Music of Mexico
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The music of Mexicano is extraordinarily diverse and features a wide range of different musical styles. Many traditional Mexican songs are well-known worldwide, although most of the time its origin in Mexico is not so clear to the non-Mexican listener. The best-known Mexican genre by far is ranchera, interpreted by a band of mariachis.
Another important music style is the traditional "norteño" or Northern tunes, that has been the basis for the development of more popular genres such as banda music. These styles are not only popular in many regions of Mexico itself, but they are also frequently enjoyed by Mexican immigrants in both rural and urban American communities. Norteño, similar to Tejano music and Tex-Mex, arose in the 1830s and 40s in the Rio Grande border region of southern Texas. Influenced by Bohemian immigrant miners, i rhythm was derived from the European polka dance popular during the 1800s. Banda, similar to norteño in musical form, originated from the Mexico state of Sinaloa during the 1960s. Other new styles such as cumbia, pop, and rock have seen increased popularity as the music of Mexico faces a new generation of young people.
Southern Mexican folk music is centered around marimba, which remains popular in Chiapas and Oaxaca. In Yucatán the traditional Jarana music and dance is popular, as well as the Yucatan's most beloved music genre: the trova (which developed from Caribbean, Colombian and Maya roots).
Modern Mexican musical styles are also changing Mexican music. Cumbia, pop, hip-hop, and rock, which are heavily influenced by music from the Caribbean islands and the United States, are increasingly becoming popular among Mexican youths on both sides of the border.
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[edit] Contemporary genres
Today, there are many popular modern Mexican musical genres. Widely popular country music includes Norteño (music)norteño, banda, and duranguense bands, which play rancheras, corridos, and sometimes cumbia. Spanish rock, hip-hop, and electronic music are other modern genres popular among Mexicans and Mexican Americans.
[edit] Norteño
No Me Conoces Aun by Palomo is an example of Norteño music.[1]2001
[edit] Banda
Banda music was created with a strong Native American influence and the imitation of military bands that were imported during the reign of emperor Maximillian in the 1800's. They were further popularized during the Mexican Revolution when local authorities and states formed their own bands to play in the town squares. Revolutionary leaders such as Pancho Villa, also took with them wind bands wherever they went. Banda has to this day remained popular throughout the central and northern states. It has however, diversified into different styles due to regions, instruments and modernization. Today people associate banda closer to Sinaloense. This originated in the 1940's when the media distributed Banda el Recodo repertoire as exclusively from Sinaloa when it was actually regional music from all over Mexico.
[edit] Tamborazo Zacatecano
This song is an example of Tamborazo Zacatecano.[2]
[edit] Banda Sinaloense
This type of Banda music originated in the state of Sinaloa. Banda Sinaloense experienced international popularity in the 1990's. The most prominent band was Banda el Recodo which is constantly labeled "the mother of all bands". Unlike Tamborazo Zacatecano, Sinaloense's essential instrument is the tuba. Well known artist include:
[edit] Duranguense
[3](2003). This song is an example of Duranguense music by Patrulla 81.
[edit] Cumbia
The 1980s saw Colombian cumbia become even more popular in Mexico than its native land, and it was by far the dominant genre throughout the decade, before banda overtook it in the 1990s. In the early 1970s and 1980s Mexican bands like Rigo Tovar y su Costa Azul topped the charts, and helped, by the end of the decade, El Gran Silencio and Los Kumbia Kings. Top Artist include:
[edit] huapango Balada Pop
Creo Que Voy A Llorar by Los Temerarios is an example of Balada Pop music.[5]2001
- Bronco/ El Gigante de America jose pablo moncayo
- Los Temerarios
- Jarydo` Rankigno
- Los Rehenes
- Marco Antonio Solis
- Juan Gabriel
[edit] Hip-Hop
Si Señor by Control Machete is an example of Hip-Hop in Mexico.[6]1999
[edit] Rock
The same period saw a relaxation of regulations that restricted imports of foreign music. The result was the appearance of Mexican rock bands like Molotov, Café Tacuba, Los Caifanes, Maná, and Maldita Vecindad. The latter are "grandfathers" to the Latin ska movement, with Panteón Rococó as the most prominent band. Mexico City has also a considerable movement of bands playing surf rock inspired in their outfits by local show-sport lucha libre, with Lost Acapulco initiating and leading the movement.
There are too many other rock bands in mexico, such as Liran Roll, which known best songs are: Maria, El cuarto para las dos, Quiero cambiar, Recuerdos, and many more; El haragan & Cia, some of their known best songs are: El no lo mato, Se mujer, morir de noche....; Vago Suicida, El tri, and the other bands already mentioned. * Spanish Rock [Fan Site]
[edit] Electronic music
Electronic music is prominent in the North with the Nortec Collective and the Static Discos Label, Nopalbeat in Guadalajara, and Discos Konfort, Filtro and Noiselab Collective among others in Mexico City. Electronic music is by far most popular among young people and has been getting stronger in Mexico over the last ten years. It is heavily influenced by American and European disco music.
The cities with most electronic music parties raves and events are Mexico D.F., Guadalajara, Cancún, Acapulco, Monterrey, Ciudad Juárez, Puebla and Tijuana.
- See also: Category:Mexican electronic music
[edit] Latin alternative
An eclectic range of influences is at the heart of Latin Alternative, a music created by young players who have been raised not only on their parents' music but also on rock, hip-hop and electronica. It represents a sonic shift away from regionalism and points to a new global Latin identity.
The name "Latin Alternative" was coined in the late 1990s by record company executives as a way to sell music that was -- literally -- all over the map. It was marketed as an alternative to the slick, highly produced Latin pop that dominated commercial Spanish-language radio, such as Ricky Martin or Shakira.
Artists within the genre, such as Kinky and Cafe Tacuba, have set out to defy traditional expectations of Latin music. Now, in an age of Internet connections, downloading and sampling, Latin Alternative has become not just a reaction to outside influences but its own genre. * Latin Alternavite [Fan Site]
[edit] Classical music
Mexico has a long tradition of classical music, as far back as the 16th century, when it was a Spanish colony. Music of New Spain, especially that of Juan Gutierrez de Padilla and Hernando Franco, is increasingly recognized as a significant contribution to New World culture.
Puebla was a significant center of music composition in the 17th century, as the city had considerable wealth and for a time was presided over by Bishop Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, who was an enthusiastic patron of music. Composers during this period included Bernardo de Peralta Escudero (mostly active around 1640), and also Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, who was the most famous composer of the 17th century in Mexico. The construction of the cathedral in Puebla made the composition and performance of polychoral music possible, especially compositions in the Venetian polychoral style. Late in the century, Miguel Matheo de Dallo y Lana set the verse of poet Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.
In the 18th century, Ignacio Jerusalem, an Italian-born composer, brought some of the latest operatic styles as well as early classical (galant) styles to Mexico. His best-known composition is probably the Matins for the Virgin of Guadalupe (1764). Ignacio was maestro di capilla at the cathedral in Mexico City from 1749 until his death in 1769.
In the 19th century the waltzes of Juventino Rosas reached world recognizion. In the 20th century, Carlos Chavez, is a composer of note who wrote symphonies, ballets, and more. Another recognized composer is Silvestre Revueltas who wrote such pieces as "The night of the mayas", "Homenaje a García Lorca", "Sensemayá" based on a poem by Nicolas Guillen, "Janitzio" and "Redes". Manuel M. Ponce is recognized as an important composer for the Spanish classical guitar, responsible for widening the repertorium for this instrument. Jose Pablo Moncayo with compositions such as "Huapango", and Blas Galindo with "Sones de Mariachi", are also recognized as adapters of Mexican sons into symphonic music .
[edit] External links
- Mexican Music Bands
- Regional Mexican Music [Fan Site]
- Mexican Music [chalino.com]
[edit] See also
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