Cristina Magaldi is Professor Emerita at Towson University and holds degrees from the University of BrasÃlia, the University of Reading, England, and the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research focuses on music during the 19th and 20th centuries, Latin American cultures, globalization, and cosmopolitanism. She is the author of Music in Imperial Rio de Janeiro: European Culture in a Tropical Milieu (2004), and Music and Cosmopolitanism: Rio de Janeiro at the Turn of the 20th Century (2024); her publications have appeared in Popular Music, Latin American Music Review, Musical Quarterly, among others.
The most up-to-date and comprehensive Latin American music survey available. Covering one of the most musically diverse regions in the world, Musics of Latin America emphasizes music as a means of understanding culture and society: each author balances an analysis of musical genres with discussion of the historical and cultural trends that have shaped them. Chapters cover traditional, popular, and classical repertoire, and in-text listening guides ensure that students walk away with a solid understanding of the music.
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