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The Texas--Mexican Conjunto

One of the most enduring musical traditions among Mexicans and Mexican Americans is the accordion-based ensemble known as conjunto (and as musica nortena outside of Texas). Popular for over 100 years—especially since its commercialization in the 1920s—this folk ensemble remains to this day the everyday music of working-class Texas Mexicans and Mexican nortenos (northerners).

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