"A World of Music" is a documentary short about the UCLA Institute of Ethnomusicology. A production of UCLA Public Information, it was released in 1972. As the accompanying documentation explains, "Observes the activities of students and faculty at the UCLA Institute of Ethnomusicology, where a basis for international understanding is sought through cross-cultural studies in music and dance.
Flora Twyman Baker was a doctoral student at the Institute of Ethnomusicology in the late 1960s and early 1970s, specializing in vocal techniques around the world. By 1976, she had received her Candidate in Philosophy (C. Phil.) degree in Ethnomusicology.
As I mentioned in a previous column, the Ethnomusicology Archive holds the Department of Ethnomusicology collection. This collection includes recordings and photographs documenting guest artists, lectures, and performance ensembles associated with Ethnomusicology at UCLA. It might surprise some of you
This week's guest columnist is the Ethnomusicology Archive's own Aaron Bittel. -- Maureen
As probably everyone knows, UCLA Ethnomusicology was established in 1960. But what some of you might not know is that Mantle Hood, Founder and Director of the Institute of Ethnomusicology, actively
This is one of an occasional series detailing what it is that archivists (and librarians) actually do. Today I will be discussing what is likely to be called Reference and Instructional Services or Reference and Research Services.
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This week's Special Guest is Dr.
This week, our guest columnist is David Martinelli, the Ethnomusicology Archive's recording technician. David also oversees the
One of the many things that you learn as an archivist is that everything has a story. There is the story of the peoples recorded, of course, but there is also the story of the researcher or the collector.
One of the more unusual aspects of being an archivist is that people often have no idea what you do. This, shall we say, lack of information has inspired me to write an occasional series about what it is that archives and archivists do.
I thought I would begin with something that would be of particular interest to ethnomusicologists. Knowledge repatriation.
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