Zone d'identification
Nom et localisation du dépôt
Niveau de description
Collection
Titre
Erundina Rocha Music Collection
Date(s)
- 1928-1992 (Production)
- 1928-1966 (Production)
Importance matérielle
5 Boxes
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
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.
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
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.
Mode de classement
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
This collection is open for research.
Accès physique
Accès technique
Conditions de 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.
Langue des documents
- espagnol
Écriture des documents
Notes de langue et graphie
Instruments de recherche
Finding aid updated by Juan A. Villanueva, October 2018.
Générer l'instrument de recherche
Éléments d'acquisition et d'évaluation
Historique de la conservation
Source immédiate d'acquisition
Purchased from Raul Rocha, 1994.
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
Sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Sources complémentaires
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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Zone du contrôle de la description
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Sources utilisées
Note de l'archiviste
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.
Mots-clés
Mots-clés - Sujets
Mots-clés - Lieux
Mots-clés - Noms
- Rocha, Erundina (Sujet)