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Robert Garfias recordings: Gagaku - Court Musicians, 1967-08-20
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Garfias, Robert
- Title
- Robert Garfias recordings: Gagaku - Court Musicians
- Dates
- 1967-08-201967-08-201967-08-20
- Quantity
- 13 items : 5 film reels (16mm, color, b+w, silent, sound); OT-4 reels (full-track); WT-4 reels (7 1/2 ips, 1/2 tr. stereo, 7"); Duration: 00:37:44
- Collection Number
- 1967009
- Summary
- Gagaku ensemble performance recorded at the University of Washington, School of Music, 8-20-67.
- 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
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
Recorded and filmed by Robert Garfias assisted by Dan Grinstead with Nagra III and Arriflex 16mm camera.
Contents:
Tape 1 (S403/s-a, Film no. S9/xx-a) - Ryoo (genre: Gagaku (Kangen)) - Ue Chikamasa, featured performer.
Tape 2 (S404/s-a, S10/xx-a) - Engiraku (genre: Gagaku (Kangen) - Hayashi Tamio, featured performer; (S404/s-b, S10/xx-b) - Koto technique - Hayashi Tamio/koto.
Tape 3 (S405/a) - Biwa technique; (S405/s-c, Film no. S11/xx-c) - Koranjo, Ama Ranjo, Tomede - unnamed performer/fue; (S405/s-b, Film no. S11/xx-b) - Hyojo chosi on Sho.
Tape 4 (S406/a-b) - Banshikicho Choshi.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
FilmsReturn to Top
| Description | Dates |
|---|---|
Demo of Koto-Gagaka S10/B, S11/ABC (mag)
1 film reel, 16mm : Magnetic Sound
|
1967-08-20 |
S9, S10, S11- Japanese Court Music Dup. Neg. 1 film reel, 16mm
|
1967-08-20 |
S10/B, S11/ABC, 34, 35,36, 37pr. Demo of Koto-Gagaka 1 film reel, 16mm, b+w
|
1967-08-20 |
S9, S10/A print Japanese Court Music 1 film reel, 16mm, b+w
|
1967-08-20 |
S9, S10/A mag Japanese Court Music
1 film reel, 16mm : Magnetic Sound
|
1967-08-20 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Ethnomusicology
- Gagaku
- Music--Japan
Geographical Names
- Asia
- Japan
Form or Genre Terms
- Sound Recordings
- Video recordings
