Music in Colonial Mexico Music in Colonial Mexico The Colonial Mexican Period lasted from 1521 to 1821 during the Vice-Regency of New Spain. The cultivation of European music began soon after the arrival of the Spanish, during the Late-Renaissance period of Western Music. Musical practices continually coincided with European tendencies throughout the subsequent Baroque and Classical music periods. It is important to note that while much music was fashioned in European style, uniquely Mexican hybrid works composed of native Mexican language and European musical practice, appeared as early as the sixteenth century, and throughout the colonial period. Much of the surviving music is sacred
Afro-Mexicans in the Mexican War of Independence the Mexican War of Independence 1810- 1821, it is estimated that about 30 to 40 percent of mixed race Mexicans had African in their mix. The decree abolishing slavery by priest Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico’s Founding Father, was a significant enticement to attract Afro-Mexicans to the fighting ranks, and there were many unsung heroes. Most of the Mexican citizens with African ascendance are located in the southern part of the territory, their location is mostly based on that the importance of the ports and harbors that connected the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico which goes to the Atlantic. The