Julio Gomez' Orchestra performing Mexican music at Ben and Rosa Figueroa's wedding,
February 18, 1939

Comprises a group of field materials documenting Mexican dance Music performed by Julio Gomez' Orchestra at Ben and Rosa Figueroa's wedding, February 18, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Carmel, California.

Julio Gomez alone:
Caminito
Caminito

Ben Figueroa alone:
Yo ando possando trabajo

Julio Gomez' Orchestra, sometimes featuring unnamed soloists:
Paso doble
Las Margaritas
Jota
Polka
Anna Magdalena Waltz
Paso doble
Morena
Zopilote mojado

Sidney Robertson Cowell:
Comments on the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Figuero

Julio Gomez' Orchestra is from New Monterey, California, "a Latin cannery town between old Monterey and Pacific Grove -- Mexican, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese."

am Jun-27-97