Mexico

During the fifties and sixties the major representative of the nationalistic current still dominated the music scene and who exercised an extraordinary influence on Mexican music of this century: C. Chavez (1889-1978). Founder in 1928 of the Orquesta Sinfónica de

Population Around 62% of Mexicans are mestizos (German mestizos), around 28% indigenous and 9% white (predominantly of Spanish descent). The indigenous population belongs to over 56 tribes and peoples. The largest groups are the Maya on the Yucatán Peninsula, the