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Ted McKown collection of Flamenco sound recordings
MS 394  
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Processing History
  • Biographical Note
  • Collection Scope and Contents
  • Collection Arrangement
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Ted McKown collection of Flamenco sound recordings
    Date: circa 1969, undated
    Collection Number: MS 394
    Creator: McKown, Ted
    Extent: 0.42 linear feet (1 box)
    Extent: 6 Reels 6 reels of audio tape
    Repository: Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
    Riverside, CA 92517-5900
    Abstract: This collection contains unique sound recordings of Diego del Gastor, Donn Pohren, and several other guitarists and singers who gathered and performed at locales in and around Morón de la Frontera, Spain. These performances were recorded by Ted McKown, a performer and teacher of classical and Flamenco guitar from the United States, during his travels to Spain in the late 1960s. The collection includes the original tape reels and their derivatives in digital audio format.
    Languages: The collection is in Spanish.

    Access

    This collection is open for research.

    Publication Rights

    These works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

    Preferred Citation

    [identification of item], [date if possible]. Ted McKown collection of Flamenco sound recordings (MS 394). Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of Ted McKown, 2014.

    Processing History

    Processed by Eric Milenkiewicz, Manuscripts Curator, 2016.

    Biographical Note

    Ted McKown was born in Arvin, California, on November 23, 1933, to Harry and Nola McKown. He had two older sisters, Mable and Jessie. The family soon moved to Inglewood, California. During Ted's youth there, he formed a lifelong bond with his friends in the barrio, where his interest in music was manifested in his‬‬ profound attraction to the guitar. He began by listening to romantic Latin American music. He didn't actually own a guitar, however, until after his army service during the Korean War. After his discharge, he enrolled in the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music and was eventually able to eke out a living by teaching both classical and flamenco guitar and by playing in lounges. Teaching from home, he became so popular that at times he had sixty or seventy students a week. He was also engaged as an accompanist, primarily through the Blanca Luz Flamenco Ensemble in Buena Park, California. In 1969, he began traveling to Europe as an enhancement of his love for music, art, languages, and cultures. It was during this time that he traveled throughout southern Spain making the acquaintance of many important figures in the world of Flamenco music and recording several informal performances by Diego del Gastor, Donn Pohren, and other well-known guitarists and singers of the time. These recordings provide an invaluable window into Flamenco music as they were made in informal settings for the delectation of aficionados.
    Biography by Walter Clark, Professor of Music at the University of California, Riverside

    Collection Scope and Contents

    This collection contains sound recordings of Diego del Gastor, Donn E. Pohren, Antonio Mairena, and several other guitarists and singers who gathered and performed at locales in and around Morón de la Frontera, Spain. These performances were recorded by Ted McKown during his travels to Spain in the late 1960s. The collection includes the original tape reels and their derivatives in digital audio format.

    Collection Arrangement

    This collection is arranged alphabetically by sound recording title.

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

    Subjects

    Mairena, Antonio
    Pohren, D. E.
    Gastor, Diego del, 1908-1973
    Almeria (Spain)
    Flamenco music
    Guitarists
    Moron de la Frontera (Spain)
    Singers
    Utrera (Spain)

    Genres and Forms of Materials

    Digital audio formats
    Sound recordings
    Tape reels