Elementos de identidade
Nome e localização da entidade custodiadora
Nível de descrição
Coleção
Título
Erundina Rocha Music Collection
Data(s)
- 1928-1992 (Produção)
- 1928-1966 (Produção)
Dimensão
5 Boxes
Nome do produtor
História 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.
Nome do produtor
História biográfica
Elementos de conteúdo e estrutura
Âmbito e conteúdo
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 arranjo
Condições de acesso e uso dos elementos
Condições de acesso
This collection is open for research.
Acesso físico
Acesso técnico
Condiçoes de reprodução
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 do material
- espanhol
Escrita do material
Notas ao idioma e script
Instrumentos de descrição
Finding aid updated by Juan A. Villanueva, October 2018.
Instrumento de pesquisa gerado
Elementos de aquisição e avaliação
História custodial
Fonte imediata de aquisição
Purchased from Raul Rocha, 1994.
Informações de avaliação, seleção e eliminação
Ingressos adicionais
Elementos de materiais relacionados
Existência e localização de originais
Existência e localização de cópias
Material arquivístico relacionado
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.
Descrições relacionadas
Elemento de notas
Notas especializadas
Identificador(es) alternativo(s)
Elemento de controle de descrição
Regras ou convenções
Fontes utilizadas
Nota do arquivista
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.
Pontos de acesso
Pontos de acesso - Assuntos
Pontos de acesso - Locais
Pontos de acesso - Nomes
- Rocha, Erundina (Assunto)