Finding aid for the Efrain Guigui papers 1016
Marissa Chavez and Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
USC Libraries Music Library
2023 June
Doheny Memorial Library, G-24
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-1822
music@usc.edu
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
Personal materials /repositories/8/archival_objects/675310
Scope and Contents
Series consists of clippings, photographs and slides, correspondence, awards, concert programs, and other personal papers.
Box 1
Awards, correspondence, photographs, and programs /repositories/8/archival_objects/675303
1960-1976
Box 2
Correspondence and programs /repositories/8/archival_objects/675304
1974-2004
Box 3
Correspondence, clippings, photographs, programs, and slides /repositories/8/archival_objects/675305
1965-2003
Recordings /repositories/8/archival_objects/675311
Scope and Contents
Series consists of cassette tapes and ¼ inch reel to reel magnetic tapes of performance recordings from the Annual Composer's
Conference and other performances, along with VHS tapes of various performances.
Box 4
Cassette tapes /repositories/8/archival_objects/675306
1980-2002
Box 5
Cassette tapes, CDs, and a DVD /repositories/8/archival_objects/675307
1979-2008
Box 6, Box 7
1/4" audio tapes /repositories/8/archival_objects/675308
1965-1997
Box 8
Betamax tapes and VHS tapes /repositories/8/archival_objects/675309
1986-2001
