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UW Ethnomusicology Archives video recordings: Ragamala Festival (October 14-16, 1988), 19881014-19881016
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Sercombe, Laurel; University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
- Title
- UW Ethnomusicology Archives video recordings: Ragamala Festival (October 14-16, 1988)
- Dates
- 19881014-19881016 (inclusive)1988101419881016
- Quantity
- 6 items : 88-35.1-6 OT - 6 vcts (digital audio recording) (VHS, sp, stereo); 88-35.7-18 EC - 12 reels (7 1/2 ips, 1/2 tr. stereo, 7"); 88-35.1-6 WT - 6 DATs (digital, stereo); Duration: 8:21:44
- Collection Number
- 1988035
- Summary
- Concerts recorded at the University of Washington, Kane Hall, Roethke Auditorium, 10-14 and 10-15 and in the Museum of History and Industry, 10-16.
- 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
Digital audio originals recorded with JVC HRS 20U, Sony PCM-F1, 2 Neumann KMm-83 mics with mic preamp Symmetrix SX 202, for the UW Ethnomusicology Archives.
88-35.1-2 OT recorded by Laurel Sercombe and Sonia Seeman; 88-35.3-4 OT recorded by Sonia Seeman and Kathleen Oien; 88-35.5-6 OT recorded by Laurel Sercombe.
Performers:
88-35.1-2 OT (88-35.7-11 EC): Pandit Jasraj/vocal, swarmandal; Ustad Allah Rakha/tabla; Ustad Sultan Khan/sarangi; 2 young women (1 the daughter of P. Jasraj)/tanpura and vocals; introductions by Niranjan Benegal and Ramesh Gangolli.
88-35.3-4 OT (88-35.12-15 EC): Ustad Bismillah Khan/shenai; Mumtaz Hussain/shenai; Mahtab Hussain/sur shenai; Nazim Hussain/tabla; Basharat Hussain/khurdak; Mohammed Hasnain/surpeti; S.S. Ahmed/surpeti; introductions by Niranjan Benegal and Daniel Neuman.
88-35.5-6 OT (88-35.16-18 EC): Ravi Kiran/gottuvadyam; V. Thyagarajan/violin; Palghat Krishna Mani/mridangam (cont.); introductions by Niranjan Benegal and Shobha Raman.
Contents: Pandit Jasraj concert 10/14/88: 88-35.1-2 OT (1:47:00; 1:17:52) and 88-35.7-11 EC (44:24, 26:39, 33:28, 44:54, 29:20); Bismillah Khan concert 10/15/88: 88-35.3-4 OT (1:23:20; 1:23:18) and 88-35.12-15 EC (44:40, 38:56, 45:25, 33:02); Ravi Kiran concert 10/16/88: 88-35.5-6 OT (1:04:10; 1:29:33) and 88-35.16-18 ec (48:35, 47:22, 42:35)
See logsheets for itemized contents.
Festival co-sponsored by Ragamala in conjunction with the UW Ethnomusicology Division, with partial funding from the Seattle Arts Commission and National Endowment for the Arts.
For video recordings of festival see AW1 India/88-36.
Documentation: Flyer, program diagram of set-up, notes for Ravi Kiran.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Description |
|---|
| 1988035-0001
1 audiotape : DAT; Tracks: 2
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| 1988035-0002
1 audiotape : DAT
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| 1988035-0003
1 audiotape : DAT; Tracks: 2
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| 1988035-0004
1 audiotape : DAT
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| 1988035-0005
1 audiotape : DAT; Tracks: 2
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| 1988035-0006
1 audiotape : DAT
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Concerts
- Ethnomusicology
- Musical festivals
- Video recordings in ethnomusicology
Geographical Names
- India--Asia--South Asia
- North India
- Seattle (Wash.)
- South India
Form or Genre Terms
- Video recordings
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Ahmed, S.S. (performer)
- Alla Rakha (performer)
- Bhutta, Mumtaz Hussain (performer)
- Hasnain, Mohammed (performer)
- Hussain, Mahtab (performer)
- Jasraj, Pandit (performer)
- Khan, Bismillah, 1916-2006 (performer)
- Khan, Sultan (performer)
- Kiran, Ravi P. (performer)
- Mani, Palghat Krishna (performer)
- Mirza, Basharat Hussain (performer)
- Thyagarajan, V. (performer)
- Ḥusain, Nāẓim (performer)
