Lauro Ayestarán Collection [collection]

Title

Lauro Ayestarán Collection [collection]

Dates Created

Span: 1830-1966

Bulk: 1850-1950

Language

English

Form

collection

Physical Description

30 ft.

112 boxes

Abstract

The Lauro Ayestarán Collection reveals the life-time dedication of a distinguished musicologist and avid researcher who collected and analyzed the indigenous music of Uruguay as well as music of foreign origin performed in Uruguay. He was a talented teacher who encouraged study of the indigenous musics of the western hemisphere. He published several books and contributed numerous essays to dictionaries and encyclopedias. He also made over 4,000 field recordings of Uruguayan folk songs which are currently held in the Musicological Section of the Museum of National History in Montevideo.

Contents Note

Published and holograph manuscript scores.

Preferred Citation

Lauro Ayestarán Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress

Access Permissions

Researchers wishing to work with special collections are advised to inquire in advance about availability of material since many special collections are stored off-site.

Copyright Information

http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html

Subjects

Latin American Music
Chamber Music
Dance
Folk Music
Orchestral Music
Piano Music
Musicologists and Theorists
Popular Music
Ayestarán, Lauro
Debali, Francisco Jose
Preti, Luis
Pfeiffer, Oscar
Costa, Dalmiro
Sambucetti, Luis
Giribaldi, Tomas
Ribeiro, Leon
Broqua, Alfonso
Fabini, Eduardo
Cluzeau-Mortet, Luis
Cortinas, Cesar
Barradas, Carmen
Mujica, Tomas
Estrada, Carlos
Santorsolo, Guido
Tosar, Hector

Repository

Music Division, Library of Congress

Finding Aid

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/music/eadxmlmusic/eadpdfmusic/mu003003_x.pdf

Updated

06-16-2009