Tejano conjunto

E843228
Mexican American music folk music tradition music genre

Tejano conjunto is a traditional Mexican American music style from South Texas that blends polka and other European influences with Mexican folk elements, typically featuring accordion and bajo sexto.

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Surface form Occurrences
Serenata Norteña 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mexican American music ⓘ
folk music tradition ⓘ
music genre ⓘ
associatedDance polka dance ⓘ
schottische dance ⓘ
waltz dance ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalOrigin Mexican American community ⓘ
Tejano people NERFINISHED ⓘ
developed early 20th century ⓘ
developedIn rural South Texas ⓘ
hasSubgenre conjunto romántico ⓘ
progressive conjunto ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
notableInstrumentalistRole accordionist GENERATED ⓘ
bajo sexto player GENERATED ⓘ
performanceContext cantinas ⓘ
dance halls ⓘ
family gatherings ⓘ
fiestas ⓘ
primaryFunction community celebration music ⓘ
social dance music ⓘ
regionOfOrigin South Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Texas–Mexico borderlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedGenre Tejano music NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tex-Mex music ⓘ
conjunto norteño ⓘ
norteño ⓘ
stylisticOrigin Central European dance music ⓘ
Czech folk music ⓘ
German folk music ⓘ
Mexican folk music ⓘ
corrido ⓘ
polka ⓘ
ranchera ⓘ
schottische ⓘ
waltz ⓘ
theme borderlands identity ⓘ
love and heartbreak ⓘ
migration ⓘ
working-class life ⓘ
typicalInstrument accordion ⓘ
bajo sexto ⓘ
bass ⓘ
drum kit ⓘ
usesRhythmicPattern oom-pah rhythm ⓘ
vocalStyle duet singing ⓘ
lead-and-response singing ⓘ

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Tejano music → hasSubgenre → Tejano conjunto ⓘ
How Will the Wolf Survive? → hasPart → Tejano conjunto ⓘ
this entity surface form: Serenata Norteña