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Between Norteño and Tejano Conjunto analyzes the origin, evolution, and dissemination of Norteño and Tejano Conjunto, as part of a regional-transnational identity in the US-Mexico border.
List of contents
Table of Contents
Chapter I Border Territory: Nuevo León and Texas from Colonial Times to the 19th Century
Chapter II Precursors to Conjunto: Culture, Migration and Border Identity
Chapter III The First Epoch of Conjunto: The Instruments, Musical Forms and the Media
Chapter IV Conjunto: From Subaltern Mexican Culture to American Cultural Treasure
Chapter V Transformation and Recent Trends in Conjunto
About the author
Luis Díaz-Santana Garza studied a Bachelor of Music, a Master of Arts, and a PhD in History. He has conducted research on music from the Baroque period to the present, performing with original instruments such as the baroque guitar and the 19th-century Mexican seven-string guitar. A member of the National Research System, he is a full-time professor of guitar, baroque music, and Mexican music history at the Arts Department of Zacatecas Autonomous University. He has received several fellowships from CONACYT, CONACULTA, INBA, and PACMYC. His recordings include Mexican songs and dances of the 19th century, the opera San Francisco Xavier, and two records of Mexican music for guitar from the 19th century. He has published articles in 'Acta Musicologica, Diagonal', and 'Boletin Música of Casa de las Américas', and wrote the books 'Music Tradition in Zacatecas (1850-1930)', 'Transcription of Baroque Guitar Music', 'History of Mexican Norteño Music', 'A Dictionary of Popular Music', and 'Between Norteño and Tejano Conjunto: Music, Tradition, and Culture at the U.S.-Mexico Border' (Lexington Books, 2021).
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Between Norteño and Tejano Conjunto analyzes the origin, evolution, and dissemination of Norteño and Tejano Conjunto, as part of a regional-transnational identity in the US-Mexico border.
