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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Anthony Vazzana papers
Creator:
Vazzana, Anthony
Identifier/Call Number: 0368
Physical Description:
40.75 Linear Feet
30 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1958-1991
Abstract: This collection includes teaching materials, audio recordings of performances and compositions, correspondence, sheet music
and scores, binders of composition projects, and materials related to the USC Composition Forum of USC educator and composer
Anthony Vazzana (1922-2001).
Language of Material:
English.
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This collection includes teaching materials, audio recordings of Vazanna's performances and compositions, correspondence,
sheet music and scores, binders of composition projects, and materials related to the USC Composition Forum.
Teaching materials include lesson, project, and course plans, sheet music for instruction, and textbooks related to Vazzana's
USC courses. AV formats present are reel-to-reel magnetic tape, cassette tapes, and VHS tapes.
Anthony Vazzana (1922-2001) was an American composer and educator who taught composition, orchestration, and theory at the
University of Southern California from 1959 until his retirement in 1990. Vazzana also served as the director for the USC
Composition Forum for 16 years.
The majority of materials are housed at the Grand Archive, while boxes 9, 10, and 19 are housed at the Crozier building.
Anthony Vazzana (1922-2001) was an American composer and educator who taught composition, orchestration, and theory at the
University of Southern California from 1959 until his retirement in 1990.
He composed over 100 works several of which have been performed and broadcast in Europe, Asia and at New Music Festivals in
the United States with additional performances scheduled for South Africa in 1992. For more than 16 years he directed the
USC Composition Forum brought composers and musicians such as John Adams, Milton Babbitt, Luciano Berio, Pierre Boulez, and
John Cage among others of comparable international stature, to the USC campus.
Vazzana is the author of the four-volume work, Projects in Musicianship, (funded by the Ford/MENC Foundation) and his compositions
have been recorded by Shawnee, Golden Crest, Silverseal and Orion.
Advance notice required for access. The majority of materials are housed at the Grand Archive, while boxes 9, 10, and 19 are
housed at the Crozier building.
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], Anthony Vazzana papers, Collection no. 0368, University Archives, Special Collections, USC
Libraries, University of Southern California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the family of Anthony Vazzana.
Collection is partially processed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Composers
Composition (Music) -- Archival resources
Music -- Study and teaching -- Archival resources
Scores
Textbooks
Vazzana, Anthony -- Archives
USC Thornton School of Music -- Archives
University of Southern California. School of Music -- Archives