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Laurel Sercombe concert recordings: Gayathri Rajapur, 1985-04-13
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Sercombe, Laurel; University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
- Title
- Laurel Sercombe concert recordings: Gayathri Rajapur
- Dates
- 1985-04-131985-04-131985-04-13
- Quantity
- 10 items : 85-20.1-2 OT - 2 vcts (dig. aud. rec.) (VHS, SP, st.); 85-20.3-4 OT - 2 vcts (video rec.) (VHS, SP, st.); 85-20.5-8 EC- 4 reels (7.5 ips, 2 tr. st., 7"(1), 10"(3)); 85-20.1-2 WT - 2 DATs (dig., st.); Duration: 2:30:17
- Collection Number
- 1985020
- Summary
- Concert recorded in the University of Washington Music Auditorium, 4/13/85.
- 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
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Laurel Sercombe has been the Archivist for the Ethnomusicology Program at the University of Washington since 1982. She has co-produced a series of music recordings with Northwest Folklife, lectured for classes in Ethnomusicology, Library and Information Science, and American Indian Studies, and designed and taught a course on sound archiving. In 1998 she received a pre-doctoral Smithsonian Research Fellowship and in 2001 received her Ph.D. with the dissertation And Then It Rained: Power and Song in Western Washington Coast Salish Myth Narratives. She is a member of the Music Library Association, the Association for Recorded Sound Collections, and the Society for Ethnomusicology, for which she served as Current Discographer 1992–2000 and Treasurer 2000–2004. She serves on the boards of Jack Straw Productions and Northwest Heritage Resources. In 2013 she organized and hosted "Sounds of the World," a series of six programs for UWTV featuring film footage from the Robert Garfias Collection in the Ethnomusicology Archives.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Original digitally processed audio recording by Laurel Sercombe with Panasonic PV-6000 VCR (VHS format), Sony PCM-F1 digital audio processor, PZM mics; original video recording (with audio from dig. audio source) by Kay Norton.
Performers: Gayathri Rajapur/gottuvadyam (1st half), voice (2nd half; in Telegu and Sanskrit); David Nelson/mrdangam; Jeff Lewis/tanpura; Prabha Rustagi/tanpura.
Reels (85-20.5-8 EC) are analog copies of digital audio originals (durations: 48:49, 19:30, 44:03, 41:55)
Documentation: Concert program
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Concerts
- Ethnomusicology
- Folk music--India
- Mridangam
- Music--India
- Tambura
- Vocal Music--India
Geographical Names
- Asia
- India--Asia--South Asia
- Seattle (Wash.)
- South India
Form or Genre Terms
- Sound Recordings
- Video recordings
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Kassebaum, Gayathri Rajapur, 1938- (performer)
- Nelson, David (performer)