Paul Salamunovich papers
Scope and Contents
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 2007 to 2008.
Dates
- Creation: 1950 - 2014
Creator
- Salamunovich, Paul (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Biographical / Historical
Paul Salamunovich (1927-2014) was an American conductor and educator. He was the Music Director of the Los Angeles Master Chorale from 1991 to 2001 and its Music Director Emeritus from 2001 until 2014. He served as Director of Music at St. Charles Borromeo Church in North Hollywood, California, for 60 years. In addition, he held academic positions at Mount St. Mary's College, Loyola Marymount University, and the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music.
He was invited to conduct just under 1000 festivals and workshops around the world. Salamunovich was acknowledged as an expert in Gregorian chant and has been recognized for his contributions in the field of sacred music. He most notably receiving a Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice in 2013 and was appointed knight of the Order of St Gregory the Great from Pope Paul VI in 1969.
Extent
33.19 Linear Feet (21 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
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 2007 to 2008.
Additional collection guides
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Stephen Salamunovich, January 14, 2016 and Februay 5, 2019.
Processing Information
The collection is unprocessed.
Subject
- Salamunovich, Paul -- Archives (Person)
- USC Thornton School of Music -- Archives (Organization)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Choral conducting -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
- Choral conductors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
- Choral music -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
- Conductors (Music) -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources
- Music -- Instruction and study -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
- Music -- Study and teaching -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
- Title
- Finding aid for the Paul Salamunovich papers
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
- Date
- 2023 April
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2020 November: Finding aid updated by Bo Doub to include instance records for box nos. 25-29
- 2023 June: Bo Doub updated the finding aid to include material added to the collection from accession no. 2023-025. The material added to the collection from this accession is housed in Box 21, Folder 1.
- Box: 1 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 2 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 3 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 4 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 5 (Textual Materials)
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- Box: 19 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 20 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 21 (Textual Materials)
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
specol@usc.edu