Songs presented on this album are representative of a traditional northern New Mexican folk violinist"s repertoire. Tunes include indigenous New Mexican dance pieces, selections from the Mexican folk, salon, and popular repertoires, as well as pieces influenced by Anglo-American dance traditions. Of special interest is a complete set of cuadrillas as they would have been played a hundred years ago. An in-depth discussion of the social dance traditions of northern New Mexico is included in the liner notes. Las canciones de este lbum se provienen primariamente de archivos hist¢ricos y son representativas del repertorio del viol¡n folkl¢rico: canciones de danza ind¡genas de Nuevo M‚xico, selecciones de repertorio folkl¢rico y popular de M‚xico y musica provenidas de Anglo-Americanos del suroeste. Las notas incluyen una exposici¢n extensa de las danzas folkl¢ricas sociales de Nuevo M‚xico del norte.