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Hamza El Din (S-045—S-046)
About this film
Contents : A performance by Nubian musician Hamza El Din (oud, tar, and voice). Recorded by Robert Garfias at the University of Washington. S-045 . Hamza El Din (oud and voice). Solo oud, “Grandfather’s Story.” S-046 . Hamza El Din (oud, tar, and voice). Oud and voice, based on traditional farmers’ songs, 2 rhythms and 2 tunes attached together. Tar (calfskin drum) and voice, “an old song.” The University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives’ Garfias Film Collection contains recordings of ethnographic music and dance performances made by ethnomusicologist Robert Garfias during the 1960s and 70s. Garfias’s films, digitized in partnership with the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, include materials from Korea and the Philippines, as well as recordings of international artists made locally in Seattle, Washington.
Directors & creators
Garfias, Robert
Subjects
Nubian music, Egypt, Sudan, Robert Garfias, Hamza El Din, Seattle, University of Washington, University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives, film
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