A combination of button accordion and bajo sexto, conjunto
originated in the Texas-Mexico borderlands as a popular dance music
and became a powerful form of regional identity. Today, listeners
and musicians around the world have embraced the genre and the work
of conjunto masters like Flaco Jimenez and Mingo Saldivar. Erin E.
Bauer follows conjunto from its local origins through three
processes of globalization--migration via media, hybridization, and
appropriation--that boosted the music's reach. As Bauer shows,
conjunto's encounter with globalizing forces raises fundamental
questions. What is conjunto stylistically and socioculturally? Does
context change how we categorize it? Do we consider the music to be
conjunto based on its musical characteristics or due to its
performance by Jimenez and other regional players? How do similar
local genres like Tejano and norteno relate to ideas of
categorization? A rare look at a fascinating musical phenomenon,
Flaco's Legacy reveals how conjunto came to encompass new people,
places, and styles.
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