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The Victoria
and Joaquín Rodrigo Archive offers enormous cultural interest,
as its contents extend beyond the strictly musical sphere. The
Archive is an indispensable source of information for anyone interested
in the history of music and the cultural life of twentieth century
Spain.
It includes documentation
that spans a period of almost 100 years, accumulated during the
lifetime of Victoria and Joaquín Rodrigo. Among graphic
documents there are 5000 photographs, 10,000 programs from premieres
and other concerts, and numerous posters; audio material includes
recordings of radio interviews with the composer, old recordings
and a selection of CDs; audio-visual documents record numerous
images of the Maestro throughout his long life; some 25,000 documents
of his entire private and professional correspondence with many
of the outstanding figures of the twentieth century ; more than
50,000 press articles including reviews and critiques of his music,
together with his own writings and articles in the press as a
critic and musicologist ; all the books of his private library,
portraits, sculptures, furniture and personal possessions.
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