A Texas-Mexican Cancionero: Folksongs of the Lower Border

By Américo Paredes

Book Overview

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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292765584
• ISBN13: 9780292765580
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"