Aurelio de la Vega papers
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of concert flyers, invitations, photographs, publications, recordings, letters, and awards from composer Aurelio de la Vega. Materials include letters and flyers related to de la Vega’s 90th birthday celebration concert performed by the Verdi Chorus in 2015, a VHS recording of de la Vega’s 80th birthday celebration concert in 2005, and a copy of Encuentro de la cultura Cubana: Homenaje a Aurelio de la Vega (2003).
Dates
- Creation: 1979
- Creation: 1993 - 2019
Creator
- Vega, Aurelio de la, 1925-2022 (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
Aurelio de la Vega (1925-2022) was a Cuban-American composer, lecturer, and a key figure of the Los Angeles classical music community. De la Vega was born in Cuba in 1925, and studied law and diplomacy at his father’s insistence, but was always interested in music. In 1947, De la Vega became the cultural attaché for the Cuban consulate in Los Angeles, and he studied with emigre composer Ernst Toch for several years. He returned to Cuba in 1949 and became chairman of the music department of the University of Oriente in Santiago de Cuba and music critic for the Havana journal Alerta. In 1959, after Castro’s takeover of the Cuban government, De la Vega emigrated to Los Angeles. That fall, he started his tenure at Northridge, as director of its electronic music studio. He was a Distinguished Professor of Music, Director of the Electronic Music Studio and Composer-in-residence at California State University, Northridge from 1959 to 1992.
Extent
3.063 Linear Feet (4 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection consists of concert flyers, invitations, photographs, publications, recordings, letters, and awards from composer Aurelio de la Vega.
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
Subject
- Title
- Finding aid for the Aurelio de la Vega papers
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Marissa Chavez and Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
- Date
- 2022 December
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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