The Mexican corrido is in essence a lyrical genre, primarily narrative, which narrates with a simple and invariable musical phrase composed of four members those events that powerfully touched the sensibility of the masses; violent crimes, violent deaths, tales of bandits, catastrophes, railroad derailments, wars, battles, heroic deeds, humorous stories, simple love couplets, couplets of unrequited love, or of a satirical nature. As can be seen, it includes the epic vein of battles and heroic deeds that give origin to the heroic gesta. The corrido is generally regarded as "very Mexican." It is primarily a literary genre, but can also be defined as a genre blending textual and musical elements. Mexican heroes, such as Pancho Villa, Benjamin Argumedo, Felipe Angeles Emiliano Zapata, and Francisco I. Madero, are apotheosized and their deeds immortalized. And famous battles, such as La Toma de Zacatecas and Los Combates de Celaya, are subject matter of a vast number of heroic......
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