Identity elements
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Erundina Rocha Music Collection
Date(s)
- 1928-1992 (Creation)
- 1928-1966 (Creation)
Extent
5 Boxes
Name of creator
Biographical history
Erundina Rocha was a Cuban pianist and composer. She was educated in Havana, most notably at the Conservatorio González-Redin. Rocha worked with Gonzalo Roig at the Orquestra Sinfónica de La Habana and Ernesto Lecuona on his radio program “Islas,” beginning in 1945.
She married the painter Raúl Gómez del Río in 1957. They left Cuba for Miami in 1961 and moved to Puerto Rico in 1964. Rocha participated in many groups, unions, and institutions, notably the Unión de Cubanos en el Exilio(UCE) and the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña.
She was actively engaged in maintaining Cuba’s cultural identity in exile and spreading Cuban music, especially that of Ernesto Lecuona. Rocha received awards and diplomas for her efforts from several organizations. She died in Puerto Rico on September 22, 1993.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Erundina Rocha Music Collection consist of music scores by Erundina Rocha, Ernesto Lecuona and other composers as well as clippings, photographs, pamphlets, programs and publications. The collection is arranged into three series in five boxes.
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
This collection is open for research.
Physical access
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Requests to publish or display materials from this collection require written permission from the rights owner. Please, contact chc@miami.edu for more information.
Preferred citation: Erundina Rocha Music Papers, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.
Languages of the material
- Spanish
Scripts of the material
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Finding aid updated by Juan A. Villanueva, October 2018.
Generated finding aid
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Purchased from Raul Rocha, 1994.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
Sheet music (original and photocopies) and manuscript scores by non-Cuban composers, as well as sheet music, clippings, photographs, publications, and a vocal score of an opera were transferred to the Marta and Austin Weeks Music Library in 2010. These collection materials were de-accessioned by the Music Library in October 2018.
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Rules or conventions
Sources used
Archivist's note
Collection-level record in Archon was created by Beata Bergen, April 2010. Biographical note and Series descriptions revised by Nathan Watson in October 2010 as part of a musicology seminar on Latin American music collections taught by Dr. Deborah Schwartz-Kates of the University of Miami Frost School of Music.
Finding aid subjects terms assigned by Ana D. Rodríguez, March 2013.
Container list added from Legacy PDF container list, February 2014.
Updated by Rebeca Gonzalez, May 2021.
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Rocha, Erundina (Subject)