Music in Colonial Mexico music for choir and orchestra that was found at the cathedrals of Mexico City, Puebla, Oaxaca, Morelia, and Guatemala City, when it formed part of New Spain. Collections of secular music also survive such as the Códice Saldívar of guitar music, and the Eleanor Hague Manuscript housed at the Southwestern Museum in Los Angeles. Antonio de Salazar Hernando Franco Manuel de Zumaya Ignacio de Jerusalem Manuel Arenzana José Antonio del Corral 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
Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire of the Nation in Mexico City. The document is wide and high. On September 27, 1821, eleven years and eleven days after the Grito de Dolores, the Army of the Three Guarantees headed by Agustín de Iturbide entered Mexico City, concluding the Mexican War of Independence. On September 28, Iturbide installed the Provisional Governing Board, comprising 38 people. The board was chaired by Antonio Pérez Martínez y Robles, and Juan José Espinosa de los Monteros was secretary. The board immediately elected the five members of the Regency of the Empire. On October 13 of the same year, Ramón Gutiérrez del