Transmission Data: Digital files created 5/07 - 92-9_El Din.aif, 92-9_El Din.Sd2f.
1992-02-22

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Arab Sudan
  • Concerts
  • Ethnomusicology

Geographical Names

  • Middle East--Middle East--General Middle East
  • Nubia
  • Seattle (Wash.)

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • El Din, Hamza, 1929-2006 (instrumentalist)