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Jesús María de Alba Castellanos Collection, 1945 - 2013, Date acquired: 03/00/2014

 

Summary

Creator:
Alba Castellanos, Jesús María de
Abstract:
Jesús María de Alba Castellanos was an Executive Music Director, composer, arranger of polyphonic digitized music, in charge of public relations, fourth voice of the Rondalla group, who also played the guitar and clarinet. He began his musical studies at an early age, in the Musical Chair of The Conference Conciliate of Barranquilla, Colombia, where he studied four years of Gregorian chant and sacred music, music theory, and basic piano. He used both Latin and French languages on his historical research projects. Simultaneously with his studies of Bachelor of Philosophy and Humanities, professional studies perfected his musical skills at the School of fine arts in Barranquilla, Colombia, where he studied music theory and composition with his mentor Pietro Biava, as well as classical guitar with experts Joseph Mazzilli and Calixto González. In an autodidact manner he studied Spanish guitar and Flamenco by taking private lessons with Paco de Lucia, Emilio de Diego, and Juan Marote. The first two discs of Latin American titles by Paco de Lucia were recorded using "three guitars" arrangements  by Jesús de Alba for the themes: Moliendo café, La flor de la canela, Alma, corazón y vida, Manha do carnaval y Jarabe tapatio. Along with his studies in Business Administration and professional activities in the pharmaceutical industry, he continued his studies in music composition, classical guitar, and folk guitar at the Conservatory in Santiago de Cali, Colombia and the Institute of Culture in the same city, with professors Alvaro Ramirez, Hernán Moncada, Henry Rivas, and Valdiri. In addition to his musical activities and professional routine, he devoted much of his time to musical composition and musical arrangements digitalized for vocal groups and orchestras. He was also a composer and researcher of history, author of several works of history, poetry, and children's literature. Furthermore, he wrote a book of traditions and historical legends, several historical cartographic monographs, an essay on Andrés Bello, and was a pioneer in graphic Venezuelan advertising. His legacy consists of seventy musical compositions written by the artist for vocal and instrumental groups. He passed away in October 15, 2013.
Extent:
223.00 items
Language:
English Spanish; Castilian

Background

Biographical / historical:

Note written by Alba Castellanos, Jesús María de

Acquisition information:
Donated by Jesús de Alba's wife Mrs. Yomaira W. de Alba
Custodial history:

This collection was stored in the Alba Castellanos Family in Weston, Florida. In 2013, after Jesús de Alba died, his wife and his daughters decided to donate his personal collection to FIU Libraries to support researching and teaching as part the university mission. 

 

This collection was stored in de Alba Castellanos Family in Weston, Florida. In 2013, after Jesús de Alba died, his wife and daughters decided to donate his personal collection to FIU Libraries to support researching and teaching as part of the university mission.

Arrangement:

The collection consists of 223 items: 4 documents, 6 CD, 23 cassettes,  90 LPs from different artists and music sheet.

Physical / technical requirements:

Materials do not circulate, please make an appointment in order to visit the collection.

In Library use only

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

In Library use only

Location of this collection:
Florida International University
11200 SW 8th Street
Miami
FL
33199
USA