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)
Performer: Hamza El Din/oud, tar, and vocals.
Videocassette copy of original unpublished film footage produced by Robert Garfias; for audio original see collection 70-21.2 (material on 70-21.1 contains audio for film S-045, which is not included on this video copy).
Contents: (from original archive sheet for 70-21.2): Hamza El Din: 1) Oud and voice, based on traditional farmer's songs, two rhythms and two tunes attached together (4:08); 2) Calfskin drum and voice, "an old song" (3:50).
Transferred to video 10/01 (S-045 has not been transferred)
DAT tapes produced to sync with film (played on Nagra III with SLO synchronizer resolved to 60Hz line frequency) (70-21.3 contains S-045 at both 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz sampling rate; 70-21.4 contains S-046 at 48 kHz, also contains Los Jarochos (S-047-S-048) at 48 kHz).
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Videocassette copy of original unpublished film footage produced by Robert Garfias; for audio original see collection 70-21.2 (material on 70-21.1 contains audio for film S-045, which is not included on this video copy). Duration: 8 minutes Contents: (from original archive sheet for 70-21.2): Hamza El Din: 1) Oud and voice, based on traditional farmer's songs, two rhythms and two tunes attached together (4:08); 2) Calfskin drum and voice, "an old song" (3:50). Transferred to video 10/01 (S-045 has not been transferred)DAT tapes produced to sync with film (played on Nagra III with SLO synchronizer resolved to 60Hz line frequency) (70-21.3 contains S-045 at both 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz sampling rate; 70-21.4 contains S-046 at 48 kHz, also contains Los Jarochos (S-047-S-048) at 48 kHz).