The violin and piano repertoire of twentieth-century Latin America : a bibliography with annotations of selected compositions
Abstract
This work brings together for the first time a comprehensive list of the violin and
piano repertoire of twentieth-century Latin America. Works by composers born in
Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America are included. It is an effort
to stimulate the performance and publication of works by known and relatively unknown
composers. At the same time it provides commentaries on many pieces, examining their
structure, character, and usefulness as recital pieces and pedagogical material. Hopefully
more scholarly works of a similar nature will follow, since the gathering of materials of
countries like Haiti, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Honduras was particularly troublesome. The
Latin American violin repertoire is a rich subject which will certainly prove a fertile
ground to performers, teachers, and scholars alike.
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