Composer: Manuel Esperón

Lyricist: Ernesto M. Cortázar

Performer/instruments: Jorge Negrete, with mariachi

Date of recording: the 1940s

Genre: música ranchera

Form: verse-refrain form

Tempo/meter: quick duple meter

What to listen for:

  • Negrete’s semi-classical vocal style and the sophisticated harmonized choral arrangement in the introduction reflecting urban influence
  • The guitarrón’s strong beats, and the strumming instruments backbeats
  • The trumpet’s running countermelody in the refrain
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