Daniel Castañeda Soriano was a Mexican

musicologist Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some m ...

, composer and

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. Soriano was Chief of the Academia de Música Mexicana at the

National Conservatory of Music of Mexico National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...

in the 1930s. His main interest was focused on Mexican

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. With the collaboration of

Vicente T. Mendoza Vicente Teódulo Mendoza Gutiérrez (1894 in Cholula, Puebla – 1964 in Mexico City) was a Mexican musicologist, composer and artist. He is best known for his studies on the Mexican corrido. In 1907 when Vicente T. Mendoza was 13 years old, h ...

, he compiled a treatise of

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instruments, published in 1937 under the name ''Instrumental Precortesiano''.

References

*Slonimsky, Nicolas. ''Music of Latin America'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Soriano, Daniel Castaneda Mexican musicologists Academic staff of the National Conservatory of Music of Mexico Year of birth missing Year of death missing