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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
- 2 items : EC - 2 reels (7 1/2 ips, 2 tr. stereo, 7"); WT - 2 reels (7 1/2 ips, 2 tr. stereo, 7"); Duration: 1:08:46
- Collection Number
- 1975012
- Summary
- Copies of 78 rpm records from Colin McPhee's personal collection.
- 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
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
Contents: Central Javanese gamelan; Paku Alaman.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Ethnomusicology
- Javanese--Asia--Southeast Asia
Geographical Names
- Java
- Oceania
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