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  • Biographical / Historical
  • Scope and Contents
  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Rights Statement for Archival Description
  • Conditions Governing Use
  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
  • Preferred Citation
  • Processing Information

  • Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Music Library
    Title: Efrain Guigui papers
    Creator: Guigui, Efraín
    Identifier/Call Number: 1016
    Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/8/resources/3365
    Physical Description: 9.125 Linear Feet 8 boxes
    Date (inclusive): 1960-2008
    Abstract: Collection consists of the papers and concert recordings of Efrain Guigui, Panamanian-born clarinetist and conductor.
    Language of Material: English.

    Biographical / Historical

    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.

    Scope and Contents

    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.

    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 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.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Ana Guigui, 2018

    Preferred Citation

    [Box/folder no. or item name], Efrain Guigui papers, Collection no. 1016, Music Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

    Processing Information

    This collection is unprocessed.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Audiocassettes
    Audiotapes
    Clarinetists
    Composers -- United States -- Archival resources
    Conductors (Music) -- United States -- Archival resources
    Correspondence
    Music -- Instruction and study
    Orchestral music -- Archival resources
    Photographs
    Programs (documents)
    Symphony orchestras
    Video recordings
    Guigui, Efraín -- Archives