USC Thornton School of Music
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1999
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Joe Diorio papers
Collection
Identifier: 1020
Scope and Contents
The Joe Diorio papers comprise material created and collected by Joseph Louis Diorio (August 6, 1936 - February 2, 2022), American jazz guitarist and former USC Thornton Studio Guitar program faculty member. The largest part of the collection consists of music composition notebooks with Diorio's handwritten compositions. Some of the compositions in the collection were created by or for Diorio's students as part of Diorio's teaching activities. The Joe Diorio papers also include photographs;...
Dates:
1965 - 2021
Found in:
USC Libraries Music Library
Ernest Kanitz papers
Collection
Identifier: 0196
Abstract
Collection consists of the correspondence, music-related ephemera, musical scores, and recordings of émigré musician and former USC School of Music faculty member, Ernest Kanitz (1894-1978).
Dates:
c.1890-2008
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Paul Salamunovich papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5311
Abstract
A collection of scores used by Maestro Salamunovich as he conducted the St. Charles Borromeo Church Choir of North Hollywood, the Los Angeles Master Chorale, and other smaller ensembles. The collection also includes smaller amounts of Salamunovich's recordings, photographs, correspondence, awards, ephemera, and a few score manuscripts. Salamunovich taught at the USC Thornton School of Music as an adjunct professor of choral music and served as director of the USC Thornton Chamber Choir from...
Dates:
1950 - 2014
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
USC Festival 125th Celebration photographs
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5239
Abstract
The University of Southern California, which first opened its doors on October 6, 1880 to 53 students, is the oldest independent teaching and research university in the West, and the first university founded in Southern California. By 2005, USC had grown into a world-class research university with 32,000 students from every state and more than 130 nations and had become the largest private employer in Los Angeles.
To commemorate its 125th anniversary in 2005, USC embarked on a...
Dates:
2005
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
USC Thornton School of Music records
Collection
Identifier: 0283
Abstract
The University of Southern California's music school was officially established in 1884, and conferred its first degrees in 1885. The records document many of the activities of the School from the late 19th to the early 21st centuries. Included are the papers (generally incomplete) of some of the School's notable personnel, including Max Swarthout, Raymond Kendall, Ellis Kohs, Pauline Alderman, and Walter F. Skeele; records of academic activities; records of student and alumni...
Dates:
1897 - 2017; Modified: 2017-2019, 2021
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Anthony Vazzana papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0368
Abstract
This collection includes teaching materials, audio recordings of performances and compositions, correspondence, sheet music and scores, binders of composition projects, and materials related to the USC Composition Forum of USC educator and composer Anthony Vazzana (1922-2001).
Dates:
1958 - 1991
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections