Argentine music and music documents

Cientific Production and Music Collections of the National Institute of Musicology "Carlos Vega"

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Scores, audios and videos

Argentine Musical Composers Catalog

This catalog is an initiative aimed at creating a platform where Argentine musical composers can showcase their careers as a whole, with a special focus on their artistic work. It is specifically designed for contemporary classical music composers. Each composer's page includes a brief biography, sheet music (in PDF format), and links to audio and/or video recordings. This platform is a work in progress, continuously expanding as more creators join the initiative. Link to the catalog.

Argentine Women Composers

Publications of the National Institute of Musicology  available for online consultation and download. These are a corpus of works for chamber ensemble and symphony orchestra of which only a manuscript version is known. Although these documents are part of public archives, our purpose is to offer to the community of performers and researchers revised editions for use and accessible through online download. Currently, the edition of scores of works by the following Argentine women composers can be consulted and downloaded: Celia Torrá, María Isabel Curubeto Godoy, Montserrat Campmany and Elsa Calcagno. Link to works.

Ethnographic Sound Recordings

Collection of folk and indigenous melodies collected in the framework of research projects (field trips and recording sessions) of the National Institute of Musicology carried out between 1931 and 1966, in Argentina and neighboring countries. The recordings contain mainly traditional music classified into genres, but also include instrument tunings, strumming, instrumental fragments and interviews. Link to Ethnographic sound recordins. 

Documentary collections 

Digital Catalog of the INM

The National Institute of Musicology “Carlos Vega” has a wide and varied collection of documents. You can consult the description of those collections that are systematized and include documents such as: audios, photographs, texts, scores, audiovisuals and musical instruments. These documents are the result of the scientific work of the INM's team of musicologists and of personal and institutional collections received as donations. Link to the collection list.

Publications

In order to make public the results of the research carried out at the National Institute of Musicology, publications on musicological topics are published. In addition to academic journals, the topics covered include: folk music, indigenous music, tango and Argentine art music. Link to publications.