Hiromi Lorraine Sakata recordings: Sirat Bani Hilal, 1993-09

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Sakata, Hiromi Lorraine
Title
Hiromi Lorraine Sakata recordings: Sirat Bani Hilal
Dates
1993-09
Quantity
3 videotapes  :  EC - 3 vcts (VHS, sp, color, stereo); Duration: 3:16:52
Collection Number
1993037
Summary
Recordings of performances of the Arabic epic Sirat Bani Hilal sponsored by Access Cultural Arts Program of Detroit, Michigan.
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

From her professional bio:

"Hiromi Lorraine Sakata is the author of Music in the Mind: The Concepts of Music and Musician in Afghanistan (Kent State University Press, 1983 and reissued by Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002) and Afghanistan Encounters with Music and Friends (Mazda Publications 2013). She is producer of Ustad Mohammad Omar: Virtuoso from Afghanistan (Smithsonian Folkways, 2002). Her other publications focus on devotional music of Pakistan, in particular, the music at Sufi shrines in Pakistan. Sakata taught in the Ethnomusicology Program at the University of Washington for twenty years before joining the UCLA faculty. She was made an Honorary Member of the Society for Ethnomusicology in 2012."

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

93-37.1 and 93-37.2 EC: performance on 9/18/93 at Access Cultural Arts Center, Dearborn, Michigan; 93-37.3 EC: performance 9/20/93 at Lowrey Jr. High School, Dearborn, Michigan.

Originals recorded on Hi-8 camcorder by Lorraine Sakata, and VHS copies made for the Archives at her request.

Performers: Shaykh Ghanim Mansur/rabab, voice; Shaykh 'Abd Al-Hamid Tawfiq/rabab, voice.

Documentation: Copy of "Sirat Bani Hilal: A Guide to the Epic and its Performance" by Dwight F. Reynolds.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Epic literature, Arabic
  • Ethnomusicology
  • Rabāb
  • Sīrat Banī Hilāl

Geographical Names

  • Egypt
  • Middle East--Middle East--General Middle East

Form or Genre Terms

  • Sound recordings

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • Mansur, Ghanim (performer)
    • Tawfiq, 'Abd Al-Hamid (performer)