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Los californios® - Historic Secular Music of Mexican Era California - http://www.loscalifornios.com/
Band researches and recreates Spanish-language secular music, including dances, of 18th and 19th century California using original transcriptions from primary sources. A project of San Diego Friends of Old Time Music, a non-profit educational corporation. |
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Los Californios, The Alta California Orchestra - http://www.institutefortraditionalstudies.org/californios.html
Playing traditional dance music and songs of the early California mission and gold rush era. They are based in northern Alta California and they recreate the Fandango, dance music of early California, and also an event to be celebrated. Musicians are costumed and play authentic antique instruments. |
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Calicanto Associates - http://www.calicantoassociates.com
This professional educational organization performs, presents and teaches the songs of California, including early Native American, Mission and Mexican era music. There are sample music, and the album "They Came Singing" is the most appropriate for the period. |
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Californio Music Page - http://home.comcast.net/~tenorguitar/
Music was essential to the life of Old Californio society. This site contains RealAudio, MIDI and lyrics for Early Californio songs, including MP3 selections from the Lumis collection. |
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Music of the Argentine Infantry and Period of Spanish Colonial Rule - http://www.cdtradition.net/cds/CDTR040301.php
The website for this CD includes historical notes for the music samples provided, as well as links to history related to the Argentine military. The historical music mentioned includes generic infantry drum/bugle calls dating back to the Spanish Colonial era. |