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Descriptive Summary
Title:
Klaus Wachsmann Collection, April 19, September 30,
and August 2-3, 1949, 1950
Collection number:
1949.01
Creator:
Wachsmann, Klaus
1907-1984
Extent:
1 box with 21 sound reel tapes and 23 preservation master
compact discs (pmcd)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Ethnomusicology Archive
Los Angeles, California 90095-1490
Abstract:
Klaus Wachsmann was a British
ethnomusicologist of German birth and a pioneer in the study of African
music. Between 1949 and 1952 Wachsmann compiled an extensive collection
of field recordings while living in Uganda. This collection, one of two
Klaus Wachsmann collections in the Ethnomusicology Archive, was compiled
by Wachsmann on April 19, September 30, August 2-3, 1949, and throughout
1950. It consists of sound recordings and accompanying notes documenting
the music of the Nyoro and Banyoro people of Uganda as well as Soga,
Ganda, Teso, Gisu, Nyoro, Luo, and Luyia (Ugandan people); Nande
(Zairian and Ugandan people); Hima, Alur, Lugbara, and Kakwa.
Collection materials in
English
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