Designed for use in any multicultural, ethnic diversity, music education, or Mexican/Chicano music course. This text presents the history and culture of Mexican,Chicano, and children's music in a chronological format.

This text is designed for use in any multicultural, ethnic diversity, music education, or Mexican/Chicano music course. It presents the history and culture of Mexican,Chicano, and children's music in a chronological format.

Introduction"A Holistic Approach to Mexican Music"Chapter I"Precortesian Period" by Manual CastillejosChapter II"The Romance Corrido""The Romance as an Art""La Cama Vacia""Perversa""Reminiscencia"A World Called Mexican MusicChapter III"A World Called Mexican Music""Mexican Musical Genres"Chapter IV"The Evolution of the Mariachi:
A Brief Historical Sketch""La Fonda"Chapter V"El Son Jarocho"Chapter VI"Highlights of Mexico's Operatic Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries" by Hector Saul Mestas"Twentieth Century Operatic Composers"Chapter VII"La Rondalla:
An Emerging Mexican Musical Form"Chapter VIII"Notes About the Vicious Cycle the Undocumented Go Through...""Los Mandados"Chapter IX"Drug Smuggling Ballads""Contrabando y Tradicion""Carga Blanca""The Instruments"Chapter X Canciones De 1850-1880-1910 Y 1943-1965"El Corrido De Joaquin Murrieta""Gregorio Cortez""Arnulfo Gonzalez""Rosita Alvirez""La Adelita""La Llorona""Cielito Lindo""Peregrina""Maria Elena""Noche de Ronda""Cu-cu-rru-cu-cu""El Cachanilla""Concion Mixteca"A World Called Chicano MusicChapter XI"The Blending of Two Cultures Through Music"Chapter XII"The New Chicano Heroic Corrido""Homenaje a Tomas Rivers""El Corrido de Mayor Roger Hedgecock""La Masacre en San Ysidro"Chapter XIII - Canciones Antiguas Populares"Soldado Raso""El Bracero #1""El Bracero #2""Huelga en General""El Picket Sain""Nosotros Venceremos""El Corrido de Angel Serna""Tu Ausencia""Los Desmayos del Amor""Dejame Sentirte a Ti""Anoranza""Alma Rota""Solito""Desdichada""Corrido para Americo Paredes""Viva Don Luis Leal""Homenage a Cesar Chavez"Chapter XIV - Canciones Infantiles - Grados K-6"Las Mananitas"Chapter XV - Compositions by Students"Cantando se Aprende"Indice"Amigos, Amigos""Una Mosca""La Bamba""El Raton Jugueton""El Burro Zancarron""La Burrita""De Colores""Lolli-pop Man""Popurri""El Coriddo del Caballo Blanco""Mi Ranchito"Bibliography