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French Music

FRENCH MUSIC. Under the rubric "French music in Texas" one thinks first of Cajun music. The Francophone musical heritage of East Texas and southwestern Louisiana, however, is quite complex. At least four major French-speaking groups have left their musical imprint on Texas and the American Southwest over the past three centuries...

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