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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Aurelio de la Vega papers
Creator:
Vega, Aurelio de la, 1925-2022
Identifier/Call Number: 0531
Physical Description:
3.063 Linear Feet
4 boxes
Date: 1979
Date (inclusive): 1993-2019
Abstract: Collection consists of concert flyers, invitations, photographs, publications, recordings, letters, and awards from composer
Aurelio de la Vega.
Language of Material:
English.
Container: 1
Container: 2
Container: 3
Container: 4
Aurelio de la Vega (1925-2022) was a Cuban-American composer, lecturer, and a key figure of the Los Angeles classical music
community. De la Vega was born in Cuba in 1925, and studied law and diplomacy at his father's insistence, but was always interested
in music. In 1947, De la Vega became the cultural attaché for the Cuban consulate in Los Angeles, and he studied with emigre
composer Ernst Toch for several years. He returned to Cuba in 1949 and became chairman of the music department of the University
of Oriente in Santiago de Cuba and music critic for the Havana journal Alerta. In 1959, after Castro's takeover of the Cuban
government, De la Vega emigrated to Los Angeles. That fall, he started his tenure at Northridge, as director of its electronic
music studio. He was a Distinguished Professor of Music, Director of the Electronic Music Studio and Composer-in-residence
at California State University, Northridge from 1959 to 1992.
Collection consists of concert flyers, invitations, photographs, publications, recordings, letters, and awards from composer
Aurelio de la Vega. Materials include letters and flyers related to de la Vega's 90th birthday celebration concert performed
by the Verdi Chorus in 2015, a VHS recording of de la Vega's 80th birthday celebration concert in 2005, and a copy of Encuentro
de la cultura Cubana: Homenaje a Aurelio de la Vega (2003).
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Aurelio de la Vega papers, Collection no. 0531, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American
Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
This collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Awards
Composers
Concerts -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Correspondence
Promotional materials
Vega, Aurelio de la, 1925-2022 -- Archives