Abstract

MERCADO VILLALOBOS, Alejandro. Music and party in Guanajuato. Notes about the daily life in two cities of Porfirian Bajío. Let. hist. [online]. 2019, n.20, pp.37-64. ISSN 2448-8372.  https://doi.org/10.31836/lh.20.7048.

The essay analyzes the music, musicians and musical groups, and their importance in the daily life in some peoples in Guanajuato during the Porfirian period (1876-1911). The music was a primary activity in the Guanajuato’s society in the 19th century and meant a link between different social sectors. The text includes a model with three fundamental axes: a) the music and their social function, b) the musical education, and c) the ways for the party: the religious party and the civic party.

Keywords : Music; party; urban spaces; society; collective celebration.