A Texas-Mexican Cancionero: Folksongs of the Lower Border

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.

Author: Américo Paredes
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 04/01/1995
Pages: 226
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 9.23h x 6.07w x 0.68d
ISBN: 9780292765580

About the Author
A distinguished senior scholar, the late Américo Paredes was the Dickson, Allen, Anderson Centennial Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and English at the University of Texas at Austin. In 1990 he received the Order of the Aztec Eagle, the highest honor Mexico bestows on foreigners.