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ITEM — Reel: AWM 15069 (37 reels) Identifier: AWM Spec Coll 93

Survey of musical portions for the complete Ethiopian Christian liturgical cycle (deggwa) and major service books, with interview and extensive spoken commentary by Alaqa Berhanu Makonnen, 1975

Dates

  • Creation: 1975

Conditions Governing Access

Permission to use this collection must be requested from Professor Kay Kaufman Shelemay, Music Department, Harvard University. To request access, navigate to the "COLLECTION INVENTORY" tab of this finding aid to add individual items to your request list.

Extent

1 collection (Sound recordings and accompanying materials .5 linear feet, 1 box)

Physical Location

Archive of World Music

General note

Professor Shelemay's Interview Log (5 p.) provides a description of the order and contents of the recordings. Partial transcriptions of the interview and accompanying notes are available on request with her permission.

Note that the material recorded on September 8, 1975 (Monday) is contained in and catalogued separately as AWM 15070 (3 reels).

Technical notes on the recordings (8 p.)

General note

Recorded in Addis Ababa.

Repository Details

Part of the Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library Repository

The Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library is the primary repository of musical materials at Harvard. The Music Library’s collecting mission is to serve music teaching and research programs in the Music Department and throughout the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. In addition, it supports the musical needs of the broader Harvard community as well as an international scholarly constituency. We collect books, musical scores, serial titles, sound recordings and video formats, microforms, and rare and archival materials that support research in a wide variety of musical disciplines including historical musicology, music theory, ethnomusicology, composition, and historically informed performance practice, as well as interdisciplinary areas related to music. The special collections include archival collections from the 19th, 20th and 21st century.

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