Rubén M. Campos’s 1928 study surveys four centuries of Mexican musical traditions and preserves folk melodies, historic photographs, and musical scores.

Published in Mexico by the Secretaría de Educación Pública and printed at the Talleres Gráficos de la Nación, this illustrated Spanish-language volume considers the development of Mexican music from 1525 to 1925. Its chapters address sources of Mexican folklore, musical traditions, and the history of the country’s music. The final section, “Cien aires nacionales mexicanos para piano,” transcribes one hundred traditional melodies. Period photographs, portraits, and illustrations document musicians, bands, and cultural scenes. A prefatory letter from Secretary of Public Education J. M. Puig Casauranc, dated November 18, 1927, appears in print, not as original handwritten correspondence.

Details

• Edition: México: Secretaría de Educación Pública / Talleres Gráficos de la Nación, 1928; illustrated Spanish-language original edition
• Published: Mexico: Talleres graficos de la nacion, 1928
• Author: Rubén M. Campos
• Format: 24 cm
• Binding: Paper boards (Original publisher's printed buff paper-covered boards with printed paper spine; splits and rubbing at lower joint.)
• Language: Spanish
• Collation expected: Library of Congress and HathiTrust give 351 pages, including illustrations, portraits, facsimiles and musical notation; a bibliography listing says musical scores pp.237–341. Copy has NOT been collated leaf-by-leaf.

Condition

Original publisher's illustrated, paper-covered hard boards, noticeably age-toned and worn at edges and corners. Spine shows fraying/rubbing at head and foot, with a pronounced split/tear along the lower outer joint and damage to the lower spine end; lower rear board corner/edge is torn and bumped (close-ups in new photos). Interior pages sampled appear generally clean and legible, with light age toning; a small earlier pencil notation is visible on the front endpaper. Title page, printed prefatory letter, illustrated text and period photograph plates are present. Complete pagination and all 100 musical pieces have NOT been checked leaf by leaf; no guarantee of completeness beyond photographed material.

The photos show the copy offered.

Shipping: USPS Media Mail, carefully packed (about 1 lb 15 oz, 11.5 × 8.5 × 3.5 in).

We do our best to fully represent the condition and completeness of this item; please examine the photos yourself, as they are the most accurate presentation of it. We have not performed a full collation. If you have any questions, would like to see specific pictures, or would like us to review the item for completeness, please send us a message and we will gladly accommodate.