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The Society of Folk Dance Historians (SFDH) Gabriel Saldivar
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BACKGROUND
Information: Gabriel Saldivar, author of books about Mexican music and dance.
Gabriel Saldivar (y Silva) was born in Tamaulipas in 1909. He felt an inclination to study from his early youth.
He collaborated intensely with notes and articles in the Encyclopedia of Mexico and in its Books of the Year.
He was a member of the Mexican Society of Geography and Statistics and other institutions. He received the Pedro J. Méndez medal awarded by the Government of the State of Tamaulipas.
He died in Mexico City of cardiac syncope on December 18, 1980.
PUBLICATIONS
- Historia de la Musica en Mexico, Epoca Pre-Cortesian y Colonial. Saldivar, Gabriel. Mexico, D.F.: 1934. Often-quoted work on the history of Mexican music and dance. In Spanish.
- El Jarabe, Baile Popular Mexicano. Saldivar, Gabriel. Mexico, D.F.: 1937. History of the Jarabe. In Spanish.
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