Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
Latin American popular and folk music collection
0511
View entire collection guide
Search this collection
Table of contents
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Latin American popular and folk music collection
Identifier/Call Number: 0511
Physical Description:
1.69 Linear Feet
2 boxes
Date (inclusive): late 19th century-1994
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.
Language of Material:
Spanish; Castilian.
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).
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.
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.
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.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Latin American popular and folk music collection, Collection no. 0511, Boeckmann Center for
Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Sheet music
Folk songs -- Latin America
Popular music -- Latin America
Argentina -- Songs and music
Cuba -- Songs and music
Guatemala -- Songs and music
Honduras -- Songs and music
Mexico -- Songs and music
Nicaragua -- Songs and music