A Texas-Mexican Cancionero: Folksongs of the Lower Border

Peña, Manuel, Paredes, Américo

The folksongs of Texas's Mexican population pulsate with the lives of folk heroes, gringos, smugglers, generals, jailbirds, and beautiful women. In his cancionero, or songbook, AmÉrico Paredes presents sixty-six of these songs in bilingual text-along with their music, notes on tempo and performance, and discography. Manuel PeÑa's new foreword situates these songs within the main currents of Mexican American music.

EAN

9780292765580

Publisher

University of Texas Press

Published

1 April 1995

Pages

226