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UW Ethnomusicology Archives video recordings: Robert Garfias recordings (Classical Music of North India), 1967-10-18
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Grinstead, Dan; Lee, Byong Won; Garfias, Robert; University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
- Title
- UW Ethnomusicology Archives video recordings: Robert Garfias recordings (Classical Music of North India)
- Dates
- 1967-10-181967-10-181967-10-18
- Quantity
- 1 items : EC - 1 vct (VHS, color, sp) (copy 1); 1 vct (U-matic) (copy 2); Duration: 00:33:00
- Collection Number
- 1986025
- Summary
- Video copies of film produced by UW "Archives of Ethnic Music and Dance"; published by UW Press, 1970; out of print 1998.
- 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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Access is restricted.
- 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
Performers: Ali Akbar Khan/sarod; Pandit Mahapurush Misra/tabla; Ashish Khan/tambura.
Contents: Alap in Raga Misra Kafi (Ali Akbar Khan); Gat in Raga Pilu (Ali Akbar Khan accompanied by M. Misra); Tabla solo in Tintal (M. Misra).
Filmed 10/18/67 by Robert Garfias, Dan Grinstead, and Byong Won Lee with Arriflex 16mm, Nagra III; c1969 by University of Washington Press.
Original audio track for film: AW1 North India/67-7.1-3 OT.
Original film footage: S407/s-a thru S409/s-a (film no. S12/4ef - S14/4ef)
Documentation: Old UW Press catalogs.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Description | Dates |
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1986025-0001
1 videotape : VCT; Tracks: 3
Performers: Ustad Ali Akbar Khan/sarod; Pandit Mahapurush Misra/tabla; Ashish Khan/tambura. Contents: 1) Alap in Raga Misra Kafi:/Ali Akbar Khan; 2) Gat in Raga Pilu/Ali Akbar Khan accompanied by Mahapurush Misra; 3) Tabla solo in Tintal/Mahapurush Misra. See logsheet for durations.
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1967-10-18 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Classical Music, Hindustani
- Ethnomusicology
- Video recordings in ethnomusicology
Geographical Names
- Asia
- India--Asia--South Asia
- North India
- Seattle (Wash.)
Form or Genre Terms
- Video recordings
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Khan, Ali Akbar (performer)
- Misra, Mahapurush (performer)