Emily Motta Sheet Music collection
Collection
Identifier: MC-103
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of sheet music for twenty-six, Portuguese language, songs published between 1915 and 1935.
Dates
- Majority of material found within 1915 - 1935
Language of Materials
Materials entirely in Portuguese
Conditions Governing Access
No know restrictions
Biographical / Historical
Emily Motta, the daughter of João Carlos da Motta, was a graduate of the New England Conservatory (Boston) who had a fairly successful career as a piano and singing teacher in New Bedford during the late 1920s and throughout the 1930s; she was also the organist for Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church.
Extent
.5 Linear Feet (1 small manuscript box)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection gifted by, the great-nephew of Emily Motta, Arthur Motta
- Title
- Emily Motta Sheet Music collection
- Author
- Sonia Pacheco
- Date
- March 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the UMass Dartmouth Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives Repository
Contact:
Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
285 Old Westport Rd.
N. Dartmouth MA 02747 USA
jfarrar@umassd.edu
Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
285 Old Westport Rd.
N. Dartmouth MA 02747 USA
jfarrar@umassd.edu