The world’s first playable beer bottle was created for the Beck’s Record Label project by creative agency Shine Limited. The Edison Bottle is inscribed with the single "Here She Comes" by New Zealand band
The end of the quarter... the time when the Archive typically gets the most questions and the most users. Since many of the Ethnomusicology students seem to be working on papers and assignments, I thought I would highlight some of the most-used resources in Ethnomusicology.
Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje is Professor, past Chair of the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology and past Director of the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive. As author and editor, her books include: Black Music Research Journal special issue, “Music of Black Los Angeles&rd
We were all saddened to learn of the passing of Ray Giles, UCLA Ethnomusicology's Instrument Curator / Museum Scientist for many years (and a student of Mantle Hood's in the late 1960s and early 1970s). I well remember Ray and wanted to write a column in his honor. I invited people to send me their remembrances of Ray and have included those I have received. If you would like to add your voice to Remembrances of Ray,
ArchiveGrid is a collection of nearly two million archival material descriptions. Archival collections held by thousands of libraries, museums, historical societies and archives are represented in ArchiveGrid. ArchiveGrid provides access to detailed archival collection descriptions, making information available about historical documents, personal papers, family histories, audiovi
Our special guest is Robert Saxe, UCLA '67, '79. Saxe earned his Ph.D. in Management, but played violin, guitar, and jarana huasteca in the Music of Mexico ensemble. I am thrilled he has agreed to share his memories of the early years of the Music of Mexico ensemble. - Maureen
Huasteca conjunto - Robert Saxe, Larry Saunders, Donn Borcherdt
Robert Kauffman did his fieldwork in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) in 1960-1962. His dissertation is entitled "Multi-Part Relationships in the Shona Music of Rhodesia" and he graduated UCLA in 1971. He was a professor of ethnomusicology at the University of Washington and the University of Pittsburgh. He is now retired.
Bette Yarbrough Cox was a music educator in Los Angeles for more than 30 years, the founder of the BEEM (Black Experience Expressed through Music) Foundation for the Advancement of Music, a Commissioner of Cultural Affairs for the City of Los Angeles, and a longtime friend of former Mayor Tom Bradley.
On 3 June 2024, thirty-five students and three guardians from the Gugak National High School and the Gugak National Middle School in Korea visited the World Music Center at UCLA, including the Ethnomusicology Archive and the...
On 22 May 2023, the UCLA academic community and Filipinx American performing artists celebrated the launch of the Danongan Kalanduyan Collection on California Revealed.Danongan “Danny” Kalanduyan (1 May 1947 – 28 September 2016) taught...
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