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Gavin Douglas is an ethnomusicologist, musician, author, researcher, and teacher. Douglas holds a BMUS degree with a focus on classical guitar and a BA degree in philosophy from Queen's University in Ontario, Canada; an MM in ethnomusicology from the University of Texas at Austin; and a PhD in ethnomusicology from the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. He is an associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro's School of Music, Theatre and Dance in 2002. Douglas' ongoing fieldwork in Myanmar (Burma) focuses on the state patronage of traditional music, ethnic minority traditions, and the soundscapes of Theravada Buddhism.
Archives copies made from collector's original Hi8 videocassettes.
Related material: see Gavin Douglas' doctoral dissertation: State Patronage of Burmese Traditional Music (University of Washington 2001) (Suzzallo and Allen Libraries Stacks M1 Th50708)
Contents: The following information was taken from the master tape labels, with additional explanations by collector.
Tape 1: Music Competition: Harp - Pattala (10/3/98) - 1. Harp (15-20 year old males); 2. Harp (15-20 year old females); 3. Harp (Amateur - open age, males); 4. Pattala (5-10 year old males)
Tape 2: Burmese Television; Myawadi/MRTV (Myanmar Radio & Television (10/3/98) - Competition: Harp - Pattala and Saung (10/4/98) - 1. Burmese Television- News articles on Sokayeti competition; 2. Pattala (10-15 year old female); 3. Saung (Professional level, female); 4. Saung (Professional level, male)
Tape 3: Saung (10/4/98) - Thathena win Saung (Monastery) - Pat Waing Solo (10/5/98) - 1. Saung (Professional level, male-cont.) (10/4/98); 2. Saung (Amateur female) (10/4/98); 3. Thathena win Saung (Monastery, North of Rangoon) (10/5/98); 4. Pat Waing (Solo competition, professional level, male) (10/5/98); 5. Pat Waing (Solo, amateur, female) (10/5/98)
Tape 4: Music Competition: Ozi and Dophat (10/6/98) - 1. Ozi (10-15 year olds. 10/6/98); 2. Dophat (15-20 year olds, 10/6/98)
Tape 5: Dophat (10/6/98); Hne; Pat Waing (10/7/98) - 1. Dophat (15-20 age group; Badonmat Theatre, 10/6/98); 2. Hne (Amateur level, Kambawza Theatre, Ministry of Culture, 10/7/98); 3. Pat Waing (solo - low amateur; Badonma Theatre, 10/7/98)
Tape 6: Ramayana (10/7/98) - 1. Ramayana (National Theatre, 10/7/98)
Tape 7: Ramayana (continued) (10/7/98); Violin (10/8/98); Ozi (10/8/98) - 1. Ramayana (continued) (National Theatre, 10/7/98); 2. Violin (Professional level, 10/8/98); 3. Ozi (Professional, 10/8/98)
Tape 8: Hsaing Waing; Hne; TV News; Piano; Yokthe - 'puppetry' 10/9/98-10/10/98 - 1. Hsaing Waing (Children 5-10; Badonmat Theatre, 10/9/98); 2. Hsaing Waing (student level, 10/9/98); 3. Hne (Professional level, 10/9/98); 4. MRTV and Myawadi - TV News (coverage of competition, 10/9/98); 5. Piano (10-15 years, males) (10/10/98); 6. Yokthe Performance (10/10/98)
Tape 9: Yokthe; Piano - Ozi, Pattala (10/10/98-10/11/98) - 1. Yokthe (National Theatre, 10/10/98); 2. Piano (5-10 age group) (10/11/98); 3. Ozi (Amatuer level, Badonmat, 10/11/98); 4. Pattala (Amateur level, female; National Theatre, 10/12/98)
Tape 10: Pattala (10/12/98); Saing Waing (10/13/98); Pattala (10/13/98) - 1. Pattala (female, amateur; National Theatre, 10/12/98); 2. Saing Waing (group 10-15; Badonmat Theatre, 10/13/98); 3. Pattala (male, professional; National Theatre, 10/13/98)
Tape 11: Saing Waing; Piano 10/13-15/98 - 1. Saing Waing (female amateur, 10/13/98); 2. Saing Waing (male amateur, 10/14/98); 3. Piano (Professional level; 10/15/98)
Tape 12: Piano; Dophat; Saing Waing 10/15-16/98 - 1. Piano (professional level, female, 10/15/98); 2. Dophat (professional level, 10/15/98); 3. Saing Waing (professional level, group, 10/16/98)
Tape 13: Pattala Lessons - 1. Pattala lesson (11/1/98)
Tape 14: Ukoko's Birthday Party; Pattala lessons; Chinlon Festival - 1. Ukoko's Birthday Party (11/13/98); 2. Pattala lessons (11/13/98); 3. Chinlon Festival (Sanchaung, Yangon, 12/2/98)
Tape 15: Chinlon; Pattala and Hne Lessons; Making Pattalas - 1. Chinlon competition (11/27/98); 2. Pattala lessons (12/5/98); 3. Making Hne Reeds (12/6/98); 4. Pattala lessons (12/7-23/98); 5. Examples of Various Hnes (12/31/98); 6. Making Pattalas (home/factory of U Tunkyi; 1/4-5/99)
Tape 16: Making Pattalas, Making Hne reed rope, Making Saung Gauks; Shinbyu - 1. Making Pattalas (1/4/99); 2. Making strings for Hne reeds (1/5/99); 3. Pattalas (1/5/99); 4. Ko Nyunt Win playing Pattala (1/5/99); 5. U Mya Gyi- Hne demo (1/13/99); 6. Short clip at Mt. Popa (1/19/99); 7. Making Saung Gauks at U Hla Sunn (2/23/99); 8. Shinbyu (monk initiation) at Batutaung Pagoda and Kyaukmyauk Khaung Dait (3/1-2/99)
Tape 17: U Tin Yi/violin; U Myint Maung/Saung - 1. U Tin Yi (violin): Weh ba giri, Gandama Taung, Boan Moe Thun Laung, Lu Ma Naw, Tha Tin Soan, Teitat, Mon Tha Kyaw (3/8/99); 2. U Myint Maung/Saung, Daw Mu Mu Thein, U Soe Htit/voice (recorded at Maha Dhamma Bala Nan Oo Kyaung Mandalay); Hnyin Thim Thoan, Ah Ka Ta Kho, Myamangiri, Teitat, Dein, Aantola May Byo, Aung Ze Pian Ze Weizayanda, Pan Twe La, Nan Boan Thiha Bwe (3/29/99)
Tape 18: Wedding; Studio Session; Lessons- Patt Waing; Pwe (Sein Ba Maw), Lone Ma Lay Restaurant Performance - 1. Burmese Wedding- Al Soe Myint�¢??s band (4/24/99); 2. Maximum Recording Studio; Ko Min Thit Ton/Pattala; U Saw Win/Saung (4/30/99); 3. Patt Waing Lessons (5/99); 4. Sein Ba Maw/ Saing, Pwe (5/8/99); 5. Patt Waing lessons; 6. Lone Ma Lay (Restaurant) Performance 5/30/99)
Documentation: List of contents (from labels of original tapes)