Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Sevanian, Ara, 1915-
- 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.
- Extent:
- 33.19 Linear Feet 33 boxes
- Language:
- English , Armenian .
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Ara Sevanian papers, Collection no. 1009, Music Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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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.
- Biographical / historical:
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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).
- Processing information:
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Parts of this collection are not fully processed.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Ara Sevanian papers, Collection no. 1009, Music Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
- Location of this collection:
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Doheny Memorial Library, Room G-24Los Angeles, CA 90089-1822, US
- Contact:
- (213) 740-0183