Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Guigui, Efraín
- Abstract:
- Collection consists of the papers and concert recordings of Efrain Guigui, Panamanian-born clarinetist and conductor.
- Extent:
- 9.125 Linear Feet 8 boxes
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Efrain Guigui papers, Collection no. 1016, Music Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of the papers and concert recordings of Efrain Guigui, Panamanian-born clarinetist and conductor. Materials include personal papers, awards, concert programs, photographs, audio recordings and VHS tapes of performances.
- Biographical / historical:
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Efrain Guigui (1925-2007) was born in Panama, and grew up in Argentina, where he attended the Student Music Conservatory in Buenos Aires. At the age of 15, Guigui was the youngest clarinetist to ever play first chair in the Buenos Aires Symphony Orchestra. Guigui completed advanced studies in conducting and composition at Boston University and went on to serve as the Music Director of the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra and the conductor for the Vermont Symphony Orchestra. He founded the Youth Symphony Orchestra and the School of Music for High School students in Mexico, and conducted symphony orchestras worldwide. Guigui was the music director for the Local Union Senior Symphony Orchestra in Los Angeles prior to his death in 2007.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Ana Guigui, 2018
- Processing information:
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This collection is unprocessed.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Clarinetists
Composers -- United States -- Archival resources
Conductors (Music) -- United States -- Archival resources
Music -- Instruction and study
Orchestral music -- Archival resources
Symphony orchestras
Audiocassettes
Audiotapes
Correspondence
Photographs
Programs (documents)
Video recordings - Names:
- Guigui, Efraín -- Archives
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 at music@usc.edu. 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], Efrain Guigui papers, Collection no. 1016, 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