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Title: Donn Borcherdt Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1956
Collection number: 1966.03
Creator: Borcherdt,
Donn
Extent:
1 box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Ethnomusicology Archive
Los Angeles, California 90095-1490
Abstract: This collection consists of sound recordings
and field notes.
Language of Material: Collection materials in English,
Armenian
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[Identification of item], Donn Borcherdt Collection, 1966.03,
Ethnomusicology Archive, University of California, Los Angeles.
Donn Borcherdt was born in Montrose, California. Borcherdt was a
composer and pianist. After he received his BA from UCLA in composition
and conducting, he began his graduate studies in ethnomusicology in
1956, focusing first on Armenian folk music and, later, on the music of
Mexico. He earned his MA from UCLA in 1962. Borcherdt conducted field
research in Jalisco, Mexico, in 1960, 1961, and 1963-64. His
publications include "Armenian Folk Music in the Los Angeles and Fresno
Areas," Western Folklore (1959). Borcherdt also hosted the weekly radio
program, "Many Worlds of Music," in 1960-62, on KPFK in Los Angeles.
Recordings of Armenian folk songs by Armenian-Americans made in 1956.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Armenian Americans--Music.
Church music--Armenia.
Field recordings--Armenia.
Field recordings--California.
Folk dance music--Armenia.
Folk songs, Armenian.
Oud music.