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[email protected] URL: http://www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu/Archive/ ©2009 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Finding Aid for the Colin McPhee 1975.06 1 Collection 1930-1964 Descriptive Summary Title: Colin McPhee Collection, Date (bulk): 1930-1964 Collection number: 1975.06 Creator: McPhee, Colin 1900-1964 Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Ethnomusicology Archive Los Angeles, California 90095-1490 Abstract: This collection consists of sound recordings, field notes, photographs, papers and correspondence. Publication Rights Anyone can use this collection within the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Colin McPhee Collection, 1975.06, Ethnomusicology Archive, University of California, Los Angeles. Biography In the 1930s, Colin McPhee lived in Bali where he studied the sacred gamelan tradition and other musical genres. When he worked in New York during the 1940s, he was among the talented, young generation of composers that included Aaron Copeland and Henry Cowell. In California, where he died in 1964, he contributed greatly to the study of world music. McPhee was a faculty member of the Music Department at UCLA from 1960-1964. Besides his musical talents, he was an excellent photographer (as seen in the Archive's collection). His publications include A Club of Small Men (1948), A House in Bali (1947), and Music of Bali (1956).