Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- O'Brien-Rothe, Linda Lee 1936-
- Abstract:
- This collection consists of sound recordings.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Linda Lee O'Brien-Rothe, 1974.01, Ethnomusicology Archive, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Field recordings of the Tzutuhil-Maya Indians in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, 1972. Contents include baile de la conquista, Bin rxin ruch'lew (songs of the face of the earth), brass band music, miscellaneous songs and instrumental music, and interviews with various performers. 225 items. Instruments include marimba, pito (vertical duct flute), tambor and tambaron (cylindrical two-headed drums), tun (slit-drum), matraca (ratchet), chirimia (shawm), 5 and 6-string guitar, violin, and harmonium.
- Biographical / historical:
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Linda Lee O'Brien-Rothe received her doctoral degree in ethnomusicology from UCLA where she completed her dissertation entitled "Songs of the Face of the Earth: Ancestor Songs of the Tzuthil-Maya of Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala" (1975). She has been an Instructor of Music at Colegio Monte Maria in Guatemala and a music researcher in Santiago Atitlan. O'Brien-Rothe has published several recordings, including Music of Guatemala (1975), Music of Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala (1977), and Songs of the Face of the Earth: Ancestor Songs of the Tzuthil-Maya Indians of Guatemala (1976).
- Acquisition information:
- Deposited at the Ethnomusicology Archive, UCLA by Linda Lee O'Brien in 1974.
Access and use
- Terms of access:
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Anyone can use this collection within the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Linda Lee O'Brien-Rothe, 1974.01, Ethnomusicology Archive, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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1630 Schoenberg Music BuildingBox 951657Los Angeles, CA 90095-1657, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-1695