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Robert Garfias concert recording: Sri A.K.C. Natarajan, 1966-01-01
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Garfias, Robert
- Title
- Robert Garfias concert recording: Sri A.K.C. Natarajan
- Dates
- 1966-01-011966-01-011966-01-01
- Quantity
- 2 items : OT - 1 reel (7 1/2 ips, full-track, 7"); 1 WAV file (48 kHz, 24-bit); Duration: 00:15:42
- Collection Number
- 1966024
- Summary
- Concert recorded at the Music Academy, Madras, 1/1/66, 9pm.
- 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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Undefined
- 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
Contents information from back of tape box (appears to be Robert Garfias' handwriting) and concert program: Sri A.K.C. Natarajan, clarinet, & Party; instruments - 2 clarinets, 2 tavils, tampura, harmonium; title - 1) Srirangapura vihara (M. Diksitar) - Raga-Brindavana Saranga, Tala-Rupaka; 2) Javali - Veganivu - Raga-Surati, Tala-Rupaka; 3) Tiruppuhazh - Raga-Hamsanandi, Tala-Chatusra Jampa [@3 minutes of Latin music at end of tape]
This recording appears to include only a portion of the concert, according to the printed program.
Tape digitized 4/2015 - 66-24.1.wav (48 kHz, 24-bit)
Documentation: Concert program
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Description |
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1966024-0001: Concert: Sri A.K.C. Natarajan
1 audiotape : Audio Reel
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Clarinet
- Classical Music--Carnatic
- Concerts
- Ethnomusicology
- Harmonium
- Music--India
- Tavil
Corporate Names
- Music Academy (Chennai, India)
Geographical Names
- India--Asia--South Asia
- South India
Form or Genre Terms
- Sound recordings
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Natarajan, A. K. C., 1930- (performer)