Numerous subgenres and styles of performance are represented throughout Mexico's rich musical heritage. Many cultures have left their mark on it, but the European, Native American, and African cultures have been the most obvious and profound.
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The song "Bésame Mucho" by pianist, composer, and performer Consuelo Velázquez, has been one of the most popular Mexican songs of the 20th century and of all times around the world.
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International Mariachi Day, January 21. UNESCO recognizes mariachis as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. It is urgent to give them greater diffusion. Being a woman and mariachi is difficult because the emblem of the charro is identified with manhood.
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About 35 records of the acclaimed Mexican composer María Grever are stored in the Artistic and Literary Property collection of the General Archive of the Nation, making her one of the women with the most records in this documentary collection.
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Arcadio Hidalgo, troubadour, jaranero, sonero, and Mexican versifier, was the owner of an extraordinary mastery of popular poetic improvisation.
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Higinio Peláez Ramos, musician, composer, faithful lover and disseminator of the music of the Costa Chica, a devotion he shared with the coastal region in Mexico.
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Pepe Domínguez, Mexican composer and musician, originally from Yucatán. Author of "Granito de sal", "Beso asesino", "Pájaro azul" and the famous "Aires del Mayab".