Robert Garfias recordings: Kikuhara Kotoji: Nogawa Ryu Shamisen Kumiuta, Undated

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Garfias, Robert
Title
Robert Garfias recordings: Kikuhara Kotoji: Nogawa Ryu Shamisen Kumiuta
Dates
Undated
Quantity
10 audiotapes  :  OT-5 reels; WT-5 reels (7 1/2 ips, 1/2 tr. stereo, 10"); Duration: 3:19:30
Collection Number
1968001
Summary
Audio recordings of traditional Japanese shamisen music performed by Kikuhara Kotoji.
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

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Robert Garfias was born in San Francisco in 1932, the child of Mexican-American parents. As a youngster he studied classical guitar and jazz saxophone. In high school he studied Western classical music composition, and he formed a jazz combo that played gigs for beatniks in the North Beach area of San Francisco, where he traveled in a circle of musicians that included Dave Brubeck, Vince Delgado, Vince Guaraldi, Harry Partch, and Bill Smith. During his career he founded the ethnomusicology program at the University of Washington; served as Dean of Arts at the University of California, Irvine, as a member of the Smithsonian Council, and as a presidential appointee to the U.S. National Council for the Arts; and conducted significant periods of fieldwork and language study in Japan, Okinawa, Korea, the Philippines, Mexico, Zimbabwe, Central America, Burma, Romania, Turkey, Spain, Portugal, and among Okinawans in the United States.

- Society for Ethnomusicology Newsletter (Vol. 7, No. 4, September 2013)

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Performer: Kikuhara Kotoji/shamisen.

Contents:

Tape 1 (JD401) - Matsu ni gozare; Hira ya komatsu.

Tape 2 (JD402) - Nishikigi; Asagi; Matsumushi; Nanatsugo; Chawan; Nakashima.

Tape 3 (JD403) - Nakashima; Nosori; Nagasaki; Seiran.

Tape 4 (JD404) - Yurikan; Sakai.

Tape 5 (JD405) - Ryukyugumi, shizu; Torigumi, Hindagumi.

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Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Description
1968001-0001: Shamisen
1 audiotape : Audio Reel

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Classical Music--Japan
  • Ethnomusicology
  • Music, Japanese
  • Shamisen
  • Shamisen music

Geographical Names

  • Asia
  • Japan

Form or Genre Terms

  • Sound Recordings

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • Kikuhara, Kotoji (performer)