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Creator
Machado, Roger
Call number
JPB 14-04
Physical description
.25 linear feet (1 box)
Preferred Citation

Roger Machado papers, JPB 14-04. Music Division, The New York Public Library.

Repository
Music Division
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Roger Machado was a pianist, composer, and conductor who served as musical director for the Spanish dancer José Greco from the 1950s until at least the 1970s. He also toured Europe as a concert pianist. The Roger Machado papers, dating from 1938 to 1946, contain scores for four of Machado’s compositions, as well as scrapbooks and photographs documenting the career of the opera singer Norina Greco, the sister of José Greco.

Biographical/historical information

Roger Machado was a pianist, composer, and conductor who served as musical director for the Spanish dancer José Greco from the 1950s until at least the 1970s. He also toured Europe as a concert pianist.

Scope and arrangement

The Roger Machado papers contain scores for four of Machado’s compositions written for José Greco: Garbo De Andalucia (co-composed with Greco), Jotas, Malagueña=Granadina, and Danza Española (El Vito). All are for orchestra, with the exception of Jotas, which was composed for a jazz big band with strings and a vocalist. None of the Machado scores are dated.

The rest of the collection documents the career of the opera singer Norina Greco, the sister of José Greco. It holds two scrapbooks of clippings and programs (dating from 1938 to 1946), five publicity photographs of Greco in opera roles, an incomplete publicity biography, and a Verdi score autographed to Greco by an unidentified musician.

Arrangement

The papers are in two divisions: Roger Machado and Norina Greco.

Administrative information

Custodial history

The collection was inherited by the composer José Luis Greco, the son of José Greco.

Source of acquisition

Donated by José Luis Greco in 2008.

Processing information

Compiled by Matthew Snyder, 2014

Using the collection

Location

Music Division
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor

Conditions Governing Use

For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.