Philip Schuyler is an Associate Professor Emeritus of Ethnomusicology in the School of Music at the University of Washington, Seattle. Formerly, he served as the chair of Middle East Center and the chair of Ethnomusicology at the UW. A specialist in the music of North Africa and the Middle East, Professor Schuyler has carried out extensive research in Morocco and Yemen over the past 45 years. His most recent publication is a 4-CD set of Music of Morocco, from the Library of Congress, for which he earned a 2017 Grammy Award Nomination for Best Historical Album.
Schuyler's Morocco recordings (copies) were archived in 1980 (see the collection record for 1980002); logsheets for DAT copies of all 109 reels created when DAT copies were made in 2003; a comprehensive project to digitize all the original tapes and provide additional documentation began in 2013.
These tapes were basis for Schuyler's dissertation - A Repertory of Ideas: The Music of the Rwais, Berber Professional Musicians from Southwestern Morocco (University of Washington, M1/Th27252)
Original 107 reels deposited by collector in 2013 and digitized 2014-2015 (WAV, 48 kHz, 24-bit); field notes scanned and pdf file stored with digital audio files.
Digital file names derived from Schuyler field numbers; see index in documentation file to match field numbers with Archives numbers.
Digital files stored in 7 batches: Batch 1 - 2013-16.1 - 2013-16.12; Batch 2 - 2013-16.13 - 2013-16.34; Batch 3 - 2013-16.35 - 2013-16.51; Batch 4 - 2013-16.52 - 2013-16.82; Batch 5 - 2013-16.83 - 2013-16.91; Batch 6 - 2013-16.92 - 2013-16.103; Batch 7 - 2013-16.104 - 2013-16.107.
Work Discs (compact discs) produced from the following tapes 5/2016 - .1, .2, .3, .5, .7, .8, .9, and .70.
Documentation: Field notes
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