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Corrido

The corrido (Spanish pronunciation: [koˈriðo]) is a famous narrative metrical tale and poetry that forms a ballad. The songs are often about oppression, history, daily life for criminals, the vaquero lifestyle, and other socially relevant topics.[1] Corridos were widely popular during the Mexican Revolution and in the Southwestern American frontier as it was also a part of the development of Tejano and New Mexico music, which later influenced Western music.

For other uses, see Corrido (disambiguation).

The corrido derives mainly from the romance and, in its most known form, consists of a salutation from the singer, a prologue to the story, the story itself, and a moral and farewell from the singer. In Mexico, it is still a popular genre today.


Outside Mexico, corridos are popular in Chilean national celebrations of Fiestas Patrias.[2][3]

Form[edit]

Corridos, like rancheras, have introductory instrumental music and adornos (ornamentations), accommodating the stanzas of the lyrics. Like rancheras, corridos can be played in virtually all regional Mexican styles. Also, like rancheras, corridos are usually played in polka, waltz, or mazurka mode.

2006 - Al Otro Lado (To the Other Side). Directed by Natalia Almada.

2007 - El Violin (The Violin) Directed by Francisco Vargas.

2008 - El chrysler 300: Chuy y Mauricio Directed by Enrique Murillo.

2009 - El Katch (The Katch) Directed by Oscar Lopez.

Tambora Sinaloense

Duranguense

Americo Paredes. With His Pistol in His Hand: A Border Ballad and its Hero (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1958)

Richard Flores. "The Corrido and the Emergence of Texas-Mexican Social Identity" (Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 105, Spring 1992)

Dan Dickey. The Kennedy Corridos: A Study of the Ballads of a Mexican American Hero (Center for Mexican-American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, 1978)

[1]

Merle Simmons. The Mexican Corrido as a Source of an Interpretive Study of Modern Mexico, 1870–1950 (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1957)

Draft

[2]

Cantar a los narcos

https://www.amazon.com/Cantar-narcos-Sing-Dealers-Spanish/dp/6070707206

includes a variety of information about the contemporary scene, including a page of topical corrido lyrics and one on the censorship of corridos in Mexico.

Narcocorrido

with complementary information and a research proposal. (in Spanish)

The Genesis and Development of the Mexican Corrido

from the Texas - Mexico border.

Corridos performed by folklorist Dr. Americo Paredes

for the Handbook of Texas Online.

Summary of the corrido

- This bilingual web site teaches the history of Mexico through corridos.

Corridos Sin Fronteras - Ballads Without Borders

A short overview with archive photos, audio samples and translations (also in Spanish.)

The Mexican corrido

Mexico: Trouble in Culiacán, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting