Conjunto

by John Dyer

Winner, Fred Whitehead Award for Best Design of a Trade Book, 2006

Conjunto has been called Chicano roots music. Born when South Texas Tejanos adopted the button accordion from German settlers in the 1800s, this vibrant folk music mixes the accordion, bajo sexto guitar, bass, and drums to play lively, danceable versions of German polkas, waltzes, and schottisches, as well as Mexican corridos, boleros, rancheras,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292709315
• ISBN13: 9780292709317
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 127 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.3" x 10.2"