wauem_2013021.xml Guide to the Robert Garfias collection (Indonesia), 1950-1960 Garfias (Robert) collection (Indonesia) University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives 2017
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Robert Garfias collection (Indonesia) Garfias, Robert 2013021 31 items EC (and 1 OT) - 11 reels (7 1/2 ips, 1/2 tr. mono (and 1 full-track), 7"); WAV files - 20; Duration: 9:34:40; typed texts and lists 1950-1960 Sound recordings collected over the years by Robert Garfias from Java and Bali.

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)

Contents (from notes on tape boxes):

2013-21.1 EC - Gamelan Sekati; Santiswaram (Central Java) (26:07, 31:27)

2013-21.2 EC - Tukang; Kemanak (Central Java) (29:54, 31:58)

2013-21.3 OT - Degung (Sunda) (full-track, recorded by R. Garfias) (9:15)

2013-21.4 EC - Matjapat (27 examples; typed texts) (Sunda) (copy of Mantle Hood field recordings) (32:20, 29:43)

2013-21.5 EC - Ketjapi-Suling, etc. (Sunda) (copy of Mantle Hood field recordings) (29:07, 31:37)

2013-21.6 EC - Music of Sunda (copy of Mantle Hood field recordings) (25:13, 29:37)

2013-21.7 EC - Music of Sunda - (pre-war 78rpm dubs from McPhee collection, UCLA) (32:15, 32:25)

2013-21.8 EC - "Java: Indonesia - Modern" (from Indonesian consulate, San Francisco) (13:39 (recorded one side only))

2013-21.9 EC - "Bali I" - Angklung, etc. (78rpm dubs from McPhee collection, UCLA) (31:23, 30:58)

2013-21.10 EC - "Bali II" (78rpm dubs from McPhee collection, UCLA) (31:49, 32:46)

2013-21.11 EC - "Bali III" (78rpm dubs from McPhee collection, UCLA) (30:55, 32:19)

Transmission Data: Digital files created 8/2013 - 11/2013 (48 kHz/24-bit) - 2013-21.1A, 2013-21.1B, 2013-21.2A, 2013-21.2B, 2013-21.3, 2013-21.4A, 2013-21.4B, 2013-21.5A, 2013-21.5B, 2013-21.6A, 2013-21.6B, 2013-21.7A, 2013-21.7B, 2013-21.8A, 2013-21.9A, 2013-21,9B, 2013-21.10A, 2013-21.10B, 2013-21.11A, 2013-21.11B.

Documentation: Photo-copy of notes written on tape boxes

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 Asia Balinese--Asia--Southeast Asia Indonesia--Asia--Southeast Asia Java Javanese--Asia--Southeast Asia Bali Island (Indonesia) Dance--Bali Dance--Java Ethnomusicology Gamelan Gamelan Music Music--Indonesia -- Java Anthropology Music Field recordings Sound recordings Sound recordings