Dan Dickey Collection, ca. 1930-1955 (acq. 1984)

Biographical information: Dan Dickey. Ethnomusicologist, teacher, and musician. Director of Andean music, Central American marimba, and mariachi ensembles at the University of Texas at Austin.

Consists mainly of sound recordings of Mexican popular music, with some Argentine, Cuban, Puerto Rican, and United States artists represented. Contains many Mexican songs in various regional styles, as well as other Mexican music including boleros, corridos, huapangos, and rancheras. Also includes some blues, guarachas, mambos, rumbas, and tangos. Much of the music is performed by mariachi bands or tríos románticos. Most of the phonodiscs were produced in Mexico, although approximately ten percent consist of Mexican or Latin American music produced in the United States, or Spanish versions of U.S. popular music. Labels which predominate are Columbia, Peerless, RCA Victor, and Victor.