Now in its third edition Latin American Classical Composers A Biographical Dictionary provides a singular Englishlanguage 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 Englishlanguage 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 2300 composers. An index of composers by country and women composers of Latin America complement the volume. An essential part of any music library Latin American Classical Composers is an invaluable reference for librarians musicologists ethnomusicologists researchers and music students. show more