Elementos de identidad
Nombre y localización del repositorio
Nivel de descripción
Colección
Título
Erundina Rocha Music Collection
Fecha(s)
- 1928-1992 (Creación)
- 1928-1966 (Creación)
Extensión
5 Boxes
Nombre del productor
Historia biográfica
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.
Nombre del productor
Historia biográfica
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
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.
Sistema de arreglo
Condiciones de acceso y uso de los elementos
Condiciones de acceso
This collection is open for research.
Acceso físico
Acceso técnico
Condiciones
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.
Idiomas del material
- español
Escritura(s) de los documentos
Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
Instrumentos de descripción
Finding aid updated by Juan A. Villanueva, October 2018.
instrumento de descripción generado
Elementos de adquisición y valoración
Historial de custodia
Origen del ingreso
Purchased from Raul Rocha, 1994.
Valoración, selección y eliminación
Acumulaciones
Elementos de material relacionado
Existencia y localización de originales
Existencia y localización de copias
Unidades de descripción relacionadas.
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.
Descripciones relacionadas
Elemento notas
Notas especializadas
Identificador/es alternativo(os)
Área de control de la descripción
Reglas o convenciones
Fuentes
Nota del archivista
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.
Puntos de acceso
Puntos de acceso por materia
Puntos de acceso por lugar
Puntos de acceso por autoridad
- Rocha, Erundina (Materia)