Publications
2004Music: The Cultural Context. Senri Ethnological Reports. 47. National Museum of Ethnography. Osaka 2004 250pp.
2003
“Exhibiting Music in Museums,” Anthropology Newsletter Minpaku, National Museum of Ethnology Osaka no. 17, Dec 2003. pp..9-11.
1999
Latino Music, Its Strength and Diversity (in Japanese) Research Journal of the National Museum of Ethnology, Senri, Japan 1999.
1997
V.A.Lefebvre and R.Garfias. "Garbuzov zones and fuzzy musical structures", Proceedings. 7th IFSA World Congress (Prague, June 25-29, 1997), Academia, Prague1997, vol.IV., pp. 331--333.
Music for Elementary Teachers . A series of Cds with extensive Annotations, drawing from all the world's music. With John Steinmetz. Naxos Records. In press.
1995
The Burmese Piano Music of U Ko Ko, Ethnomusicology Online . World Wide Web Multimedia Journal for Ethnomusicology (Refereed journal) Vol.1 No. 1.October 1995.
1994
"The Okinawan Kunkunshi Notation System and its role in an the dissemination of the Shuri Court Music Tradition". Asian Music . XXV,1-2 (1993/1994) 115-144.
1992
Shokichi Kina . Asia Classics 2. Record Notes. Luaka Bop (David Byrne) CD.
1990
"Cultural Diversity in the Arts in America ", in Public Money and the Muse . Essays on Government Funding for the Arts. Stephen Benedict, Ed. The American Assembly, Columbia University . New York : Norton.
'Osmanli Imparatorlugu'nun sanati, musikisi büyük bir uygarligin doruk naktasi..' Interview by Bülent Aksoy. ARGOS . ( Istanbul ) No. 28 (December 1990) 58-61.
"A New View of Javanese Pelog", a report on recent reseach in collaboration with Vladimir Lefebvre on a new system of mathematical analysis of Javanese scales. in Ethnomusicology Research Digest . Ethno Forum E-Mail Review. No. 28 November 26, 1990. 2pp.
"The Culture and Arts of Japan ." The Japanese Treasure Chest . The Historical and Cultural Foundation of Orange County . A multicultural enrichment supplement for the Orange County Public schools.
"The Culture and Arts of Mexico ." The Mexican Treasure Chest . The Historical and Cultural Foundation of Orange County . A multicultural enrichment supplement for the Orange County Public schools.
1989
'The Role of Faculty in Developing Minority Scholars: Incentives and Rewards', Reponse to topic presented by J. Herman Blake. In The Role of the Faculty in Meeting the National Need for African American, American Indian and Latino Scholars . Report of the Stony Brook Conference I. Myrna C. Adams and Elizabeth Wadsworth, Editors. The Graduate School , State University of New York at Stony Brook. 83-85
"Arts Administration: A Need for Cultural Diversity." L. A. Folk Arts, Vol. 3, No. 4, (Winter 1989)
"What Do We Mean by "Cultural Diversity"? Commentary in INSIDE PERFORMANCE , Vol 1, No. 2, September 1989. 25-28.
"Cultural Diversity and the Arts in America ". A report prepared for the Special Task Force on Performance under sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Rockfeller Foundation. 19pp.
"Thoughts on the Process of Language and Music Acquisition," Music and Child Development : Proceedings of the 1987 Biology of Music Making Conference. Wilson, F., Roehmann, F., eds. MMB Music Inc., St. Louis , 1989
1988
"Okinawa Koten Ongaku wo aisuru hito-bito e no mesaji" (A message to the Musicians of Okinawa). Four essays published in the RYUKYU SHIMPO , Daily Newspaper in Naha , Okinawa . I, July 29; II, July 30; III, July 31; August 1.
1987
"Die Rolle der Traume und Geisterbesessenhiet in der Mbira Dza Vadzimu-Musik der Shona von Zimbabwe ." Musikkulturen In Afrika . Ed. Erich Stockmann. Berlin : Verlag Neue Musik, 1987. 221-245.
"The State of the Folk Arts in America Today" Submitted to the National Endowment for the Arts, Washington , D. C. as a part of a comprehensive view of the arts in America in 1987.
"My Turn", Monthly editorial column in the Newport Ensign , also published in the Irvine World News and the Costa Mesa Herald. From May-September 1987 .
1986
"Tribute to a Dear Friend", A Memorial Tribute to Balasaraswat i, Balasaraswati School of Music & Dance. 1986. P. 16.
1985
"The Development of the Modern Burmese Hsaing Ensemble", ASIAN MUSIC . XVI-1 (1985) 1-28.
"Music: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally", Becoming Human Through Music . The Wesleyan Symposium on the Perspectives of Social Anthropology in the Teaching and Learning of Music. Music Educator's National Conference. 1985. 23-28.
"Dance and the Dance Theater of Burma ," International Encyclopedia of Dance.
"Social Context as a Determinant of Style and Structure in Asian Dance," CORD . Journal of the Committee for Research on Dance. 1985. Vol. II, pp. 49-52.
"Zur historischen Erforschung der Musik in Burma ," Beitrage zur Musikwissenschaft . 2/1985, 130-137. With photographs.
1984
“ Kasuga Taisha no Bugaku ni tsuite”, Gagakukai . 59/1984, 182-185.
"The Changing Nature of Musical Change", College Music Symposium . XXIV,1(Spring,1984) 1-10.
"Dance Among the Urban Gypsies of Romania ," Yearbook for Traditional Music . 16(1984) 84-96.
1983
"The Marimba of Mexico and Central America ", Latin American Music Review . Vol. 4 No. 2 (1983) 203-227.
"La Marimba en Centroamerica y Mexico," Sabiduria Popular . Memorias de la Primera Mesa Redonda de Folklore y Etnomusicologia, Colegio de Michoacan. A. C. Mexico. Ed. Arturo Chamorro. July 1983. pp. 188-209.
"Music in the United States : a Community of Cultures," Music Educators Journal . Vol. 69, No. 9 (May 1983) pp. 30-31.
"Music of Burma ," Dizionario Enciclopedico Universale . Torino , Italy . 1983.
"Gagaku," Encyclopedia of Japan . Tokyo : Kodansha, 1983.
"Gigaku," Encyclopedia of Japan . Tokyo : Kodansha, 1983.
1982
"Looking to the Future of World Music," Keynote address of the Symposium on the Future of World Music. Held at Wesleyan University , April 1982. Asian Music . Vol. XIV - 1(1982) pp. 1-8.
"Hispanics in Music in Higher Education," Racial and Ethnic Directions In American Music . Report of the College Music Society Committee on the Status of Minorities in the Profession. Chairman, T. J. Anderson. CMS Report No. 3,(1982) pp. 32-37.
1981
"Survivals of Turkish Classical Forms in Romanian Muzica Lautareasca," Yearbook for Traditional Music . 13(1981) p.97- 107.
"Modernization for Intercultural Relations," Keynote address for 1981 annual Fulbright Alumni Conference, Berkeley , California . in Assessment and Innovation, Communications . 1, Ed. J. Paul Ferlazzo. Fulbright Alumni Association. 1981
"Speech and Melodic Contour Interdependence in Burmese Music," College Music Symposium . V, 21:1 (Spring, 1981) pp. 33-39.
"Report on visit to People's Republic of China " Gagaku Kai . 56 (1981) pp. 40-43. (In Japanese)
1980
"Education in China ," U.S. People's Friendship Association Newsletter , Seattle Chapter. July 1980.
"The Role of Dreams and Spirit Possession in the Mbira Dza Vadzimu Music of Zimbabwe ," Journal of Altered States of Conciousness , Vol. 5, No. 3 (1980) pp. 211-234.
" Burma ," New Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians . III, 1980.
" Japan : Gagaku," New Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians . IX, 1980.
1979
Burmese Hsaing and Anyein . Monographs on Asian Music, Dance and Theater in Asia , Volume VI.
"The Venezuelan Harp," Folk Harp Journal . Vol. 24 (March 1979) 13-24.
1976
Music of a Thousand Autumns, The Togaku style of Japanese Court Music: an analysis of Theory in Practice . Berkeley : University of California Press, 1976. 314 pp.
1975
Spanish American Music and Its Roots . With Alice D. Firgau. Junior High School Music Text. Includes recordings. Silver Burdett, 1975. 32 pp.
"Preliminary Thoughts on Burmese Modes," Asian Music . VIII, (I) (1975) pp. 39-49.
"A Musical Visit to Burma ," The World of Music . UNESCO Volume 18, No. 1 (1975) 3-13.
Burmese Music and Dance . Monographs on Asian Music, Dance and Theater in Asia . Vol. II.
1974
"Koto Ornamentation Technique in 11th Century Japanese Gagaku," Studia Instrumentorum Musicae Popularis III , pp. 44-50. Edited by Gustav Hillestrom. Stockholm : Musikhistoriska Museet.
"Some Principles of Formal Variation in the Kolintang Music of the Maranao," Ethnomusicology , Vol. XVIII, No.1 (1974) 43-55.
1972
"Kyuchu no Mikagura," Part II, Gagaku-Kai , Vol. 50 (1972) (Japanese)
1969
"Kyuchu no Mikagura," Part I, Gagaku-Kai , Vol. 49 (1969) 17-31. (Japanese)
1967
"Various Levels of Traditional Music." Creating A Wider Interest In Traditional Music. Proceedings of a Conference held in Berlin in Cooperation with the Intenational Music Council. June 12 to 17 1967. International Institute for Comparative Music Studies and Documentation. Berlin . (with discussion) pp. 55-70.
1965
Traditional Music and the Value of Education. Music East and West . Indian Council for Cultural Relations. New Delhi : Bhatkal. pp.137-142.
"The Sacred Mi-Kagura Ritual of the Japanese Court ," Selected Reports , Institute of Ethnomusicology , UCLA. Vol. 1, No. 2,(1965) 149-178.
"Asian Music," Encyclopedia Americana . " Asia ," Section 13, Vol. 2, 400B-400E.
1964
"Symposium on Transcription and Analysis: A Hukwe Song with Musical Bow, Transcription I," Ethnomusicology , Vol. VIII, No.3 (September, 1964) 233-241.
1960
"Gagaku: Subdivisions of the Repertoire," Festival of Oriental Music and the Related Arts . Los Angeles : University of California , 1960. pp. 24-32.
Color Slides of Gagaku . Tokyo : Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai, 1960. Accompanying text 17 pp.
"Japanese Court Music: A Contemporary View," Today's Japan . Vol. 5, No. 6 (June, 1960) 7-10.
"Gradual Modifications of the Gagaku Tradition," Ethnomusicology , Vol. IV, No. 1 (January, 1960) 16-19.
1959
Gagaku, The Music and Dances of the Japanese Imperial Household . Program booklet. (For United States Tour of the Japanese Court Musicians). New York : Theatre Arts, 1959. 33 pp.
"Gagaku Shiken," (Personal views of Gagaku) Kokusai Bunka , 58 (March 20, 1959) 5-6. (In Japanese).
1958
The Basic Melody of the Togaku Pieces of the Gagaku Repertoire. (Master's Thesis, University of California , Los Angeles ), 1958, 2 Vols. Ann Arbor: University Microfilms.
Reviews
2003
Mahagita: Harp and Vocal Music of Burma . Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. In Society for Ethnomusicology Journal
1995
World Beat. Medio Inc CD-ROM . EM/hm World Wide Web Multimedia Journal of Ethnomusicology. Vol. 1, No. 1
1993
World Music and Public Policy. Institute for Traditional Music and Documentation. Berlin . Yearbook of International Council for Traditional Music. 1993 Volume .
1991
Review of La Musica Folklorica Nicaraguense de Masaya . Flying Fish Records. FF 474. Record review in The Journal of Latin American Music .
1990
Review of JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance; South East East. In Ethnomusicology Research Digest . Ethno Forum E-Mail Review. No. 28 November 26, 1990. 4pp.
1987
Katalin Kavalscik. Szlovakiai Olahcigany Nepdalok. {Vlach Gypsy Folk Songs In Slovakia }. Europai cigany nepzene I. Gypsy Folk Music of Europe I. Budapest : Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia Zenetudomanyi Intezet, Institute for Musicology of the Hungarian Academy for Sciences, 1985. 181 pp. Gypsy Lore Society Newsletter , Vol. 10, No. 4 Autumn 1987.
1986
Constantin Brailoiu. Collection universelle de Musique Populaire Enregistree/World Collection of Recorded Folk Music. (1951-58). Re-edition of recordings made between 1913 and 1953. Produced by Laurent Aubert and edited by Jean-Jacques Nattiez. Six 33 1/3 rpm discs. 1984. Disques VDE-Gallo 30-425/430 (AIMP I-VI) Mono/Stereo. Descriptive pamphlet in French and English, 36 p., with essays by Ernest Ansermet, Jean-Jacques Nattiez, and Laurent Aubert, photos, biblio. Ethnomusicology , Vol 31 Number 2, Spring/Summer 1987. 333-339.
1981
" Hungary no Gypsy no Ongaku - Gypsy no Kasei", (Hungarian Gypsy Music - Gypsy Songs) Rudolph Vig, Gypsy Lore Society Newsletter , 1981.
1980
Tiberiu Alexandru. Folcloristica, Organologie, Muzicologie; Tiberiu Alexandru. Muzica Populara Romineasca; Dumitru Bughici. Dictionar de Forme si Genuri Muzicale; Emilia Comisel. Folclor Muzical. in Ethnomusicology , Vol. XXIV, No.1(January 1980) 105- 109.
Balint Sarosi. Gypsy Music. in Gypsy Lore Society Newsletter , Vol. 3, No. 3, Summer 1980.
1979
J. I. Crump and William P. Malm, eds. Chinese and Japanese Music Dramas. in Ethnomusicology , Vol. XXIII, No. 3
(1979) 460-461.
1977
Juan S. Garrido. Historia de la Musica Popular en Mexico (1896- 1973). in Ethnomusicology , Vol. XXI No. 3, (September 1977) 500.
1973
Record Review. Everest: Eighteenth Century Traditional Music of Japan . Music of the Edo Period. Oshida:Gagaku. Levy: Korean Social and Folk Music. Lewiston : P'ansori; Korea 's Epic Vocal Art and Instrumental Music. in Ethnomusicology , Vol. XVII, No. 2, (May 1973) 368-372.
Record Review. Strachwitz Music of the Edo Period. Oshida:Gagaku. Levy: Korean Social and Folk Music. Lewiston : P'ansori; Korea 's Epic Vocal Art and Instrumental Music. in Ethnomusicology , Vol. XVII, No. 2, (May 1973) 368-372.
Record Review. Strachwitz: Lousiana Cajun Music. Russell: New Orleans Ragtime. Ethnomusicology , Vol. XVII, No. 1 (January 1973) 142-143.
1972
Record Review. African Rhythm and American Jazz. in Ethnomusicology , Vol. XVI, No. 3 (September 1973) 558-560.
Book Review. Gerhard Kubik. Musica Tradicional e Aculturado dos Kung! de Angola. and Kubik. Natureza e Estructura de Escalas Musicais Africanas. in African Music , Vol. 5, No. 2 (1972) 117-118.
1962
Yong-sang Hoe-sang, A Korean Court Music. in Ethnomusicology , Vol. VI, No. 1 (January 1962) 45-47.
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