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Women Composers

In order to publicize the work of outstanding women in the field of musical composition, we will publish, in the month of their birth, a brief biography of some of them.

The names of the composers come from the poster Notable Women Composers by Sylvia Glickman and artist Paulette Jellinek. This poster was given as a gift in celebration of Library Week on April 11, 2019 by professor Ana María Hernández and her students from the Latin American Composers course, a course that was offered for the first time that year at the Conservatory. The poster includes the names of women composers in the classical music genre. The students of the course enriched the content of the poster by adding the names of several Latin American and Puerto Rican composers.

You can see the moment of delivery of the poster to the Library at the following link: Notable Women Composers Poster Delivery

• • Biographies

    • June - Modesta Bor
    • September - Celia Torra
    • November - Áurea Mercedes “Puchi” Balseiro
    • February - Julia de Burgos

Featured Musical Works

In this section we will include some outstanding works throughout musical history. It will cover works and resources from the Early Music period to 21st Century Music.

• • «L'Estate» = Summer: violin concerto in G minor, Op. 8, no. 2 by Antonio Vivaldi 

Bulletin: Amaury Veray Library informs you.

Amaury Veray Library Informs You, No. 2, November 2024. 

Amaury Veray Library Informs You, No. 1, October 2021. 

• • • • Cover: Musical synchrony
      • 129th anniversary of the birth of Jibarito de Aguadilla
      • Power Tips: Creating Resource Lists
      • Get to know our collection: Encyclopedias, articles and recent acquisitions
      • Advances. Credits and Thanks

Videos

We include some interviews conducted with Conservatory professors and librarians and archivists at our Library.

• • • • Cecilia Negrón de Talavera and Marisa García
        The professors of the Piano Department, professor emeritus Cecilia Negrón de Talavera (RIP, 1917-2019) and professor Marisa García, narrate their beginnings at the Conservatory and its importance in musical education and the artistic development of Puerto Rico . They also remember the years in which they shared with their teacher, the pianist Jesús María Sanromá.

• • • • How did the idea of creating the IMPCA come about?
        Dr. Jaime Bofill Calero, Professor of the Department of Theory, Composition and Musicology of the Conservatory, talks about the Musical Research Institute of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean and about Musiké, the Conservatory's magazine.

• • • • Institutional Archive
        Diana Hernández, documents administrator, explains the purpose of the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music Archive and the management of its documents.

• • • • What is the Vertical File?
        Librarian Milagros Escalera explains what a vertical archive is, its use, its content and importance for the study of the history of our music.

• • • • How did the initiative to establish the Special Collection and the Puerto Rican Collection come about?
        Damaris Cordero, director of the Library (2003-2017), highlights the beginnings of the Puerto Rican Collection and Special Collections in the Library, and the collections it contains.

• • • • Transcription Project
        Angel Carrión, graduate of the Conservatory and collaborator of the Transcription Project, talks about the beginning of the Library Transcription Project, what this project consists of and its importance for the interpretation of Puerto Rican musical works.