Ara Sevanian papers
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Scope and Contents
This collection contains the papers of Armenian-American composer and musician Ara Sevanian (1915-2011). Materials include musical scores and parts and audiovisual recordings including VHS tapes and sound records of Sevananian's music and performances. There is also correspondence between Sevanian and his family and friends dating from 1947, clippings, performance programs, copyright files, a 1989 diary, and three publications. Much of the family correspondence is in Armenian.
Dates
- Creation: 1945 - 2007
Creator
- Sevanian, Ara, 1915- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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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 Music Library. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Music Library 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.
Biographical / Historical
Ara Sevanian (1915-2011) was an Armenian-American composer and kanonist (Egyptian harp player). Sevanian was born in Yerevan, Armenia, and during World War II, he was captured by German soldiers. After the war, he moved to California, where he composed and performed music and also ran hamburger stands in the San Fernando Valley. He was married to Nina Sevanian and had two children, Alex (born 1946) and Diane (born 1949).
Extent
33.19 Linear Feet (33 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Armenian
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of Armenian-American composer and musician Ara Sevanian (1915-2011). Materials include musical scores and parts and audiovisual recordings including VHS tapes and sound records of Sevanian's music and performances. There is also correspondence between Sevanian and his family and friends dating from 1947, clippings, performance programs, copyright files, a 1989 diary, and three publications.
Processing Information
Parts of this collection are not fully processed.
Subject
- Sevanian, Ara, 1915- -- Archives (Person)
- Title
- Finding aid for the Ara Sevanian papers
- Status
- Minimally Processed
- Author
- Diann Benti
- Date
- 2022 April
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Music Library Repository
Doheny Memorial Library, G-24
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-1822 United States
music@usc.edu