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Schinhan (Jan Philip) Research Archive - Papagos (Tohono Oʼodham) and Yurok Music
Acc.400AA, Acc.400Z, Acc.4246; DOC1937.1
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Title: Schinhan (Jan Philip) Research Archive - Papagos (Tohono Oʼodham) and Yurok Music
Dates: 1931-1937
Collection Number: Acc.400AA, Acc.400Z, Acc.4246; DOC1937.1
Creator/Collector:
Jan Philip Schinhan
Extent: One (1) box of archival documentation DOC1937.1, associated with accessions Acc.400AA, Acc.400Z, Acc.4246 and sound recordings.
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UC Berkeley. Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Berkeley, California 94720-3712
Abstract: Research, manuscript, and drafts created by Jan Philip Schinhan for a paper presented at the American Musicological Society
Conference on November 9, 1935 on Papagos (Tohono Oʼodham) and Yurok recorded music held at the Hearst Museum of Anthropology.
Language of Material: English
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[Identification of item]. Schinhan (Jan Philip) Research Archive - Papagos (Tohono Oʼodham) and Yurok Music. Collection Number:
Acc.400AA, Acc.400Z, Acc.4246; DOC1937.1. UC Berkeley. Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Schinhan’s research was donated by Stan Giliam, Director of Media Services at Gilford College, on behalf of the late Dr. Jan
Philip Schinhan on July 16, 1987.
Biography/Administrative History
Jan Philip Schinhan (1887-1975) born in Vienna, Austria, arrived in the United States 1913 as an opera conductor, and became
the head of the organ department at the San Francisco Conservatory in the 1920s and was also the organ soloist at the San
Francisco Symphony. He received two degrees from the University of California then returned to Vienna in 1934 to receive his
Ph.D. from the University of Vienna.
He was a faculty member in the Music Department at University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill from 1935-1958. After retiring
from UNC, Schinahn was a visiting professor of music at Davidson College. While a professor, he taught organ, piano, and composition.
Throughout his career he worked in the capacity of conductor, musician, composer, and ethnomusicologist. His career and research
was focused on folkloric music of all aspects of local tradition. Schinhan, along with Dr. Frank C. Brown, organized the North
Carolina Folklore Society in 1913, interviewing individuals and collecting texts and notes over 40 years.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Jan Philip Schinhan Research Archive DOC1937.1 collection contained in one (1) box, includes the research, manuscript,
and drafts for a paper Schinhan presented at the American Musicological Society Conference on November 9, 1935. Schinhan's
manuscript research is focused on the culture of the Papagos (Tohono Oʼodham) and Yurok, the music theory behind each musical
tradition, a cross-cultural analysis of theory, and a song-by-song breakdown of technique. The contents of this collection
provide a technical understanding of the recordings held in the Hearst Museum’s collections, as well as the state of the field
of study at the time that the recordings were made.
Sound recordings associated with Schinhan's research include catalog numbers #24-10 to 24-26; 24-27 to 24-36; 24-42 to 24-44.
Accessions: Acc.400AA, Acc.400Z, Acc.4246 unpublished doctoral dissertation "The Music of the Papago and Yurok" (Die Musik
der Papago and Yurok. Ein Beitrag zum Studium der Kultur des Sudens and Nordens der Pazifischen Kuste), University of Vienna,
1937 based on recordings of songs by Juan Dolores and Robert Spot in Berkeley in 1931-1932. Dolores and Spot were important
informants for Alfred L. Kroeber.
Yurok
Papagos (Tohono Oʼodham)
music
Robert Spot
Juan Dolores
California
Native California Music
ethnomusicologist