Laurel Sercombe concert recordings: Sharmistha Sen, 1983-04-09

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Sercombe, Laurel; University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
Title
Laurel Sercombe concert recordings: Sharmistha Sen
Dates
1983-04-09
Quantity
8 items  :  OT - 4 reels (7 1/2 ips, 1/2 tr. stereo, 7"); 4 WAV files (48 kHz, 24-bit); Duration: 2:16:44
Collection Number
1983014
Summary
Concert recorded at the University of Washington, HUB Auditorium, 4/9/83.
Repository
University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
University of Washington
Ethnomusicology Archives
Box 353450
Seattle, WA
98195-3450
Telephone: 2065430974
ethnoarc@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

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

Recorded by Laurel Sercombe with Nagra IVS, Neumann KM-83 mics.

Performers: Sharmistha sen/sitar; Swapan Choudhuri/tabla; Matt Rice/ tanpura.

Contents: Puriya Kalyan, Basant, Jaijaivanti, Pilu.

Tapes digitized 4/2016 (WAV, 48 kHz, 24-bit) - 83-14.1.wav (44:47), 83-14.2.wav (19:53), 83-14.3.wav (40:49), 83-14.4.wav (31:15) (Total = 2:16:44)

Documentation: Program notes.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Classical Music, Hindustani
  • Concerts
  • Ethnomusicology
  • Sitar
  • Tabla music
  • Tanbura (Lute)

Geographical Names

  • Asia
  • India--Asia--South Asia
  • North India
  • Seattle (Wash.)

Form or Genre Terms

  • Sound Recordings

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • Chaudhuri, Swapan (performer)
    • Sen, Sharmistha (performer)