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Research and Subject Files, 1896-1990 (bulk 1930-1980) (continued)
Miscellaneous Subjects, 1920s-1990 (bulk 1950-1980)
This subseries consists of Luiz Heitor Corrêa de Azevedo’s additional research and reference files. Documents of note within the files for composers and performers from Spain, Portugal and Latin American countries other than Brazil include: international clippings and concert programs, a wedding invitation from Alberto and Aurora Natola Ginastera, and ephemera, such as postage stamps of Latin American composers. Azevedo's files on Brazil include an invitation from the Brazilian Ambassador to Paris for the 1980 Villa-Lobos Medal which Luiz Heitor was awarded, as well as clippings, invitations, and letters related to Azevedo’s award of Professor Emeritus status in 1985 from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Additional ephemera of note includes handwritten ballots cast in 1933 to elect delegates to Centro Musical do Rio de Janeiro, including Heitor Villa-Lobos, Francisco Braga, and Paulo Silva.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
BOX-FOLDER 44/1-2 1947: Santa Cruz, Lisboa, Mexico, Paris, 1947
see also Correspondence: Miscellaneous, 1940s
Includes: Correspondence and documents related to Congresso Luso-Brasileiro de Folclore and UNESCO
BOX-FOLDER 44/3 Academia Brasileira de Música, 1966-1969
BOX-FOLDER 44/4 "Alcouções a meu respeito", 1927-1944
Compiled speeches and introductions about Azevedo
América Latina
BOX-FOLDER 44/5 Argentina, 1937-1979
BOX-FOLDER 44/6 Bolivia, 1964-1973
BOX-FOLDER 44/7 Chile, 1956-1973 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 44/8 Colombia, 1956-1975 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 44/9-10 Cuba, 1956-1978
BOX-FOLDER 44/11 El Salvador, circa 1971
BOX-FOLDER 44/12 Espanha (Spain), 1966-1972
BOX-FOLDER 44/13 Equador, 1962
BOX-FOLDER 44/14 Guatemala, undated
BOX-FOLDER 44/15 Honduras, circa 1964
BOX-FOLDER 44/16 Mexico, 1953-1976
Includes: Composer file for Julian Carrillo
BOX-FOLDER 44/17 Nicaragua, 1959,1969
BOX-FOLDER 45/1 Panama, 1945-1969
BOX-FOLDER 45/2 Paraguai, 1966
BOX-FOLDER 45/3 Pérou, 1962-1974 and undated
Includes: Correspondence of Luis Iturrizaga
BOX-FOLDER 45/4 Portugal, 1960-1986
BOX-FOLDER 45/5 Puerto Rico, 1962
BOX-FOLDER 45/6 Republica Dominica (Dominican Republic), 1963
BOX-FOLDER 45/7 Uruguai, 1961-1983
Includes: Correspondence of Flor de María de Ayestarán, 1969 November; composer file for José Serebrier, 1961-1983
MAPCASE-DRAWER 6/15 Uruguai, 1977 January
Poster for Sexto Curso Latinoamericano de Música Contemporánea
BOX-FOLDER 45/8 Venezuela, 1954-1974 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 45/9 Amérique Latine, 1950-1980
Includes: 1960 October 4 concert flier for l’Orchestre Philharmonique de la Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française, conducted by Carlos Chávez with violin soloist Henryk Szeryng
BOX-FOLDER 45/10 Mário de Andrade e a Semana de Arte Moderna, 1944-1986
Includes: Correspondence of Mário de Andrade and Clovis de Oliveira
BOX-FOLDER 45/11-12 Aposentadoria (Retirement), 1965-1968, 1979
Includes: Correspondence of Américo Jacobina Lacombe and Dulce Martins Lamas; 35mm negatives
BOX-FOLDER 46/1 Azevedo, Luiz Heitor Corrêa de, "Dados biográficos", 1931-1949
BOX-FOLDER 46/2 Azevedo, Luiz Heitor Corrêa de, "Documentação pessoal," 1930s-1970s and undated
Brasil
BOX-FOLDER 46/3-4 Escola Nacional de Música, 1942-1973
BOX-FOLDER 46/5 Generalidades motas pitorescas, 1962-1966 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 46/6 História, 1920s-1940s
BOX-FOLDER 46/7 História, 1950-1978 and undated
Includes: Correspondence of Jaime C. Diniz
BOX-FOLDER 46/8 Vanguarda Musical, 1961-1966
BOX-FOLDER 46/9 Brasil Atualidade, 1930s-1940s and undated
BOX-FOLDER 47/1-14 Brasil Atualidade, 1950-1968
MAPCASE-DRAWER 6/15 Brasil Atualidade, 1954-1974
Five posters
BOX-FOLDER 48/1-6 Brasil Atualidade, circa 1960s-1981
BOX-FOLDER 48/7 Brasil miscellaneous, 1968-1985
Includes: Invitation to 1980 Villa-Lobos Medal ceremony and correspondence of Homero de Magalhães
BOX-FOLDER 48/8 Brasil miscellaneous, 1986-1990
BOX-FOLDER 48/9 Centro de Pesquisas Folclóricas and Dulce Martins Lamas, 1944-1985 and undated
Includes: Photographs; correspondence to Enio de Freitas e Castro and Renato Almeida; correspondence from Dulce Martins Lamas
BOX-FOLDER 48/10 Cadeira de Folclore Nacional, 1937-1939
Includes: Faculty application materials for position of Chair of National Folklore at Escola Nacional de Música da Universidade do Brasil
BOX-FOLDER 48/11 "Composições de Luiz Heitor Corrêa de Azevedo," circa 1931
Manuscript partial list of musical compositions
BOX-FOLDER 49/1 Folclore, circa 1940s-1960
Includes: Materials related to teaching; Centro de Pesquisas Folclóricas; first Congresso Luso-Brasileiro de Folclore; Instituto Brasileiro de Educação, Ciência e Cultura (IBECC); Congresso Internacional de Folclore
BOX-FOLDER 49/2 Folclore, 1961-1985 and undated
Includes: UNESCO; Clube dos Amigos do Folclore; music education; typescript papers by Renato Almeida and Wolfgang Laade
MAPCASE-DRAWER 6/15 Folclore, 1976 November
Concert poster for Centre Culturel Américain, Paris
BOX-FOLDER 49/3 Folclore, 1950-1975
Clippings
BOX-FOLDER 49/4-5 Genealogy research, 1962
BOX-FOLDER 49/6 Instituto Nacional de Música, 1931
BOX-FOLDER 49/7 Instrumentos dos índios [indigenous instruments], circa 1941
BOX-FOLDER 49/8 International Music Council, "Notation of Folk Music", 1949-1952 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 49/9 Música popular brasileira, 1935-1978 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 49/10 "Votação para delegado eleitor do Centro Musical do Rio de Janeiro," 1933 June 15
Manuscript ballots cast to elect delegates, including Heitor Villa-Lobos
BOX 50-56 Scrapbooks, 1919-1989
This series contains bound scrapbooks of Luiz Heitor Corrêa de Azevedo’s published reviews and articles, concert programs, and messages from friends. His original scrapbooks titles are in Portuguese. Clippings of Azevedo’s reviews and articles in the scrapbooks appeared in Brazilian publications including O Imparcial and A Ordem. Additional materials include loose scrapbook materials labeled as duplicates by Luiz Heitor or Violeta. These loose materials have been retained as second copies for preservation and access.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX-FOLDER 50/1 1919-1922, Contos e artigos I-II
BOX-FOLDER 50/2 1921-1922, Pensamentos amigos
BOX 52 1924-1942, Recortes I
BOX-FOLDER 50/3 1925, 1988, As memórias de Arthur Napoleão
BOX 51 1928 August 24 - 1929 February 21, Crônicas musicais publicadas no jornal O Imparcial
BOX 51 1929 January 13 - March 7, "De que precisa a música no Brasil", enquête de O Imparcial
BOX 51 1929 March 3 - 1930 October 12, Crônicas musicais publicadas no jornal A Ordem
BOX 51 1931 January 24 - 1946 April 7, Crônicas musicais publicadas em vários journais
BOX 53 1942-1956, Recortes II
BOX-FOLDER 50/4 1944 June - July
BOX-FOLDER 50/5 1944 December - 1945 January
BOX-FOLDER 50/6 1947, Portugal
BOX 54 1957-1963, Recortes III
BOX 55 1963-1984, Recortes IV
BOX 56 Duplicate scrapbook materials, 1925-1989
BOX 57-67, 83 Photographs, Negatives, and Iconography, circa 1865-1990 (bulk 1930-1960)
This series contains photograph albums, loose photographs, negatives, copy prints, iconography, and visual art.
Organized as five subseries.
Photograph Albums, 1947-1977
The photograph albums contain images of Luiz Heitor Corrêa de Azevedo’s travels related to research, leisure, professional conferences, and vacations in retirement. Luiz Heitor’s original album titles for thematic album series were in Portuguese: "Viagens" (Travels) and "Aposentadoria" (Retirement). Individuals, groups, and locations are identified throughout the albums.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 57 1947-1948, Travel 1 (Viagens 1)
BOX 58 1948-1949, Travel 2 (Viagens 2)
BOX 58 1951-1952, Travel 4 (Viagens 4)
BOX 57 1955-1956, Travel 6 (Viagens 6)
BOX 59 1956-1959, Travel 8 (Viagens 8)
BOX 60 1961-1962, Travel 11 (Viagens 11)
BOX 61 1963-1964, Travel 13 (Viagens 13)
BOX 61 1964-1965, Travel 14 (Viagens 14)
BOX 57 1965, Travel 15 (Viagens 15)
BOX 62 1966-1967, Retirement 1 (Aposentadoria 1)
BOX 63 1971-1972, Retirement 5 (Aposentadoria 5)
BOX 63 1975-1977, Retirement 9 (Aposentadoria 9)
Group Photographs, 1930-1946
Luiz Heitor Corrêa de Azevedo originally described these materials in Portuguese as "Grupos." Photographs depict Luiz Heitor and Violeta Corrêa de Azevedo in attendance at events related to professional conferences and organizations including the Associação Brasileira de Música, Music Educators National Conference, International Music Council, and UNESCO. Group images also depict social gatherings in honor of prominent Brazilian musicians. Many photographs are signed by the individuals present in the group photographs. UNESCO photographs were taken by official photographers and have multi-lingual descriptions on the verso of images.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX-FOLDER 64/1 1930-1931
BOX-FOLDER 65/1 1932
BOX-FOLDER 65/2 circa 1933-1934, 1934
BOX-FOLDER 65/3 1935
Includes: Photograph inscribed by Heitor Villa-Lobos
BOX-FOLDER 64/2 1937
BOX-FOLDER 65/4 1939
BOX-FOLDER 64/3 1940
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