Robert Garfias recordings: Son House/guitar, 1968-03-18
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Garfias, Robert; University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
- Title
- Robert Garfias recordings: Son House/guitar
- Dates
- 1968-03-181968-03-181968-03-18
- Quantity
- 12 items, (9 film reels (16mm, color); 2 audio reels (15 ips, full-track, 7"); 1 dvd)
- Collection Number
- 1968016
- Summary
- Delta style country blues performance by musician and vocalist Eddie James "Son" House, Jr., recorded in the University of Washington School of Music. Part of the broader series of films recorded by Robert Garfias.
- 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 to original items is restricted. Viewing copies exist.
- Languages
- English
Historical Note
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 Description
Country blues (Delta style) recorded by Robert Garfias, Dan Grinstead, Margaret Devine, Walter Tianen, and Byong Won Lee with Nagra III, Arriflex 16mm (filmed in color)
Contents: S-416 (S18.5): Death Letter Blues, Empire State Express; S-417 (S19): Levee Camp Moan.
Preservation and viewing copies of the films were produced in 2022 via a National Film Preservation Foundation Basic Preservation grant.
Access copies of films can be viewed either through the viewing DVD contained in this collection.
For additional information of film originals, prints, etc., see 1996 film inventory.
Administrative Information
Return to TopDetailed Description of the Collection
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Description: 1968016-00011 audiotapes : Audio Reel; Tracks: 2Dates: 1968-03-18
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Description: 1968016-00021 audiotapes : Audio Reel; Tracks: 1Dates: 1968-03-18
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Films
9 film reels-
Description: S18.51 film reels : Camera originalDates: 1968-03-18Container: Reel 1968016 Reel 04
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Description: S191 film reels : Camera originalDates: 1968-03-18Container: Reel 1968016 Reel 09
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Description: S191 film reels : Work PrintDates: 1968-03-18Container: Reel 1968016 Reel 05
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Description: S18.5 Sound Answer Print1 film reelsDates: 1968-03-18Container: Reel 1968016 Reel 03
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Description: S18.5 Film Out Color Negative1 film reelsDates: 1968-03-18Container: Reel 1968016 Reel 02
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Description: S18.5 Negative Optical Track1 film reelsDates: 1968-03-18Container: Reel 1968016 Reel 01
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Description: S19 Sound Answer Print1 film reelsDates: 1968-03-18Container: Reel 1968016 Reel 07
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Description: S19 Film Out Color Negative1 film reelsDates: 1968-03-18Container: Reel 1968016 Reel 06
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Description: S19 Negative Optical Track1 film reelsDates: 1968-03-18Container: Reel 1968016 Reel 08
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Description: DVD Access copy1 dvd
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- African Americans--North America--Regional and Ethnic Cultures
- Blues (Music)
- Ethnomusicology
- Guitar
- country blues--blues
- delta blues--blues
Geographical Names
- North America
- Seattle
- Seattle (Wash.)
- United States
Form or Genre Terms
- Video recordings
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- House, Son, 1902-1988 (performer)
