The Californios: Voices from Early California Latino Heritage Month

Join Dr. Gloria Arjona as she presents the often-overlooked Spanish and Mexican periods of California’s history through stories and live music based on the early California music collected by Charles Fletcher Lummis. Charles Fletcher Lummis preserved early California music by recording about 500 Spanish-language, Californio, Mexican, and Native American folk songs on wax cylinders, translating them, and publishing collections like Spanish Songs of Old California, 1923.

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