MEXICANA



Composer: Various
Lyricist: Various

Opened: April 21, 1939, 46th Street Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 34

Note: Although the composers for this revue are known, the credits for individual songs and dances are not. Accordingly, the information listed below should be considered as tentative. In addition, many of the numbers appear to be traditional songs and dances for which no attempt has been made to compile discological information.


Dime Que Si (M/L: Alfonso Esparza Oteo):

1. Poemas, Rondallas Y Estudiantinas, Vol. 1, CD/Orfeon 42 (La Rondalla De Jalisco)
2. Clasicas Mexicanas, CD/Sony 110582 (Tres Gallos)
3. Valses Latinoamericanos, CD/Kubaney CDK192 (Violines De Pego)
4. La Epuca Azul, Vol. 3: Serie 20 Exitos, CD/Orfeon 20020 (Algara)
5. Gala Mexicana, CD/Orfeon 13397 (Isaac Salinas)
6. The Great Mexican Songs Of Antano, CD/Spartacus 24110 (Anoranza)
7. Mexican Landscapes, Vol. 7, CD/Playasound 65907 (Duo Alma De Mexico)
8. Lo Mejor De Lo Mejor, CD/BMG Latin 80138 (Juan Arvizu)
9. Autores Del Siglo, CD/I.M. 559 (Aida Cuevas)
10. Grandes Exitos, CD/Orfeon 13848 (Chavela Vargas and Antonio Bribiesca)
11. Tesoros Mexicanos, CD/WEA International 49895 (Hermanos Michel)
12. O Cantor Das Americas, Vol. 1/Vol. 2, CD/Revivendo LBACD056 (Alfonso Ortiz Tirado)
13. Inolvidables Mexicanas: Salterio, CD/Dimsa-Orfeon 13434 (Ruiz)
14. Coleccion Bolero: Maria Bonita, CD/Dimsa-Orfeon 17051 (Alejandro Algara)
15. Fiesta Mexicana, CD/Deutsche Grammophon 419193-2 (Francisco Araiza)


Nocturnal (M/L: Jose Rolon):

1. Larmes: Canciones Mexicanas De Concierto De Los Siglos XIX Y XX, CD/Urtext 131 (Martha Molinar)


Vereda Tropical (song) (M: Gonzalo Curiel):

No attempt has been made to provide discological information for this standard. Oscar Hammerstein subsequently wrote English lyrics for this song, which was renamed as "Havana For A Night" and was featured in THE NEW HELLZAPOPPIN (1939) and HIGH TIME (1946). See entries for those shows for a partial discography of recordings of "Havana For A Night."


Other Material:

Bulerias
La Cucarachita (dance)
Dance #1
Dance #2
Dance #3
Ecos De Ayer (Echoes Of Yesterday) (containing Primitive Dance; Dance Of The Reindeer; War Dance; Areito; Dance Of The Aztec Nobles; and War Dance Between Aztecs And Spaniards)
La Farruca
Finale (containing The Bottle Dance; Jarabe Tapatio; Dance; Trio Mixteco)
Goyescas (dance)
Jarana (Dance Of Yucatan)
Jota Aragonesa
Limpiabotas (song)
Mexicana (song)
La Morena (song)
La Mulata De Cordoba (The Mulatto Of Cordoba)
Munecos De Petate (Straw Dolls) (dance)
Oaxaquena
Pajarillo Embrujado (song)
Patio De Vecindad (In A Tenement House)
Pinatas (Puppets)
Un Velorio (The Wake)
Los Viejitos (The Dance Of The Little Old Men)
A Wedding In Tehuantepec
Yunuen (The Legend Of The Fisherman)