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. Ed(S): Schleifer, Martha Furman; Galvan, Gary - Latin American Classical Composers - 9780810888708 - V9780810888708
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Latin American Classical Composers

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Description for Latin American Classical Composers Hardback. Now in its third edition, Latin American Classical Composers provides a singular English-language resource for biographical information on hundreds of composers from Central and South America and the Hispanic Caribbean. Gathered from a variety of sources, it fills the gaps left by other major English-language music dictionaries and encyclopedias. Editor(s): Schleifer, Martha Furman; Galvan, Gary. Num Pages: 764 pages, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; AVGC; AVH; BK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1262.
Now in its third edition, Latin American Classical Composers: A Biographical Dictionary provides a singular English-language resource for biographical information on hundreds of composers from Central and South America and the Hispanic Caribbean. Painstakingly gathered from a wide variety of sources, the information updates and expands previous editions and fills in the gaps left by the other major English-language music dictionaries and encyclopedias. Entries provide biographical data comprising full names, birth and death dates and locations, background, education, and training, as well as selective works lists more than 2,300 composers. An index of composers by country and women composers ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
764
Condition
New
Number of Pages
764
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810888708
SKU
V9780810888708
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About . Ed(S): Schleifer, Martha Furman; Galvan, Gary
Martha Furman Schleifer taught at Temple University and was senior editor of the Hildegard Publishing Co. She coedited the first and second editions of Latin American Composers: A Biographical Dictionary along with Women Composers: Music Through the Ages (8 volumes) and Three Centuries of American Music (12 volumes). As author of many books and articles on women and American composers, ... Read more

Reviews for Latin American Classical Composers
This third edition of a book first published some 20 years ago includes 2,330 entries, substantially more than did its predecessors. New to this edition is a list of some 280 women composers. Of the 20 Latin American countries represented, the top five (Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, and Cuba, in that order) garner more than two-thirds of the entries. . ... Read more

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