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Latin American Music Center (LAMC) : Juan Orrego-Salas Legacy Collection

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Title

Latin American Music Center (LAMC) : Juan Orrego-Salas Legacy Collection

Subject

Exhibits ; Orrego-Salas, Juan, 1919-2019 ; Special Collections ; Archives

Description

Life and work of Juan Orrego-Salas, Chilean composer, educator, scholar, and advocate of Latin American music.

Creator

Dederick, Emma (Librarian and Curator of Special Collections)

Publisher

Indiana University, Bloomington. Latin American Music Center

Date

1919-2019

Contributor

Indiana University, Bloomington. Latin American Music Center

Collection Items

Award invitation: Gabriela Mistral Award, 1988
In 1988, Orrego-Salas received the Gabriela Mistral Inter-American Culture Prize, an award created by the Organization of American States in memory of Nobel laureate Gabriela Mistral.

Photo: Orrego-Salas with wife Carmen and sons
Orrego-Salas with his wife, Carmen Benavente (front), and their sons (back, left to right) Juan Felipe, Juan Matías, Juan Cristián, and Juan Miguel.

Photo: Juan Orrego-Salas Portrait
Juan Orrego-Salas, b. 1919. Chilean composer, scholar, and founding director of the Latin American Music Center at Indiana University.

Photo: Orrego-Salas and President of Chile Patricio Aylwin
Orrego-Salas with the President of Chile, Patricio Aylwin, on the night he was presented with the Premio Nacional de Artes Musicales in 1992, Chile.

Score: Sextet, op. 38 (1954)
Opening measures of manuscript copy of "Sexteto para clarinete en sib, cuarteto de cuerdas y piano, op. 38" by Juan Orrego-Salas.

Score: Concerto para oboe y cuerdas, op. 77 (1980)
Last measures of "Concerto para oboe y cuerdas," op. 77 (1980) finished at the home of the composer. At end: "La Serena del Olmo, Bloomington, Nov, 1, 1980, 5:00pm."

Photo: Juan Orrego-Salas Portait
Juan Orrego-Salas examining a score.

Score: Days of God, op. 73 (1976)
From a page of an early sketch of "Days of God," op. 73 by Juan Orrego-Salas.

Photo: Rehearsal for "Days of God," op. 73 (1976) by Juan Orrego-Salas
Photo of Juan Orrego-Salas and choral conductor Jan Harrington in rehearsal for the premiere of "Days of God," op. 73 in 1976, Orrego-Salas work commissioned by Antal Dorati and the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington for the Bicentennial…

Writings: "Encuentros visiones y repasos"
Image of the book cover for "Encuentros visiones y repasos" by Juan Orrego-Salas
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