UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive
Ethnomusicology Archive
UCLA
- Location: Los Angeles, CA
- Phone: (310) 825-1695
- Email: archive@schoolofmusic.ucla.edu
- Website: https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/facilities/ethnomusicology-archive/
Founded in 1960 and opening its doors in October 1961, the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive is one of the largest "world music" media archives in North America and includes traditional, folk, popular, and art musics from Africa, Asia, Australia and the Pacific islands, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas. Here, the communities of Southern California, international researchers, and UCLA students and faculty can explore the rich variety of musical expressions throughout the world. As part of the University of California and as an institution located within the state, the Archive has a special interest in collecting and preserving the music of California and in collaborating with community partners. The Archive also hosts occasional lectures, performances and screenings from musicians and scholars.
Collections at this institution
Arkatov (James) World Music Photographs
James Arkatov was born in 1920 in Odessa, Russia and raised in San Francisco, where his father, Alexander Arkatov, owned a photography salon. In 1938, he was invited by Fritz Feiner to join the Pittsburgh Symphony. Later, he joined the San Francisco Symphony with Pierre Monteux, and went on to be principal cellist of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra under Fabien Sevitzky. Arkatov returned to California in 1946 as a studio musician and was later appointed principal cellist of the NBC Symphony Orchestra. In 1956, he married Salome Ramras Arkatov. In 1968, he founded the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) and …
Institution: UCLA, Ethnomusicology Archive
185 Items
California Revealed from University of California, Los Angeles, Ethnomusicology Archive
California Revealed is a State Library initiative to help California’s public libraries, in partnership with other local heritage groups, digitize, preserve, and provide online access to archival materials - books, newspapers, photographs, audiovisual recordings, and more - that tell the incredible stories of the Golden State. We also provide free access and preservation services for existing digital collections for partner organizations with in-house digitization programs. California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
Institution: UCLA, Ethnomusicology Archive
1,461 Items
Donn Borcherdt Collection
Donald R. Borcherdt, known as "Donn" to his friends and colleagues, received his B.A. from UCLA in music in 1956. He earned his M.A. in music with a specialization in ethnomusicology in 1962, and by 1966 had advanced to doctoral candidacy in music with a specialization in ethnomusicology. Borcherdt conducted field research in Mexico in 1960, 1961, and 1963-1964 and in Chile in 1966-67. Borcherdt also hosted the weekly radio program, "Many Worlds of Music," in 1960-1962, on KPFK in Los Angeles. In 1961, Borcherdt, started a student-run mariachi class, Conjunto Mariachi or Conjunto Uclatlán [the land of UCLA], in …
Institution: UCLA, Ethnomusicology Archive
447 Items
Ethnomusicology Archive: Photographic collection
Established in 1961, the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive is a world-renowned research archive dedicated to the study of musical traditions from around the globe. The Archive’s collection of more than 150,000 audio, video, print, and photographic items documents musical expressions throughout the world. The digital photographic collection contains photos of the ethnomusicology department's world music ensembles and guest artists as well as photos from scholars' fieldwork.
Institution: UCLA, Ethnomusicology Archive
1,332 Items
Mantle Hood Papers
Mantle Hood (1918-2005), an ethnomusicologist and educator, made enormous contributions to the study of ethnomusicology in the United States. After completing undergraduate and graduate study in music at UCLA, Hood taught from 1954-1975. In 1960, he founded the Institute of Ethnomusicology, the precursor to UCLA's Department of Ethnomusicology. In 1960, he published one of his major theoretical contributions to the field on "bi-musicality," arguing that ethnomusicologists' practice requires the ability to play the music that they study. While considered controversial when published, it is now an established part of the discipline. He was a leading figure in research on Javanese …
Institution: UCLA, Ethnomusicology Archive
218 Items
