Contains biographical data on hundreds of composers from Latin America: dates of birth and death, information on their background and training, a selective listing of their works, and sources for further study, with an index of composers by country.
Miguel Ficher is President of the Mary Louise Curtis branch of the Settlement Music School and a member of the Musical Fund Society, Philadelphia. Martha Furman Schleifer is Senior Editor of Hildegard Publishing Co. and a member of the music history faculty at Temple University, Pennsylvania. John M. Furman is a member of the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia.
