Abstract

The Nancee Cortés papers (1942-2011) contain documents related to the life and career of Nancee Cortés (b. 1935), professional ballet dancer and former faculty member at the University of Utah. The materials in the collection are listed alphabetically by subject and include ballet and music programs, correspondence, news clippings, reports, calendars, brochures, and scrapbooks all outlining Cortés' life-long dedication to the performing arts.

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The Nancee Cortés photograph collection appear to date from the 1940s through the 1980s and focus on her dancing career.

Abstract The Ramiro Cortés music recordings (1950s-1996) consists predominantly of audio recordings of musical compositions by Cortés, an internationally recognized American composer who served on the faculties of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of Southern California (USC) and the University of Utah until his death in 1984. The collection also contains works by other composers and a few unidentified 8mm and 16mm films, likely home movies taken by Cortés and his wife,...

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The Ramiro Cortés papers (1933-1988) document the personal and professional life of the first significant Mexican-American composer, Ramiro Cortés (1933-1984), of serious twentieth-century music in the United States.