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How did accordions become a part of Mexican music?

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I will just like to add a few more details related to Noe's excellent answer. Along with the German immigrants that settled in the northern part of Mexico, there were also immigrants from other central European countries, mostly Germanic, such as the Austrians, and others that came from Poland and Czechoslovakia. read more

Polka, actually originated in Bohemia, now part of Czech Republic, and spread around that area to places such as Germany, Austria and Poland where it became really popular and traditional arrangements were made. Then, these same people came to Mexico, and combined the polka with Ranchera music, and Norteño and Banda were created. read more

It became a part of Mexican culture when significant numbers of Germans brought them along when they immigrated to Mexico in the early and mid-ninteenth century. Many settled in Mexico City, the Mexican cultural hub. Obviously, their oompah music caught on. For a good article on the subject of German immigration to Mexico, click the link , below. read more

However, through acculturation near the Texas border in the mid to late 1800s, it became a prominent part of norteña music. German immigrants to southern Texas and northern M The accordion is not an instrument we usually associate with Mexican music. read more

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Sheet music for accordion Herman Troppe / Songs of Mexico ...
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How Mexican Music Got the Polka
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Norteña accordion music
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