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The emergence of conjunto music, 1935-1955essay 1981 • Peña, Manuel H.
Chicanos • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
This article describes the history and emergence of CONJUNTO music -- a highly popular style of Texas-Mexican music -- from its embryonic appearance in 1935 to its full-blown stylization in the mid 1950s. Brief biographical sketches of some of the le...