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Works for Cello

Despertar (1954), for cello and oboe.

Sources:

• Furman Schleifer, M., and Galván, G. (2016). Latin American Classical Composers, A Biographical Dictionary. London: Rowman & Littlefield.

Fernando Cataño Mendoza

Mexican composer and contrabassist, born June 16, 1928.

Fernando Cataño Mendoza was born in Mexico City, Mexico. He studied contrabass and composition at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música of the INBA under the direction of Luis Hernández, Juan León Mariscal, Blas Galindo, and Rodolfo Halffter.