A Texas-Mexican cancionero : folksongs of the lower border / [compiled by] Américo Paredes ; foreword by Manuel Peña.

Format:

Musical score

Contributor:

Paredes, Américo, 1915-1999.

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Mexican Americans--Texas--Music.

Mexican Americans.

Folk music.

Folk songs, Spanish.

Texas.

Mexico.

Folk music--Texas.

Folk music--Mexico.

Folk songs, Spanish--Texas.

Folk songs, Spanish--Mexico.

Folk music--Texas--Analysis, appreciation.

Folk music--Mexico--Analysis, appreciation.

Genre:

Music.

Folk music.

Physical Description:

1 score (194 pages) : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First University of Texas Press edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 1995.

Summary:

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, Amé rico Paredes presents sixty-six of these songs in bilingual text- along with their music, notes on tempo and performance, and discography. Manuel Peñ a's new foreword situates these songs within the main currents of Mexican American music.

Contents:

Part I. Old Songs from Colonial Days 1

1. La pastora 7

2. La ciudad de Jauja 9

3. El borrego gordo 11

4. El marrano gordo 12

5. Delgadina 14

6. Elena 16

Part II. Songs of Border Conflict 19

7. Los inditos 46

8. El general Cortina 47

9. Los franceses 48

10. A Zaragoza 49

11. A Grant 52

12. Kiansis I 53

Kiansis II 55

13. La Pensilvania 56

14. Rito Garcia 57

15. Los pronunciados 60

16. El capitan Hall 61

17. Jose Mosqueda 62

18. Gregorio Cortez 64

19. Ignacio Trevino 67

20. Jacinto Trevino 69

21. Los sediciosos 71

22. Pablo Gonzalez 74

23. Alonso 75

24. Arnulfo 77

25. Alejos Sierra 79

26. Laredo 80

27. La toma de Ciudad Juarez 82

28. La toma de Matamoros 83

29. El Automovil Gris 86

30. No decias, Pancho Villa 88

31. La persecucion de Villa 89

32. Benjamin Argumedo 91

33. Felipe Angeles 94

34. Mariano Resendez 96

35. Los tequileros 100

36. Dionisio Maldonado 102

37. El contrabando de El Paso 103

38. Manuel Garza de Leon 105

39. La cancion de Carlos Guillen (El prisionero de San Juan de Ulua) 107

40. Las once acaban de dar 109

Part III. Songs for Special Occasions 111

41. Las posadas 117

42. Los aguinaldos 118

43. Senora Santa Ana 119

44. Don Pedrito Jaramillo 120

45. La realidad 122

46. El huerfano 124

47. La chiva 126

48. El charamusquero 128

Part IV. Romantic and Comic Songs 129

49. Triguena hermosa 136

50. La negrita 137

51. La tisica 138

52. A las tres de la manana 140

53. Andandome yo paseando 141

54. El columpico 142

55. La borrega prieta 144

56. Malhaya la cocina 145

57. Dime si, si, si 146

58. Carta escrita sobre un cajon 147

59. El crudo 149

Part V. The Pocho Appears 151

60. Bonita esta tierra 161

61. Desde Mexico he venido 162

62. Los mexicanos que hablan ingles 163

63. From a Border Zarzuela 165

64. Mucho me gusta mi novia 167

65. Ya se va la television 168

66. Tex-Mex Serenade 169.

Notes:

Melodies with chord symbols.

Spanish words with English translations.

Reprint. Originally published: Urbana, Ill. : University of Illinois Press, 1976, in series: Music in American life.

Includes analytical commentary.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-189) and index.

ISBN:

0292765584

OCLC:

32487765