Classified Chronological Catalogue of the works of Cuban composer Aurelio de la Vega (up to 1960). Boletín Inter-Americano de Música (“Inter-American Music Bulletin”), No. 24, July 1961, Organization of American States, Washington, D.C.  pages 22-27

Ramsay, Alice B.:  Aurelio de la Vega: his Life and his Works. M.A. Thesis, California State University, Northridge, 1963; 139 pages

Chase, Gilbert:   A Cuban in California.  America’s Music 2nd Ed., 1966, McGraw-Hill, New York; pages 670-688

Dictionary of International Biography D.I.B., London, 1967  page 114. Also see subsequent editions. Most recent one: 22nd Ed., International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, 1993-1994  page 138

Slonimsky, Nicolas: Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 5th Ed., G. Schirmer, New York, 1971  supplement, page 245. Also see 6th Ed., 1979  7th Ed., 1984, page 2381, 8th Ed., 1991  page 1949

Slonimsky, Nicolas: Music since 1900, 4th Ed., Scribner’s, New York, 1971  pages 978, 1113, 1178, 1181, 1188, 1192, 1217, 1218  Supplement, 1986, pages 42, 178. Also see 5th Ed., 1992

Riemann, Hugo: Musik Lexikon, Personenteil A-K, B. Schott’s Söhne, Mainz, 1972  page 268

Vinton, John: Dictionary of Contemporary Music, E. P. Dutton and Co., New York, 1974  pages 795-796

Parker, Craig B.: A Survey and Analysis of Contemporary Solo Literature for Unaccompanied Trumpet and for Trumpet with Tape. (Biographical material on Aurelio de la Vega and analysis of his Para-Tangents, 1973, as part of the research). M.A. Thesis, University of California, Los Angeles, 1976, pages 248-258

Guinjoán, Joan: Una figura para la música contemproánea: Aurelio de la Vega (“A figure for contemporary music: Aurelio de la Vega”), Eikonos review, No. 24, November 1977, Barcelona  page 52

Randel, Don Michael: Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music, Belknapp Press/Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass./London, 1978  page 536

Béhague, Gérard: Music in Latin America: an Introduction, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1979  pages 260, 301-304

Béhague, Gérard: Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 6th Ed., Macmillan, London, 1980  Vol. 19, page 588

Rosentiel, Léonie (Ed.): Schirmer History of Music, Schirmer Books, New York, 1982  page 942

Johnson, Roger: Scores: An Anthology of New Music, Schirmer Books, Macmillan Publishing Co., New York, 1981. Reproduction of the score of The Infinite Square (1974)  page 188

Henken, John: Critical comments, first performance of Tropimapal (1983) (Chamber Symphony plays new work), American Chamber Symphony, Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Times, April 21, 1983

Erin, Ronald: Cuban Elements in the Music of Aurelio de la Vega. Latin American Music Review, Vol. 5, No. 1, Spring-Summer 1984, University of Texas Press, Austin  pages 1-32

Mariz, Vasco: Diccionário Biográfico Musical (“Biographical Music Dictionary”) (In Portuguese), Philobiblion/Pró-Memória, 2nd Ed., Rio de Janeiro, 1985  page 269

Kennedy, Michael (Ed.): The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, Oxford/New York, 1985 page 755

Perspectives of New Music review, Vol 24, No. 1, Fall-Winter 1985, University of Washington, Seattle. Reproduction of the manuscript of Adramante (1985), commissioned by the University of California, San Diego, written in honor of Ernst Krenek’s 85th birthday pages 316-323

Béhague, Gerard: The New Grove Dictionary of American Music, Vol. IV  MacMillan Press Ltd., London-Groves Dictionaries of Music, Inc., New York, 1986  page 454

Giménez, Alberto Emilio: Un retrato de Aurelio de la Vega (“A portrait of Aurelio de la Vega”). Critical comments, first performance of Testimonial (1983), Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, La Nación (newspaper), Buenos Aires, July 23, 1990

Morehead, Philip D.: The New American Dictionary of Music. Dutton/Penguin Books, New York, 1991  page 569

The International Directory of Distinguished Leadership, 4th Ed., American Biographical Institute, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1992  page 86

Aurelio de la Vega, biographical entry by Ronald Erin, list of works with first performance dates, brief commentaries by the composer, Contemporary Composers (500 entries),  St. James Press, Chicago and London, 1992  pages 941-944

Quillévéré, Marcel: Symphonies et ballets aux résonances africaines (“Symphonies and ballets with African overtones”). Essay on music in Havana in the 50s. Commentaries on de la Vega’s music within the context. In La Havane 1952-1961, Éditions Autrement, Série Mémoires No. 31, Jacobo Machover, ed., pages 160-172,  Paris, May 1994. Book translated into Spanish under title La Habana 1952-1961, Alianza Editorial, Serie Memoria de las Ciudades, No. 8, Jacobo Machover, ed., pages 188-203  Madrid, 1995

Ross, James: Concert a top Martí event. Concert review involving the premiere of de la Vega’s Canciones Transparentes (“Transparent Songs”). Miami Herald, Miami, October 30, 1995. Translated into Spanish for El Nuevo Herald, Miami, October 31, 1995

Costa, Octavio R.: Aurelio de la Vega (1925). Essay on his life and work. In book Imagen y Trayectoria del Cubano en la Historia (“Image and Trajectory of the Cuban in History”), Vol. II – La República (“The Republic”) (1952-1959). Pages 574-578  Ediciones Universal, Miami 1998

González, Sergio A.: The Piano Works of Aurelio de la Vega, Analysis and Discussion. Doctoral Thesis, University of Miami, 115 pages  Miami 1998

Music History from Primary Sources, Reminiscences of the Composer, The Magic Labyrinth (1975), reproduction in color of de la Vega’s graphic score and essay by him;  The Library of Congress, Washington D.C., 2000;  pages 431-435.  Also in Inventory Section, pages 702-703

Béhague, Gerard: Dedication to Aurelio de la Vega of issue of Latin American Music Review, LAMR Vol. 22, No. 1, spring/summer 2001

Homenaje a Aurelio de la Vega (“Homage to Aurelio de la Vega”), Revista Encuentro de la Cultura Cubana (“Encounter of Cuban Culture Review”), interview with the composer by Néstor Díaz de Villegas, and essays on de la Vega by painters Ramón Alejandro and Ángel Marrero, art critic Carlos M. Luis, novelist Nivaria Tejera, educators and essayists Carmelo Gariano and Enrico Mario Santí, and educator and poet Laura Ymayo Tartakoff, with an introduction by historian and essayist Rafael Rojas, Vols 28/29, spring/summer 2003, Madrid  pages 5-44

Tello, Aurelio and Miranda, Ricardo: La Música en Latino América (“Music in Latin America”), Revista La Búsqueda Perpetua (“The Perpetual Search Review”), Vol. 4 (a book of 319 pages), Secretariat of Foreign Relations, Mexico City, 2011  pages 190, 221, 296

Vila, Camilo: Aurelio: Rebel with a Cause – DVD documentary, directed by Vila and narrated by Andy García, duration 38:14, color and black and white,  produced by Kert Vander Muellen, Henry Vargas and Camilo Vila;  Vila-Vander Muellen Productions, Burbank, California, 2014

Gayol-Mecías, Manuel: Las vibraciones de la luz (“The Vibrations of the Light”), Chapter 27, Aurelio de la Vega y la música de las esferas (“Aurelio de la Vega and the Music of the Spheres”), pages 205-225, also brief commentary on page 28.  Palabra abierta (“Open Word”) Editions, Eastvale, California - Alexandria Publishing House, Miami, 2016

Homenaje a Aurelio de la Vega (“Hommage to Aurelio de la Vega”), Circulo de Cultura Panamericano (“Pan American Circle of Culture”), Ricardo Pau Llosa: Trascendencia de Aurelio de la Vega en Cuba y en el exilio (“Transcendency of Aurelio de la Vega in Cuba and in Exile”), lecture;  three piano pieces of the composer played by pianist Josê Raúl López;  round table with pianist Oscar Bustillo, soprano Anne Marie de la Vega, poet Ricardo Pau Llosa, filmmaker Orlando Jiménez Leal, composer Yalil Guerra, pianist Velia Yedra, caricaturist Lázaro Fresquet and Maestro de la Vega  Circle of Pan American Culture Review, Vol. XLVI, 2017, Miami  pages 186-187

Remos, Jr., Ariel: Compositor Aurelio de la Vega recibe su tercera nominación del Latin Grammy (“Composer Aurelio de la Vega receives his third Latin Grammy Nomination”) Revísta Herencia (“Heritage Review”), Cuban Cultural Heritage, December 2018, Vol. 24, No. 1, Miami  page 62