Latin American popular and folk music collection
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Scope and Contents
This small collection contains sheet music of Latin American popular and folk music dating from the late 19th century. There are 44 pieces representing eight countries: Argentina (1 item), Cuba (4 items), Guatemala (7 items), Honduras (1 item), Mexico (21 items), Nicaragua (1 item), Spain (5 items), and the United States (4 items), as well as one international volume published by Uniao Pan-Americana. There is also a single issue of the Mexican monthly music magazine "Partitura" (March 1956).
Dates
- Creation: late 19th century-1994
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
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.
Extent
1.69 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
Spanish; Castilian
Abstract
This small collection contains sheet music of Latin American popular and folk music dating from the late 19th century. There are 44 pieces representing eight countries: Argentina (1 item), Cuba (4 items), Guatemala (7 items), Honduras (1 item), Mexico (21 items), Nicaragua (1 item), Spain (5 items), and the United States (4 items), as well as one international volume published by Uniao Pan-Americana.
Arrangement
The sheet music is arranged by the country of publication. Within the country sub-series, individual items are arranged alphabetically by title. When known, the name of the composer/lyricist and the publisher follow the title in parentheses.
- Title
- Finding aid for the Latin American popular and folk music collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Diann Benti
- Date
- 2022 October
- 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