Lex De Azevedo music scores and sketches
Scope and Contents note
Includes original, photocopied, and published music scores by De Azevedo, composed for musical and film productions with Latter-day Saint (LDS) themes. Also includes recordings of music scores in the following formats: audiocassette, audiotape, videotape, compact disc, and phonograph record. The collection sheds significant light on the development of the LDS popular music genre.
Dates
- Creation: approximately 1960-1989
Creator
- De Azevedo, Lex, 1943- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access note
Open for public research.
No copying except by written permission of Curator of Arts & Communications Archives.
Conditions Governing Use note
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the Lex De Azevedo music collection must be obtained from the Permissions & Licensing Office of the University and the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Lex De Azevedo (b. 1943) was a Latter-day Saint composer.
Lex De Azevedo, daughter of singer Alyce King, was born in California and began his career in Hollywood as a musical director for programs such as The Sonny & Cher Show, Michael Jackson & the Jackson Five, and The Osmonds. Perhaps most well known in the LDS community for his musical Saturday's Warriors, De Azevedo also composed the music score for the films Where the Red Fern Grows and The Swan Princess. De Azevedo's accomplishments also include several other Broadway-style musicals, scoring numerous episodes of Bible Stories and American Hero Classics, compositions for pop singers (including other members of his family), and appearances as a guest conductor with orchestras and symphonies such as the London National Philharmonic.
Extent
43 oversize boxes (43 linear ft.)
20 cartons (20 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Includes original, photocopied, and published music scores by De Azevedo, composed for musical and film productions with Latter-day Saint (LDS) themes. Also includes recordings of music scores in the following formats: audiocassette, audiotape, videotape, compact disc, and phonograph record. The collection sheds significant light on the development of the LDS popular music genre.
Arrangement note
Scores and music sketches by Lex De Azevedo.
Other Finding Aids note
A more detailed finding aid is available in print in the repository.
Other Finding Aids
Item-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS2150.xml
Custodial History note
Donated by the creator, 1980-1997.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Donated; Lex De Azevedo; 1980-1997.
Appraisal note
Film Music Archives.
Processing Information note
Processed; James V. D'Arc and John N. Gillespie; 1997.
Subject
- De Azevedo, Lex, 1943- -- Archives (Person)
- Title
- Register of Lex De Azevedo music collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- James V. D'Arc and John N. Gillespie
- Date
- 1997
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
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Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States