What is a corrido and what are some of its musical characteristics?
What will be an ideal response?
a narrative (ballad) strophic song
an equivalent of the folk ballad
deals with actual people and events
mid-nineteenth century Mexico origins
Corridistas or trovadores (troubadours) were the itinerant singers/composers of corridos.
The valley of the lower Rio Grande and border between Texas and Mexico has been a fertile region of corridos reflecting the Anglo/Mexican conflict.
One example is the corrido about Gregorio Cortéz.
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