Music Manuscripts
name: label: Collection Musician
content: O'Farrill, Chico, 1921-2001
label: Collection Donor
content: O'Farrill, Lupe
label: Collection Composer
content: Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971
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content: Chico O'Farrill Papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0892, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series consists of three of O'Farrill's most important compositions.  Afro Cuban Jazz Suite, a milestone in Latin jazz, was composed with Charlie Parker and recorded in December 21, 1950. Also included is Aztec Suite created for trumpeter Art Farmer and recorded in 1959. Six Jazz Moods, created while O'Farrill was living in Mexico City, is a twelve-tone piece.  The twelve-tone technique ensures that all twelve notes of the chromatic scale are soundedan equal number of times, preventing the emphasis of any one note in one piece of music .  The materials are arranged in alphabetical order by title.